Back to the studio: Forlorn Kanye West returns to work for first time after wife Kim Kardashian's horrific armed robbery ordeal

By Mail Online Reporter

Published: 04:54 EST, 6 October 2016 | Updated: 06:49 EST, 6 October 2016

He has been comforting wife Kim Kardashian in New York after her harrowing robbery ordeal in Paris. 

But Kanye West returned to work on Thursday and was spotted leaving Milk Studios with friends Jonathan Cheban and Kris Jenner's beau Corey Gamble.

According to onlookers, the trio were escorted out of the building flanked by various security guards just after 1:30am.

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Back to work: Kanye West was spotted leaving Milk Studios in New York City in the early hours of Wednesday morning four days after wife Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint in Paris 

Back to work: Kanye West was spotted leaving Milk Studios in New York City in the early hours of Wednesday morning four days after wife Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint in Paris 

Happier times: Kim pictured in a bustier and tracksuit bottoms at Paris Fashion Week, days before the robbery

Happier times: Kim pictured in a bustier and tracksuit bottoms at Paris Fashion Week, days before the robbery

Dressed in an orange coat over a mustard-coloured hoodie, green tracksuit bottoms and chunky boots, the rapper looked in glum mood.

The trio were said to be inside the studio for four hours. 

There has been no sign of Kim since she and Kanye arrived back in New York City on Monday following the robbery which took place in her Paris apartment.  

Escorted: According to onlookers, Kanye, Jonathan Cheban and Kanye were escorted out of the building flanked by various security guards just after 1:30am

Escorted: According to onlookers, Kanye, Jonathan Cheban and Kanye were escorted out of the building flanked by various security guards just after 1:30am

Meeting up: A casual Corey and Jonathan joined Kanye at the studio after spending time with Kim who is recovering from her ordeal in a Manhattan apartment

Meeting up: A casual Corey and Jonathan joined Kanye at the studio after spending time with Kim who is recovering from her ordeal in a Manhattan apartment

The rapper was told of the raid halfway through a headline performance at the Meadow Music and Art Festival, New York, and immediately cancelled the set.  

Kim was robbed by five armed men wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings, who entered the building at around 3am after the concierge let them in.

Handcuffed and at gunpoint, he then led them to the starlet's flat. Kim reportedly 'begged for her life' and told the gunmen she had children at home when two of them entered her room and held the gun to her head. 

Their daughter, North, three, and 10-month-old son Saint, are not believed to have been in the room at the time. 

The men stole a jewellery box worth €6 million ($6.7 million/ £5.24 million) and a ring worth €4 million ($4.5 million/ £3.5 million), prompting fears that the valuables were personal ones, and not just jewellery Kim was borrowing for fashion week.

Kim and her family were placed under police protection at the George V Palace hotel after the incident, and a spokesperson told DailyMail.com she is 'badly shaken but physically unharmed'. 

Back to New York City: Kim and Kanye pictured returning to the U.S. on Monday after news of Kim's robbery ordeal in Paris hit headlines 

Back to New York City: Kim and Kanye pictured returning to the U.S. on Monday after news of Kim's robbery ordeal in Paris hit headlines 

Meanwhile, Kanye has been praised by the Meadows Music & Arts Festival organisers for how he dealt with cutting short his set.

The 39-year-old rapper stopped his headline performance at the New York event after an hour on Sunday evening, citing a 'family emergency', after learning of wife Kim's ordeal. 

Event bosses think the fact he gave a reason for an early departure made the crowd more understanding.

Performing: Kanye pictured onstage at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival on October 2

Performing: Kanye pictured onstage at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival on October 2

Founders Entertainment's Jordan Wolowitz said: 'I happened to be backstage when it went down, so we all dealt with it in real time. I think the team handled it as smoothly as they could in terms of getting Kanye out of there safely and, to Kanye's credit, having the instincts to say that he had a family emergency before he dropped the mic and walked off stage really helped things.

'If he had said nothing and just walked off, there could have been potential crowd issues so the situation went about as well as it could in terms of everyone's safety and well-being.

"The news, as the whole world knows, broke within the hour, so I think that for people leaving the festival looking at social media, it just blew up everywhere.

'We're just really happy that his family is okay and everything seems to be good with them.' 

 

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