Kanye West gives Kim Kardashian birthday gift of her late father’s hologram

Music maestro Kanye West gave his wife Kim Kardashian-West, a hologram of her late father for her 40th birthday.

Kim Kardashian shared a video of the hologram on her Twitter handle.

“For my birthday, Kanye got me the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime. A special surprise from heaven. A hologram of my dad. It is so lifelike! We watched it over and over, filled with emotion.”

Kim’s father, Robert Kardashian, died of oesophageal cancer in 2003 aged 59. He was a well-known lawyer who became a household name in America when he represented OJ Simpson during his 1995 murder trial.

In this two minute 20 second video, Robert, dressed in a beige suit, celebrated his daughter saying, “Happy birthday Kimberly. Look at you, you’re 40 and all grown up.”

“You look beautiful just like when you were a little girl. I watch over you and your sisters and brothers and the kids every day.”

“I am so proud of the woman that you’ve become.”

He continues, “I am so proud of the woman that you’ve become Kimberly and all that you’ve accomplished. All of your hard work and all of the businesses you have built are incredible. But most impressive is your commitment to become a lawyer and carry on my legacy.

“It’s a long and a hard road but it’s worth it. And I am with you every step of the way.”

“You are the most, most, most, most amazing mother to your four beautiful children and they are perfect.”

“Keep doing what you are doing, Kimberly, you are a beautiful soul. Know that I’m very proud of you and I’m always with you. I have built a firewall around our family. I love you, Kimberly.”

“The most beautiful thing I have witnessed is watching you grow your family.”

“It is obvious that Kanye was very much involved in writing the script when the hologram added ‘Kimberley, you are married to the most, most, most, most, most, most, most genius man in the world.”

Kaleida – the company who made Kim’s hologram – say they specialise in “Hollywood blockbusters and major theatrical shows” and use “a combination of performance, motion tracking, SFX, VFX and DeepFake technologies to resurrect pop singers, heads of state and historical figures”.

Kaleida created the hologram using a gauze it calls “Holonet.” This contains real silver, which reflects projected light to create holographic effects.

Robert Kardashian is not the first high-profile figure to find themselves reincarnated in hologram form.

He follows in the footsteps of stars including Tupac, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, all of whom have performed for fans posthumously.