Kanye West has made it clear that there’s nonetheless unhealthy blood between him and Taylor Swift.
The controversial rapper, 47, took to X on Monday to elucidate why he has by no means headlined a Tremendous Bowl halftime present, claiming the “Anti-Hero” singer, 35, is among the three explanation why.
“I never was allowed to do the Super Bowl because of three moments,” West claimed within the since-deleted tweet, based on Web page Six. “George Bush don’t care about Black people. The Taylor Swift movement moment. Wearing a MAGA hat.”
“How it feel to be the best living and blocked from the main stage because of being ahead of my time,” he added. “(And I mean all of this was before I went full Nazi of course).”
West and Swift’s feud began in 2009 when the “College Dropout” rapper interrupted the “Love Story” singer as she gave her acceptance speech for Video of the 12 months on the MTV Video Music Awards.
“Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you. I’mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!” West mentioned after speeding the VMAs stage and stealing the microphone from Swift. “One of the best videos of all time!”
The “Cruel Summer” singer later admitted that she “wasn’t so excited” to have West interrupt her speech on the time.
“I was standing onstage, and I was really excited because I had just won the award, and then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage,” she advised reporters after the ceremony, “and then I wasn’t so excited anymore.”
West later threw extra shade on the “Shake It Off” singer in 2016 when he launched his track “Famous.”
“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex,” he sang. “Why? I made that bitch famous. Goddamn, I made that bitch famous.”
Swift mentioned each stunning moments in 2023 after being named TIME’s Individual of the 12 months.
“That took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before,” Swift advised the journal. “I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.”
Extra lately, West criticized Swift after she was seen dancing alongside to Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency of “Not Like Us” on the 2025 Grammy Awards in February.
“IF ITS ABOUT THE CULTURE,” he tweeted earlier than briefly deleting his X account, “WHY ARE WE LETTING TAYLOR SWIFT BE SEEN ON TV SINGING A SONG ABOUT TAKING A BLACK MAN DOWN AND ACCUSING OF THINGS THAT CAN TAKE A BLACK MAN DOWN FOR LIFE,”
Apart from Swift, West additionally blamed his remarks about President George W. Bush and “wearing a MAGA hat” for why he has by no means been requested to headline the Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
The “Stronger” rapper raised eyebrows in 2005 when he claimed that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” throughout a nationally televised telethon profit for Hurricane Katrina victims.
As for his claims about “wearing a MAGA hat,” West has been a robust supporter of President Donald Trump ever for the reason that businessman-turned-politician first ran for workplace in 2016.
Whereas West has by no means headlined a Tremendous Bowl halftime present, neither has Swift – though she was in attendance throughout this 12 months’s massive recreation to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
The “Power” rapper has since confronted renewed backlash after happening a spate of antisemitic rants on X.
Whereas West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, referred to as his remarks “disturbing,” his present spouse, Bianca Censori, reportedly left him over over the stunning feedback.
