I have a question about the Taylor Swift/Kanye West situation

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

Come on, she relishes leaving little easter eggs so people know who the songs are about. Don't be so blinded by swift-ness that you can't see that.

Yes, and I'm sure that if Kanye had laid pretty little easter eggs about her in his song she would have been fine with it. She's a big girl and she knows that's what singer/songwriters do.

But that big stinking rotten egg that Kanye unloaded...that was downright direct and quite offensive.

Honestly I'd rather someone tell me to my face if they have something to say. TS has become a mean girl, sorry.

They were on the phone together for an hour. He could have told directly her how much he hated her at any time.

Instead he sends her flower and says nice things to her and then puts out this garbage. WTH?

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

Come on, she relishes leaving little easter eggs so people know who the songs are about. Don't be so blinded by swift-ness that you can't see that.

Yes, and I'm sure that if Kanye had laid pretty little easter eggs about her in his song she would have been fine with it. She's a big girl and she knows that's what singer/songwriters do.

But that big stinking rotten egg that Kanye unloaded...that was downright direct and quite offensive.

Honestly I'd rather someone tell me to my face if they have something to say. TS has become a mean girl, sorry.

They were on the phone together for an hour. He could have told directly her how much he hated her at any time.

Instead he sends her flower and says nice things to her and then puts out this garbage. WTH?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/how-taylor-swift-pop-queen-keeps-her-critics-in-line/news-story/d89c1fdeec64c2cbe538825da9110db3

Read this, she's not an innocent little girl, she knows what's what.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

He does not seem bright enough to try to trick her.

He is impulsive, that doesn't take away from the fact that he is talented and well connected in the industry. He probably had sleazeball lawyers telling him how to get away with putting this crap out w/o being sued or thrown into jail for the taping of the phone call.

It was definitely a setup and an act of revenge on his part. Revenge for what though? I don't know that she did a damn thing to him other than politely take his phone call.

As much as people defends Kanye's right to produce this lude "Art", I think that what he has done is very intimidating. If he can do this to Taylor, he can do it to anyone else he doesn't like.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

He does not seem bright enough to try to trick her.

He is impulsive, that doesn't take away from the fact that he is talented and well connected in the industry. He probably had sleazeball lawyers telling him how to get away with putting this crap out w/o being sued or thrown into jail for the taping of the phone call.

It was definitely a setup and an act of revenge on his part. Revenge for what though? I don't know that she did a damn thing to him other than politely take his phone call.

As much as people defends Kanye's right to produce this lude "Art", I think that what he has done is very intimidating. If he can do this to Taylor, he can do it to anyone else he doesn't like.

I believe the word you were searching for was 'lewd.'

There is no protection from being referenced in a song, ask Britney/Lindsay/Christina/HRC/Trump/Bill/GWB. No one has to ask permission to take a dig at someone else in a song. You are correct, he can put disses to anyone he doesn't like in a song. But the only thing that 'happened' to Taylor was being exposed, and he didn't do that, she did that, by lying. If she'd been up front from the beginning then none of this would have blown up.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

He does not seem bright enough to try to trick her.

He is impulsive, that doesn't take away from the fact that he is talented and well connected in the industry. He probably had sleazeball lawyers telling him how to get away with putting this crap out w/o being sued or thrown into jail for the taping of the phone call.

It was definitely a setup and an act of revenge on his part. Revenge for what though? I don't know that she did a damn thing to him other than politely take his phone call.

As much as people defends Kanye's right to produce this lude "Art", I think that what he has done is very intimidating. If he can do this to Taylor, he can do it to anyone else he doesn't like.

I believe the word you were searching for was 'lewd.'

There is no protection from being referenced in a song, ask Britney/Lindsay/Christina/HRC/Trump/Bill/GWB. No one has to ask permission to take a dig at someone else in a song. You are correct, he can put disses to anyone he doesn't like in a song. But the only thing that 'happened' to Taylor was being exposed, and he didn't do that, she did that, by lying. If she'd been up front from the beginning then none of this would have blown up.

Yes. Lewd. Very.

