Irritating Kanye West continues to prostitute himself for Twitter ratings

Kanye West has said he “did not diss Taylor Swift” in his new track, Famous.

In a series of posts on Twitter, he denied reports that she had warned him over “misogynistic” language, writing that she “gave her blessings” to the controversial lyric.

Taylor Swift and Kanye West (Evan Agostini/AP; Richard Drew/AP)

The rap star apparently references Taylor in the song, with the words: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous.”

But Taylor’s representatives denied that West had called the star to seek permission before putting the song out.

 Her spokesman said: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single Famous on her Twitter account.