KANYE West has taken a savage swipe at Taylor Swift via his social media after he surpassed her in the charts.
Taylor supposedly asked for the rapper’s seat to be moved at the Super Bowl so he wasn’t near her in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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Just hours after the reports about Taylor’s interference came out, Kanye posted a photo via his Instagram Stories to announce some exciting career news.
He posted a screenshot of a tweet announcing his new album had reached the top of the charts.
“Kanye West has overtaken Taylor Swift as the top artist globally on Spotify,” it read.
Underneath, the tweet included a picture of Kanye and snap of Taylor.
There was also a screenshot of Kanye’s name with an up arrow showing he had climbed the charts ahead of Taylor.
Kanye didn’t add an context to his post.
His latest album, Vultures 1, was released on Saturday.
Vultures was initially slated to land at the end of 2023, before being delayed into the New Year.
Kanye’s social media call-out came after it was rumored Taylor demanded Kanye be moved away from her at the Super Bowl.
The rapper supposedly attempted to upstage Taylor at the event, according to former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall.
On his Paper Route podcast, Marshall claimed that Kanye bought seats directly in front of Taylor’s suite for the Super Bowl to photobomb her TV appearances.
However, Brandon claimed that Taylor made “a call or two” to get Kanye removed from Allegiant Stadium.
Taylor had been one of the most talked about faces during the NFL season due to her relationship with Kansas City Chief’s tight end, Travis Kelce.
Marshall suggested she got Kanye moved due to their tumultuous history.
Kanye and his wife, Bianca Censori, were at the Super Bowl but weren’t seen in front of Taylor and her friends.
He was seen wearing his familiar tight black mask which covered his entire face.
Kanye also put another black mask over it with a silhouette of Jesus in the middle.
While he didn’t get any screen time in front of Swift, Kanye did appear on some TV screens.
West bought a 30-second ad for the Super Bowl to advertise his brand Yeezy with a low-budget video.
“Hey y’all, this is Ye, and this is my commercial,” he said.
“And since we spent all the money on the commercial spot, we actually – we didn’t spend any money on the actual commercial. But the idea is I want you to go to Yeezy.com.
“I’m gonna write it at the bottom of the screen and I got some shoes and mmmm that’s it.”
Kanye and Swift’s beef dates back to 2009 when West interrupted her acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the VMAs.
The two appeared to squash any issues from the moment in the years after though, with Kanye apologizing and sending her flowers for winning other awards.
However, in 2016 Kanye’s song Famous debuted with a lyric including a dig at Swift, saying “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b***h famous.”
Things exploded from there, as Swift gave West permission to use her in the song but wasn’t aware that she would be spoken about in a derogatory way.
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