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Kanye West × Taylor Swift

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Kanye West and Taylor Swift Dispute

Music · Active · Beef Score 91 · Started September 13, 2009

The long-running public conflict between Kanye West and Taylor Swift began at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech. Over the following decade and a half, the dispute went through public apologies, temporary reconciliations, controversy over song lyrics in West's track 'Famous', leaked phone conversations, and legal warnings, culminating in a cease-and-desist letter issued by Swift's legal team in April 2025.

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    Kanye West and Taylor Swift Dispute

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KanyeTaylor
Documented Beefs
5
5
Active Beefs
2
1
Average Beef Score
76
67
Highest Beef Score
91
91
Longest documented Beef
~19y
~17y

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Kanye West

Music · Celebrity

Taylor Swift

Music

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Kanye West × Taylor Swift

Enemy of my enemy
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Degrees of Beef
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