She never asked him to run those lyrics past her at all. He was the one who called her and pretended to be concerned about her feelings. He sent her flowers, he flattered her, he made it seem like he wanted to be on friendly terms with her. It's all on tape. There is no question that he was being deceptive. He didn't want to be her friend. The song alone was bad enough but then to put that music video with it...you can not, with a straight face, say that Taylor has no reason to be upset. You can not say that she has not been hurt by this.

The only ones benefiting from this are Kanye and Kim.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

He does not seem bright enough to try to trick her.

He is impulsive, that doesn't take away from the fact that he is talented and well connected in the industry. He probably had sleazeball lawyers telling him how to get away with putting this crap out w/o being sued or thrown into jail for the taping of the phone call.

It was definitely a setup and an act of revenge on his part. Revenge for what though? I don't know that she did a damn thing to him other than politely take his phone call.

As much as people defends Kanye's right to produce this lude "Art", I think that what he has done is very intimidating. If he can do this to Taylor, he can do it to anyone else he doesn't like.

I believe the word you were searching for was 'lewd.'

There is no protection from being referenced in a song, ask Britney/Lindsay/Christina/HRC/Trump/Bill/GWB. No one has to ask permission to take a dig at someone else in a song. You are correct, he can put disses to anyone he doesn't like in a song. But the only thing that 'happened' to Taylor was being exposed, and he didn't do that, she did that, by lying. If she'd been up front from the beginning then none of this would have blown up.

Yes. Lewd. Very.

She never asked him to run those lyrics past her at all. He was the one who called her and pretended to be concerned about her feelings. He sent her flowers, he flattered her, he made it seem like he wanted to be on friendly terms with her. It's all on tape. There is no question that he was being deceptive. He didn't want to be her friend. The song alone was bad enough but then to put that music video with it...you can not, with a straight face, say that Taylor has no reason to be upset. You can not say that she has not been hurt by this.

The only ones benefiting from this are Kanye and Kim.

How old are you?

I can with a very straight face say that she was not hurt by the song. She was this week for sure, but not by the song. By the public exposure of her manipulating people. In fact the 'song' was good for her because she was able to get the whole public on her side thinking 'she got beat up by Kanye again and was so sad about it but is doing her best to keep her chin up.' The release of the videos exposed that that wasn't how it went down and she orchestrated a different chain of events.

I don't know why you think he was 'pretending.' I think he was being honest, have you heard his other songs? Have you listened to a lot of rap music? She could have not taken the call at all if she wasn't interested but she spent an hour on the phone with him discussing this. Think about the last person you spent an HOUR on the phone with. You don't spend that long on the phone with someone you're trying to shrug off. In the video she seems warm, confident, capable and willing to talk to him.

I think its ironic that you think I'm some anti TS. I think she's an amazingly accomplished woman...you do her a disservice if you think she isn't/wasn't strong enough to stand up for herself to Kanye if thats how she really felt. This is a woman who has been in complete control of her career from day 1. She is not naive or stupid, which you seem to want her to be.

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Does anyone think maybe he just hurt her feelings? Like, she thought he genuinely cared about her (after that phone call - which everyone acknowledges he didn't have to do, including her) and then he turns around and calls her a bitch and takes credit for her fame? Maybe she thought the song itself was going to be funnier/more complimentary to her and she heard it as mean and disrespectful once he started calling her a bitch? Sort of like the difference between laughing with someone and including them in the joke vs. AT them.

Or is that too naive to think?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think maybe he just hurt her feelings? Like, she thought he genuinely cared about her (after that phone call - which everyone acknowledges he didn't have to do, including her) and then he turns around and calls her a bitch and takes credit for her fame? Maybe she thought the song itself was going to be funnier/more complimentary to her and she heard it as mean and disrespectful once he started calling her a bitch? Sort of like the difference between laughing with someone and including them in the joke vs. AT them.

Or is that too naive to think?

I think this is the case. I think she is legitimately hurt because she really thought he was extending an olive branch to her. And she is genuinely rattled because this was just so...targeted and spiteful.

Even smart, savvy people hate to be played for fools. Kanye clearly has some pretty huge issues with her and has from the moment he first met her. To my knowledge she has never done anything to him.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that Taylor initially lied or at least shaded the truth about the original phone call. He obviously did call her to discuss the lyric "have sex with" and ask her opinion on it and she just as obviously ok'd that line. She should not have done that and I hope she apologizes. So let's not rehash that part of the story, ok?


