Kanye West Explains How the Taylor Swift VMA Incident Led to Writing ‘Famous’
During his first performance of 2016 at Paradise International Festival, Kanye West explained the significance of his The Life of Pablo track “Famous.”
Right after performing “Famous,” West reveals that it was the song that “broke the writer’s block.” 'Ye alluded to the notorious 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when he interrupted Taylor Swift as the origin of the track, calling that night “the beginning of the end of my life.”
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