Taylor Swift fires back at Kanye West’s diss at the Grammy Awards [VIDEO]
Kanye West just got served! Taylor Swift responded to the rapper’s diss during her Album of the Year speech at the Grammy Awards without actually mentioning Kim Kardashian’s husband. Expect West to deliver his rebuttal shortly.
On Monday night in the US, the 26-year-old country-turned-pop star won Best Album for “1989,” her second win for the same category (her first was “Fearless” in 2008). Upon accepting the accolade, she thanked the people who worked with her and helped her with creating the top-charting album.
The highlight of her speech, however, wasn’t directed to her friends and loved ones. Rather, it was apparently directed at someone who just couldn’t keep himself away from her business.
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year for the Grammys twice, I wanna say to all the young women out there that there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments, for your fame. But if you just focus on the work, and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going, you’ll around and you’ll know it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that would be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment,” Swift said on stage.
The heartfelt speech appeared to be a response at West’s recent diss, in which he took credit for Swift’s fame.
“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b---- famous,” he rapped in a verse from his “Famous” song.
Swift didn’t respond then, choosing to remain silent amid West’s rant. Her rep, however, told celebrity blogger Perez Hilton the reason West chose to humiliate Swift with the lyrics.
According to Tree Pain, her rep, West wanted Swift to release “Famous” on her Twitter account, where she has millions of followers. However, Swift declined upon learning the song had “strong misogynistic message.”
“Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, ‘I made that b---- famous,’” he said.
Swift also won Music Video of the Year for “Bad Blood” and Best Pop Vocal Album for “1989.”
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