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Kanye West And A Rep For Taylor Swift Tell Different Stories About Controversial Lyric

Swift’s representative says she didn’t know about it; West says it was her idea.

February 12, 2016

Kanye West's The Life of Pablo hasn't even been released yet, but since its debut at Madison Square Garden last night one lyric is already causing controversy: I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ I made that bitch famous. An initial report from TMZ suggested that Taylor Swift was cool with the lyric, which appears on the song "Famous," after West sought her approval. But a rep for the singer has since clarified what Swift actually knew about her mention on the record. Read the statement below, via music journalist Jon Caramanica:

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Meanwhile, Swift's younger brother Austin Swift made his own feelings known last night by Instagramming himself throwing his Yeezys into the trash.

Update 8.10 a.m.: Kanye West has responded in a series of tweets, saying he spoke to Swift about the song for an "hour" and that the lyric was her idea.