What I wonder is why people are acting like Taylor had no right to take issue with the insertion of the words "that bitch" into the next line. Maybe those words turned something that could have been funny and tongue in cheek to her into something she heard as mean spirited and disrespectful. I guess what I'm wondering is why people are acting like it's NOT misogynistic and hurtful to call women bitches? Just because it's common place in rap songs doesn't mean it's right or defensible. That's the part I'm not getting.

As a rapper she should have probably known the language that would be used. But I think the issue is her initial victim act was about the famous part which turns out she did know about. So she's know trying to spin it to be about the bitch part. Plus she's made a living writing songs that shamed others and even called out an actress as a whore in a dong. IMO you don't get to call someone a whore in your song and then get upset you were called a bitch. But hey-the truth hurts.

He got her "permission" by pretending to be her friend. He was probably just CYA because he knew that video was going to be way out of line especially in combination with those lyrics.

Taylor pretty much told him that she never would expect him to run the lines of his songs past her. That was Kanye pretending to be a friend to her while covering his own azz. I think he was deliberately deceptive.

As far as her own songs go - they really don't name specific names. People can see themselves in the songs, they may realize that they inspired her to write the songs, they may get attention for being the inspiration for the song but the songs could be about other people too and realistically they are probably about a combination of people/experiences.

He does not seem bright enough to try to trick her.

He is impulsive, that doesn't take away from the fact that he is talented and well connected in the industry. He probably had sleazeball lawyers telling him how to get away with putting this crap out w/o being sued or thrown into jail for the taping of the phone call.

It was definitely a setup and an act of revenge on his part. Revenge for what though? I don't know that she did a damn thing to him other than politely take his phone call.

As much as people defends Kanye's right to produce this lude "Art", I think that what he has done is very intimidating. If he can do this to Taylor, he can do it to anyone else he doesn't like.

I believe the word you were searching for was 'lewd.'

There is no protection from being referenced in a song, ask Britney/Lindsay/Christina/HRC/Trump/Bill/GWB. No one has to ask permission to take a dig at someone else in a song. You are correct, he can put disses to anyone he doesn't like in a song. But the only thing that 'happened' to Taylor was being exposed, and he didn't do that, she did that, by lying. If she'd been up front from the beginning then none of this would have blown up.

Yes. Lewd. Very.

She never asked him to run those lyrics past her at all. He was the one who called her and pretended to be concerned about her feelings. He sent her flowers, he flattered her, he made it seem like he wanted to be on friendly terms with her. It's all on tape. There is no question that he was being deceptive. He didn't want to be her friend. The song alone was bad enough but then to put that music video with it...you can not, with a straight face, say that Taylor has no reason to be upset. You can not say that she has not been hurt by this.

The only ones benefiting from this are Kanye and Kim.

How old are you?

I can with a very straight face say that she was not hurt by the song. She was this week for sure, but not by the song. By the public exposure of her manipulating people. In fact the 'song' was good for her because she was able to get the whole public on her side thinking 'she got beat up by Kanye again and was so sad about it but is doing her best to keep her chin up.' The release of the videos exposed that that wasn't how it went down and she orchestrated a different chain of events.

I don't know why you think he was 'pretending.' I think he was being honest, have you heard his other songs? Have you listened to a lot of rap music? She could have not taken the call at all if she wasn't interested but she spent an hour on the phone with him discussing this. Think about the last person you spent an HOUR on the phone with. You don't spend that long on the phone with someone you're trying to shrug off. In the video she seems warm, confident, capable and willing to talk to him.

I think its ironic that you think I'm some anti TS. I think she's an amazingly accomplished woman...you do her a disservice if you think she isn't/wasn't strong enough to stand up for herself to Kanye if thats how she really felt. This is a woman who has been in complete control of her career from day 1. She is not naive or stupid, which you seem to want her to be.

I think she has made it as far in the industry because she does have good survival skills and an extremely accurate bullsh*t detector. Being on friendly terms with him probably would have been good for both of them. He pulled one over on her. That is for sure.

