Just one day after Kanye West gave 18,000 fans the first listen to his new album at a fashion event in New York, he’s already defending his work — specifically, one song mentioning “that bitch” Taylor Swift.
“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? Because I made that bitch famous,” the rapper says on “Life of Pablo” track “Famous.”
West said Friday that the slur was actually meant as an “endearing term,” and Swift “gave her blessings,” but the pop star’s spokesperson has said otherwise.
“Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account,” Swift’s rep told Entertainment Weekly.