Taylor Swift hit out at Kanye West as she accepted her gong for Album Of The Year at the Grammy Awards on Monday night. The 26-year-old singer noted that she is the only woman in history to have won Album Of The Year twice in a thinly veiled attack against the rapper, 38, after Kanye claimed last week that he made the pop star famous.
'As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,' Taylor said as she accepted her award, clearly referencing the rapper's recent comments.
'But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going,' she added. 'You will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.'
Taylor's strong words at the Staples Center in Los Angeles came after Kanye infuriated the pop star after he released a track about having sex with her and claimed he made 'that b*tch famous' with his 2009 MTV Awards stage invasion.
In an astonishing 15 tweet outburst last week, Kanye began by saying he 'did not diss' the singer and he has 'never dissed her'. But he then launched into a rant about how he called her on the phone, had an hour-long conversation with her about the song Famous, and said she found it 'funny' and gave him her blessing.
Furthermore, he defended the use of the word 'b*tch' in the song, saying it was an 'endearing term' in hip hop, like the word 'Ni***'. The track Famous, which also features Taylor's rival Rihanna, Kanye raps: 'I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex.' And added: 'Why? I made that b*tch famous.'
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