Kanye West under investigation for allegedly punching fan outside California club

Rapper Kanye West is under investigation for alleged criminal battery, after reports he punched a fan in California overnight.

Kanye West is under investigation for alleged criminal battery in Los Angeles, a spokeswoman for the LAPD confirmed.

The Donda rapper, 44, allegedly got into an argument that turned physical around 3am local time Thursday, when a fan asked West for his autograph while he was sitting in his SUV outside of the private club Soho Warehouse in California, NY Post reports.

West allegedly punched the fan, who fell to the ground, and the case is being investigated as misdemeanour battery, which carries a maximum jail sentence of six months.

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Kanye is under investigation for alleged criminal battery. Picture: Brandon Magnus/Getty Images

Reps for West didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment. The LAPD declined to provide details beyond confirming the investigation.

TMZ obtained a video of an apparent irate West, who could be heard yelling, “Did y’all say that or not? Did y’all say that or not?

“‘Cause that’s what happened right f**king now.”

West was with his new girlfriend, Uncut Gems actress Julia Fox, and a variety of celebrities, including Evan Ross, Madonna and Antonio Brown, at restaurant-club Delilah Wednesday night.

West and new girlfriend Julia Fox. Picture: DUTCH / BACKGRID

The couple have been dating since NYE 2022. Picture: DUTCH / Backgrid

West and Fox, 31, were photographed making out as she walked the Yeezy designer to his SUV, as he ended up leaving Delilah while she stayed behind at the hotspot.

The Stronger rapper, who is in the midst of a divorce from Kim Kardashian, has been in LA for at least a week, hitting up various hotspot restaurants alongside Fox and Brown, 33, and even grabbing dinner with Jared Kushner.

“It was a purely private dinner,” an insider exclusively said of West and Kushner’s night out. “No business agenda.”

This story originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission