UPDATE: Kanye West Explodes Over Taylor Swift Diss Reports: “That’s Why Music Is So F*cking Watered Down Right Now, I Miss That DMX Feeling”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has come forward to speak out on reports claiming he went after country singer Taylor Swift on his new “Famous” song.

Yeezy ignited a lengthy Twitter tirade and explained the truth behind his perceived Swift beef track.

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Swift’s brother, Austin, released video footage of himself trashing a pair of Kanye’s pricey Yeezy Boost sneakers following the verbal jab this week.

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During his The Life Of Pablo showcase, Ye played a track which referenced his now-infamous 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Taylor Swift interruption.

The protective sibling took to his Instagram account on Thursday, after he heard West’s new song “Famous,” in which the rapper says, “For all my Southside n—-s who will know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why, I made that bitch famous / God damn / I made that bitch famous.” The lyrics allude to the 2009 MTV VMAs when he interrupted Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech. (People)

Despite the past issues, Swift said she had a friendly relationship with Yeezy last fall.

“Me and Kanye are on such good terms now, six years later,” says Swift. “It took a while… But I had to tell Beck this story earlier. I was at dinner with Kanye a week after the Grammys, he stops what he’s saying and he goes, ‘What is this song? I need to listen to this every day.’ I said, ‘It’s Beck, it’s on an album called ‘Morning Phase’, I think you’ve heard of it…’ We just burst out laughing. And he says, ‘Hey, sometimes I’m wrong.’” (NME)

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Last summer, Swift revealed rap mogul Jay Z helped connect her to Kanye after the 2009 VMAs drama.

“I feel like I wasn’t ready to be friends with [West] until I felt like he had some sort of respect for me, and he wasn’t ready to be friends with me until he had some sort of respect for me—so it was the same issue, and we both reached the same place at the same time,” Swift says. “I became friends with Jay Z, and I think it was important, for Jay Z, for Kanye and I to get along. . . . And then Kanye and I both reached a place where he would say really nice things about my music and what I’ve accomplished, and I could ask him how his kid’s doing.” (Vanity Fair)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. love it when “artist” go on a twitter rant. Shows where they are mentally and where their intelligence level is at. Also how you complain about watered down music? Your part of the problem! Dude has serious issues….and I’m not even trying to be funny

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