Taylor Swift’s admiration for hip-hop has been obvious all through her profession. Whether or not its via collaborations or expressing her assist for different rappers, the singer attests to being a fan of rhyme schemes. Some hip-hop rappers even reciprocate the identical sentiments towards the 14-time Grammy award-winning artist, particularly of their music.
The Taylor Swift love comes from all angles. In August of 2024, A$AP Rocky dropped a music video trailer for his new track “Tailor Swif.” Though Swifty’s identify is misspelled, it signifies her affect exterior genres like pop, indie folks and nation.
Again in March, Ice Spice even informed Billboard about some music recommendation she acquired from T Swift.
“Once I was within the studio with Taylor, like, I’ll always remember,” Ice stated. “She informed me, ‘It doesn’t matter what, simply hold making music and every part’s going to be fantastic.'”
One other tale-tell signal of Taylor’s love for rap is showcased via her 31-track album The Tortured Poets Division: The Anthology. Whereas Taylor does a lot of the heavy lifting on her newest mission, one of many solely visitor appearances on the LP is Put up Malone. He opens the album with the track “Fortnight.” Regardless of Posty’s pivot right into a extra country-infused sound in current months, his inclusion on Taylor’s newest album serves as a reminder of how beloved (or feared) the pop star is in hip-hop circles.
The “worry” solely means her expertise and big fan base result in unbelievable gross sales numbers, which many rappers are cognizant of. In his 2023 track “Pink Button,” Drake acknowledged that T-Swift is the one artist who would make him delay a mission if she deliberate to drop the identical day.
“Taylor Swift the one ni**a that I ever rated/Just one might make me drop the album just a bit later/Remainder of y’all, I deal with you such as you by no means made it,” Drizzy raps.
Taylor Swift Has Proven Rappers Love
Throughout Taylor’s acceptance speech for successful a Shorty Award for Greatest Singer again in 2015, the Swifties chief accepted the award by rapping a couple of bars from Younger Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Trip.” Buck expressed his curiosity to file with the singer after that. Swift additionally gave Drake and Future’s hit “Jumpman” the identical remedy in 2017, rapping the monitor’s hook whereas operating on a treadmill in an advert for Apple Music.
Taylor Swift Has Labored With Quite a few Rappers
The lauded singer’s love of hip-hop goes deeper than simply mutual respect and the occasional shout-out. Taylor Swift most notably took Ice Spice beneath her wing in an enormous method over the previous yr. She linked along with her for the track “Karma (Remix)” in 2023, and invited her out to the Grammys, the 2024 Tremendous Bowl and different occasions. Ice Spice proceeded to name Taylor her “sis” in an interview with Selection.
Taylor has even spit a couple of bars of her personal. Again in 2009, Taylor Swift reworked into T-Swizzle and dropped some braggadocious warmth alongside T-Ache for “Thug Story.” The video premiered throughout the CMT Awards sarcastically sufficient, and apparently got here collectively due to Taylor’s love of rap.
“I am so gangsta you could find me baking cookies at night time/You out clubbing, nicely I simply baked Caramel Delights/T-Swift and T-Ache rappin’ on the identical monitor/It is a thug story/Inform me are you able to get with that,” she raps.
T-Ache later clarified in an interview with Leisure Tonight that Taylor’s respect for the style was real and that he did not even assist her write any of the lyrics.
“She wrote all of that… I did not assist in any respect,” T-Ache stated in 2015. “She wrote my elements, too. She did all of that. She was prepared.”
Taylor Swift has gotten much more seems to be from notable rappers in recent times. Kendrick Lamar hopped on a remix of “Unhealthy Blood,” which was included on the singer’s 1989 album in 2015. She praised Ok-Dot a number of occasions for taking the time to work along with her, and Kendrick spoke extremely about what it was prefer to work with T-Swift.
“I didn’t need to get into her head too loopy. I simply wished to have my very own inspiration and see the place it took it,” Kendrick informed veteran radio present host Howard Stern in 2017. “Luckily, the vibe was proper and it didn’t take too many takes and we was actually locked in on the chemistry and we actually felt what was happening once I was within the sales space.”
Taylor then reiterated her love for Kendrick on Instagram when she launched Taylor’s Model of 1989 final yr.
“Watching @kendricklamar create and file his verses on the Unhealthy Blood remix was one of the crucial inspiring experiences of my life,” Taylor wrote on Instagram on the time. “I nonetheless look again on this collaboration with a lot delight and gratitude, for the methods Kendrick elevated the track and the way in which he treats everybody round him.”
By 2024, quite a few different rappers have come out in assist of Taylor. Taste Flav deemed himself “King Swiftie” after attending one among Taylor’s Eras Excursions and linking with the singer on the 2024 Grammy Awards. With this many rappers supporting Taylor out loud, it begs the query: what number of are blasting her tunes behind closed doorways? Most likely greater than anybody may assume.