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Kanye West defends vulgar lyric about Taylor Swift: 'It's actually something Taylor came up with'

Paul Schrodt

Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 9:26 AM

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Kanye West took to Twitter on Friday morning to defend a song released on his new album, "Famous," that makes an unflattering reference to Taylor Swift.

"I made that b---- famous," he says on "Famous," referring in the lyrics to a "Taylor" who is clearly Swift and saying he might still sleep with her.

Swift, through a publicist, has already denied giving her blessing for the track and says she instead cautioned West against such a "misogynistic" message.

Now West is saying that isn't true at all. He said he had an hour-long conversation with Swift about the lyric and she "thought it was funny" and gave approval.

In the tweets Friday, he went on to say the basic idea came from something Swift allegedly said about West's making her famous when he notoriously interrupted her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.

Here are Kanye's tweets about the song:

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

6th Stop trying to demonize real artist Stop trying to compromise art
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

That’s why music is so fucking watered down right now I miss that DMX feeling
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

7th I miss that feeling so that’s what I want to help restore
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

8th They want to control us with money and perception and mute the culture
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

but you can see at Madison Square Garden that you can stop us
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

9th It felt like a seen from The Warriors ALL GODS ALL GODS ALL GODS in the buildin
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

not just the famous people there but the kids the moms the dads the families that came to share this moment with us
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016

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