Taylor Swift fired back at Kanye West during her acceptance speech for Album Of The Year at last night’s 58th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
Swift’s speech appeared to directly respond to the controversial line on Kanye’s “Famous,” a cut off the rapper’s recently released album The Life Of Pablo, where he raps: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous / I made that bitch famous.”
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice,” Taylor Swift said before continuing, “I want to say to all the young women out there: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame, but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there and that will be the greatest feeling in the world.”
When news first broke about the controversial line last week, Kanye West was quick to jump on the defensive via Twitter. The Chicago rapper-producer claimed that Swift gave her blessings for the line and even alleged that she came up with the lyric herself.
“3rd thing I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings,” Kanye West wrote in a series of tweets posted last week (February 12). “4th Bitch is an endearing term in hip hop like the word Nigga. 5th thing I’m not even gone take credit for the idea… it’s actually something Taylor came up with …She was having dinner with one of our friends who’s name I will keep out of this and she told him. I can’t be mad at Kanye because he made me famous! #FACTS”
However, shortly after the aforementioned Twitter run, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times shared what was labeled a “Statement From Taylor Swift’s Spokesperson” via Instagram.
The statement read: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyrics, ‘I made that bitch famous.’”
As of press time, Kanye West has yet to respond to Taylor Swift’s speech.
Footage of Taylor Swift’s Grammy acceptance speech, whereby she fires back at Kanye West, can be viewed below:
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taylor kept it classy which is more than we can say about that raving lunatic fame wh0re Kanye. I imagine hes gonna have response to this in the form of 13 numbered tweets
Calling someone a misogynist is not classy.
Kanye got bodied by a singing nigga.
She was popping before him BUT she wasn’t selling a million plus units during her debut week until after that incident with him. He put her on even more people’s radar & made her ass untouchable. How can anyone not see that?
Kanye got killed by a country singer, Kanye is completely delusional
Kanye that black imbecile using manipulative techniques on a white girl? Shame on that nigga.
Taylor Swift was selling MILLIONS before Kanye went up on stage butt hurt that his racist black sister Beyonce didnt win the award.
@Darius Kanye can’t sell a million in his debut week himself but somehow he has the power to make other people sell their music? FOH
Yo he said dude gonna reply with a bunch of numbered tweets looooooool thats hilarious bruh
‘Bitch’ is an endearing term like ‘Nigga’ in Hip-Hop. SMH. GTFOH, # 1 oreo.
Wrong country bruh, do you know what an ‘oreo’ is?
so is cunt to your mates in south london
taylor swift’s speech is corny as hell. Kanye dropped a funny line which like all hiphop is not be taken literal – its purposeful exaggeration. She should have simply ignored Kanye as his credibility in these matters is so low- who cares. The statement is absurd it begs no response.
Kanye got bodied quickfast and Swiftly by that chick
taylor swift is a woman, if i were a woman like taylor id be offended at being called a bitch too
I guarantee you he wont call Kim a bitch! Guaranteed! Hypocrite!
He’s said he’s married to the baddest bitch in the game multiple times. Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
Kanye you done
40 year old rapper bodied by a 25 year old country and western singer in front of a billion people
Hopefully your wife or her sisters can make some more porn or escort themselves out in the middle east to make some more money for your broke ass
Kanye is the greatest artist of our generation and Taylor swift is just lucky she is white!
hahahahaha
great rap battles
Big vs Pac
Nas vs Jay
Kanye vs Taylor
Hip Hop is dead
Taylor swift is hyped we all know same as justin bieber, and i blame King Kanye for making her ass so popular..#BlackLives
Why they look like a happy couple in this photo though? Those two are so intrigued by one another, neither knows what to do with themselves
I don’t why Some ppl use that terminology of ” Bitch” or ” Nigga” then they ask for respect…. I think we all should start have some respect to ourselves and others. Nothing is going to change if we don’t change the way we treat and call ppl . And Kanye remember you have a daughter….