I MADE THAT BITCH
FAMOUS
BY ZOHAL AMIRI
I didn’t feel the need to write this story because literally every news outlet and magazine has posted a timeline on Kanye West and Taylor Swift’s history. I was asked by a few people to write what I think and how I feel about the entire thing, so here we go. Let’s just jump right in.
In 2009, Taylor won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video beating out Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”. Kanye was not too happy about it, so he took matters into his own hands by disrupting Taylor’s acceptance speech. I mean, the entire world knows about this.
My own foreign father who has never watched MTV a day of his life called me the next day and talked about what mean old Kanye West did to a little country singer. (He knew of Kanye because he’s had to listen to his music numerous times while in the car with my brother and me.)
Let’s be real. Kanye was an asshole for that. His intentions were in the right place, but it just came out really harshly. I’ve been a Kanye fan and I never listened to Swift, but my heart went out to her that night. Nobody wants to be humiliated like that especially when it’s their first time accepting a Moonman award.
That same night, Kanye took to his blog to apologize publicly to Taylor and also to explain his actions. The following years, Kanye did go back and forth on his apology because he noticed that Taylor was riding the victim wave hella hard and he saw no point to constantly apologize when he basically did her a favor because she was getting so much publicity and was loving it.
Taylor presents Kanye with the MTV Video Vanguard award at the 2015 MTV Music Video Awards. We all knew about this because MTV advertised it every minute. Things were all good between them. Kanye showed her love and vice versa. He even sent her a beautiful flower arrangement about a week later. It was all good.
Madison Square Garden. Sold out. Viewings across the globe. Live stream on Tidal. Everyone screams as they hear Rihanna’s voice open up the track. Beat drops. Kanye goes in.
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
Now, let’s get into these lyrics.
“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex” - If Kanye is thinking about having sex with you, that’s flattering as fuck. He has the baddest woman on this planet in bed every night, yet he is rapping about sex with YOU. Homegirl fasho blushed at that line.
“That bitch” - Kanye has tweeted before that the word bitch is an endearing term just like nigga. It means no harm. He even refers to his wife as bitch in his music. Jay Z has done the same with Beyonce. It’s hip hop. It’s normal.
“I made that bitch famous” - Well, he did have her name on every headline for weeks. Every news outlet was talking about her. Every household knew her name after the 2009 VMAs. The story was even included in Middle Eastern magazines where Taylor had never been mentioned before. She has only been mentioned because of what Kanye did to her.
It’s music. Artists express themselves through music. They write about what they’ve gone through. After the live listening party at MSG, I personally thought Taylor would be okay with the lyrics. She’s a songwriter. She knows how it goes down. She writes about her experiences with her exes all the time (and not in a nice way).
So, were those disses? Absolutely not.
Ye took it to Twitter to clarify it wasn’t a diss. He also dropped a huge bomb on us during that tweet session. “I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings”.
A couple nights later at the Grammys, Taylor gave an acceptance speech that did not reciprocate what Kanye had tweeted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCAEUb0h34
According to TMZ, Taylor's rep said, "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.'"
Well, that did not sit well with Kanye’s wife, Kim Kardashian West. Kim was featured as the cover girl and story for GQ Magazine’s July 2016 issue. Kim told the journalist that there is video proof of the phone call between Kanye and Taylor. Kanye has a videographer filming everything when he is recording an album for a possible documentary one day.
Kim talks about how she doesn’t understand why Taylor flipped and went on to act like her conversation with Kanye never happened. She also shared that Taylor’s lawyers sent a letter asking to destroy the footage.
In the recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians (07/17/16), the subject was discussed because the filming period was after her interview with GQ Magazine. Kim was fed the fuck up with people lying on her husband. She was so fed up that she did what everyone was waiting for… She shared the footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-UuBufq5_s
It was numerous clips on her Snapchat that totaled about three minutes of an hour long conversation, but the bombs were dropped. You can read the entire transcript here.
I must admit, the more clips that Kim was posting, the more angry I got. Taylor fucking Swift took advantage of Kanye’s kindness. He was being hella sincere and a good friend and she did nothing, but stab him in the fucking back. It was so disappointing to know the truth. Kanye had no ill intentions, yet the whole world was bashing him because of this little girl crying wolf.
Taylor posted a letter on her Instagram where she pulled the victim card once again. She went on about how she wasn’t okay with being called “that bitch”. She talked about character assassination when she is beyond guilty of that herself. She ends it with “since 2009” to try and remind people of how Kanye has been and always will be the monster in the situation. Well played? Try again.
The world is having a ball with the whole Kim exposed Taylor situation. A whole lot of Taylor fans are disappointed in her actions. She’s trying to find a way to sue, but it won’t happen. Kim has gained more fans and respect because of how loyal she is to her husband. She’s a ride or die chick for that man. Kanye is still doing his own damn thing and not giving a single fuck. And they lived happily ever after.
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