Swift, who has shied away from politics for a long time, has endorsed two Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee.
Meanwhile, West is a well-known and ardent fan of President Donald Trump, with whom he had lunch this week at the White House.
Their engagement has created a debate regarding celebrities and political endorsements across the political spectrum in the United States.
The dispute erupted in 2009.
It all started in September 2009 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York for the MTV Video Music Awards.
Swift, then 19, had just defeated Beyoncé to win Best Female Video for her country-pop teen song You Belong With Me when West famously came on stage and interrupted her acceptance speech in the middle of it.
Kanye said: “I’m extremely thrilled for you, Taylor, so I’ll let you finish, but Beyoncé has one of the best videos ever! One of the greatest videos ever made!” In front of millions of people, he said.
Beyoncé appeared perplexed, the audience booed, and Swift appeared disoriented, apparently crying on stage.
Beyoncé later asked Swift back on stage to “have her time” later in the ceremony. West eventually apologized for being nasty on the Jay Leno show two days later.
He apologized multiple times, but the incident lingered with him, and President Barack Obama even called him a “jackass” because of it.
Kanye apologizes in 2010
In September 2010, after a lengthy Twitter storm, West apologized again and announced he had composed a song for Swift before deleting his account.
Swift, on the other hand, debuted her song “Innocent” at the 2010 VMAs just days later, with lyrics mocking West: “Thirty-two and still growin’ up now/ Who you are is not what you did / You’re still an innocent.”
West then appeared to retract his apologies, accusing Swift of profiting from the aftermath of the VMAs.
Source: bbc.com