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I thought this explained the whole fakeness pretty well.
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/20/its_all_fake_how_the_leaked_call_between_taylor_swift_and_kanye_west_exposes_the_artifice_of_celebrity_culture/

[Anonymous]

SMH. Since when do rappers call to let someone know they are making a diss record in advance? What, did he think if he didn't work it out in advance that it would reignite the East Coast v West Coast violence from the 90s?!

For shame.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think maybe he just hurt her feelings? Like, she thought he genuinely cared about her (after that phone call - which everyone acknowledges he didn't have to do, including her) and then he turns around and calls her a bitch and takes credit for her fame? Maybe she thought the song itself was going to be funnier/more complimentary to her and she heard it as mean and disrespectful once he started calling her a bitch? Sort of like the difference between laughing with someone and including them in the joke vs. AT them.

Or is that too naive to think?

I think this is the case. I think she is legitimately hurt because she really thought he was extending an olive branch to her. And she is genuinely rattled because this was just so...targeted and spiteful.

Even smart, savvy people hate to be played for fools. Kanye clearly has some pretty huge issues with her and has from the moment he first met her. To my knowledge she has never done anything to him.

Yes, I do think she was actually hurt and offended. And she had a right to be. But I still think her Grammy speech was wrong when she had told her m on the phone that it was fine for him to think/say he had made her famous, since he hadn't heard of her despite her 7 million album sales. It was wrong, and she just didn't ever think she would get caught in her victimhood lie so neatly. Now it's a pattern, and people are getting tired of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think maybe he just hurt her feelings? Like, she thought he genuinely cared about her (after that phone call - which everyone acknowledges he didn't have to do, including her) and then he turns around and calls her a bitch and takes credit for her fame? Maybe she thought the song itself was going to be funnier/more complimentary to her and she heard it as mean and disrespectful once he started calling her a bitch? Sort of like the difference between laughing with someone and including them in the joke vs. AT them.

Or is that too naive to think?

I think this is the case. I think she is legitimately hurt because she really thought he was extending an olive branch to her. And she is genuinely rattled because this was just so...targeted and spiteful.

Even smart, savvy people hate to be played for fools. Kanye clearly has some pretty huge issues with her and has from the moment he first met her. To my knowledge she has never done anything to him.

Yes, I do think she was actually hurt and offended. And she had a right to be. But I still think her Grammy speech was wrong when she had told her m on the phone that it was fine for him to think/say he had made her famous, since he hadn't heard of her despite her 7 million album sales. It was wrong, and she just didn't ever think she would get caught in her victimhood lie so neatly. Now it's a pattern, and people are getting tired of it.

I don't know that the Grammy speech was specifically about Kanye although people sure seem to like to make it all about Kanye. If he felt a little stung by it, oh well. Sucks to be "bitch" slapped doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

I'm honestly perplexed that there are still people who side with Taylor and give credence to the statement her team issued in a last ditch attempt to inelegantly grasp at straws. Taylor Swift has been in the music industry since she was 14. Over past decade of her illustrious career she has worked with multiple rappers and obviously is intimately familiar with rap music and it's sometimes provocative contents. The video Kim Kardashian released demonstrates that Taylor a. heard the line, " For all my Southside niggas that know me best/I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex," b. understood his claim that he "made her famous" and c. was not offended but in fact flattered by both parts of the song.

There is no part in the video that shows he read her the line, "Why because I made that bitch famous," however, the video DOES show Taylor has heard that line, understands its context in the narrative of Kanye's music and is flattered by it.

So, if she is flattered by him singing that he and she might still have sex and then understands why he would say he made her famous, then why is she supposedly upset by the "bitch" part?

The most offensive parts are the suggestion that she would be receptive to having sex with Kanye and the ubsurd notion that HE made her famous and she enthusiastically signs off on those. The "Bitch" claim is merely grasping at straws.

Full lyrics below:

For all my Southside niggas that 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
For all the girls that got dick from Kanye West
If you see 'em in the streets give 'em Kanye's best
Why? They mad they ain't famous (God damn)
They mad they're still nameless (Talk that talk, man)
Her man in the store tryna try his best
But he just can't seem to get Kanye fresh
But we still hood famous (God damn)
Yeah we still hood famous

[Anonymous]

Well whatever the lie or issue with the word bitch, at least she didn't let some guy pee on her. And film it.