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Aug 26, 2019 · The 2009 VMAs scandal has endured as long as it has because it’s a perfect 21st-century morality tale. Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the 2015 VMAs. Larry Busacca/MTV1415/Getty Images. Elle was ...
Jun 24, 2016 · Famous sleeping naked people. Naturally, these aren't just any famous people. In the bed are Kanye, Kim, Rihanna (who sings the song’s lifted Nina Simone hook), Anna Wintour, Donald Trump ...
Mar 24, 2020 · Larry Busacca, Getty Images. A new, unedited clip of an infamous phone call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West appears to show that she's been telling the truth in a feud they've been embroiled ...
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At the center of this 10-year-old pop culture moment is country singer-turned-pop star Taylor Swift (who was 19 at the time), gifted but troubled producer/phenom Kanye West (who was 32 at the time), and supreme superstar Beyoncé(who was 27 at the time)…even if she quite literally wanted nothing to do with this. Other figures, like Kim Kardashian We...
While the night of Sept. 13, 2009, probably started like any other night would, what happened after was far from business as usual. As Swift walked up to accept her award for Best Female Music Video of the Year, West quickly hopped on stage to crash her speech. As the singer looked on confused, West stated, "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'...
For social media, the impact was instantaneous. Twitter, which was only three years old at the time, was on fire, as was Facebook. But it was the former platform that would morph into the internet's water cooler overnight. Questions about what happened as well as "Kanye Interrupts" memes circled at an insane rate reminiscent of the reaction to the ...
On a night that included Madonna giving a touching tribute to Michael Jackson who had died less than three months prior; a gut-wrenching homage to the king of pop from his own sister, Janet Jackson; Lady Gaga's bloody "Paparazzi" performance; Lil Mama's own interruption; and Pink's a jaw-dropping acrobatic performance of "Sober;" the Kanye-Taylor m...
Beyoncé managed to escape much of the commentary that followed but West and Swift were not as lucky. The backlash was swift for West with even President Obama calling him a "jackass." He went on an apology tour that year that started with a now-deleted post on his blog that stated "I'm sooooo sorry to taylor swift and her fans and her mom … She is ...
It would be false to assume that the infamous 2009 clash is not still affecting West and Swift, even 10 years later. The incident itself managed to hit all sorts of fault lines including angry black man stereotypes, white female victimhood, and racism and misogyny in the music business. One could say that the incident very much cemented West's pers...
Aug 26, 2019 · West, ruining 19-year-old Swift’s joy at winning Best Female Video for You Belong With Me, interjecting to tell her: “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you I’mma let you finish, but Beyonce ...
Mar 24, 2020 · Taylor Swift has finally broken her silence after what appears to be the full version of the infamous video of a conversation between her and Kanye West leaked online over the weekend. Kim ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Kanye West jumped onstage after Taylor Swift won the “Best Female Video” award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Christopher Polk/Getty Images Sept. 13 ...
