Kanye West locks horns with Taylor Swift over 'misogynistic' lyric

Kanye West has again brought up Taylor Swift again. This time in a track from his latest album 'The Life Of Pablo'. In the song 'Famous', a duet with Rihanna, the 38-year-old rapper raps, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ Why? I made that bitch famous?"

The 'Gold Digger' hit-maker famously crashed the stage during Swift's 2009 win at the MTV Video Music Awards. Swift and West had since buried the hatchet, but fans speculated the new lyrics could incite a feud between the two music stars.

According to the Entertainment Weekly, Swift objected to the “strong misogynistic message” in the song and had told Kanye how she felt. Swift also said that she was not told about the line, “I made that bitch famous.” 

Swift's representative told EW that Kanye did approach the pop star for her approva. “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 lyric, ‘I made that bitch famous.’”

Kanye went on a Twitter rant where he claims the lyric was Swift's idea.

I did not diss Taylor Swift and I’ve never dissed her…

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

First thing is I’m an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

2nd thing I asked my wife for her blessings and she was cool with it

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

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 (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

4th Bitch is an endearing term in hip hop like the word Nigga

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

5th thing I’m not even gone take credit for the idea… it’s actually something Taylor came up with …

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

She was having dinner with one of our friends who’s name I will keep out of this and she told him

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

I can’t be mad at Kanye because he made me famous! #FACTS

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

Neither the song nor its lyrics have been released officially, although the line in question has already sparked ire on social media, including from Swift's brother, Austin. Hitting back at Kanye, Austin shared a video on his Instagram page in which he threw a pair of Yeezy sneakers in the trash, putting Kanye on notice and wrote, "Getting a head start on some spring cleaning. Here we go again."

 

A video posted by Austin Swift (@austinkingsleyswift) on Feb 11, 2016 at 4:17pm PST