[10] In October 2014, Kim told GQ that she and Kanye picked the name North after it was recommended by Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour;[11] however, in January 2020, she used a video uploaded to Kylie's YouTube account to state that the name North grew on her after Jay Leno jokingly suggested it while she was appearing on his talk show.
[21] The following month, by which time she had accompanied her mother to multiple events in Los Angeles and abroad, she gave a solo interview to i-D, in which she expressed several of her hopes and dreams.
[23] That month, Kanye West released a video for "Talking / Once Again", a track by ¥$, a supergroup comprising himself and Ty Dolla Sign, which included a guest verse from North;[24] upon release later that month as part of the group's album Vultures 1, North's contribution was noted by NME as a rare highlight from an otherwise relentlessly misogynistic album.
[28] She then gave an interview to the then-thirteen-year-old Jazlyn of Jazzy's World TV at Rolling Loud,[27] and then in April 2024, ¥$ uploaded a second music video for the track, which had been co-directed and written by North, and featured scenes of her with Kanye and with a group of people her own age.
Deadline Hollywood drew parallels with the then-recent announcement that Blue Ivy Carter, a daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, had been hired for a role in Mufasa: The Lion King.
[32] Her performance was praised by Jason Weaver,[33] who provided the singing voice for that film's Young Simba;[34] however, some social media commentators felt that West had only been hired due to her parents' fame.