Kanye West The aka Ye wasn't in attendance at the 68th Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4), but his presence certainly came after his Watch The Throne collaborator Jay-Z shuffle some feathers. With Taylor Swift taking home the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Kanye West saw his name trending on X with users connecting the dots between Hov's epic speech and Swift's win.
Ever since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift during an acceptance speech, the pair have been reluctantly attached. Using similar talking points that Ye used in the past, Jay-Z lambasted the Recording Academy and the fact that his wife, Beyoncé, never won an Album of the Year award.
Fans at X noticed that Kanye played Jay-Z's speech via his Instagram Story feed, which is seen by many as a synonym and perhaps a possibility that the pair are on good terms with each other. That said, the reaction to Jay-Z's viral Grammys moment has been full of admiration, and some are calling it a blatant display of entitlement — which is the sentiment of social media fans, not something we openly endorse.
Ye, who last won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for his album Jesus is relatedg, has a total of 21 trophies.
Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign are gearing up to release their multi-volume collaboration Vulturesthe first of which is expected to be released on February 9.
Check out some reactions to Ye trending in the wake of the 68th Grammy Awards below.
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