Kanye West has released a new music video purporting to show him in bed with a host of naked celebrities including Donald Trump and Taylor Swift.
The rapper premiered the video for his latest track Famous at The Forum arena in Inglewood, California, where fans were able to buy tickets to attend the event.
The video features West in bed with his wife Kim Kardashian before the camera zooms out to reveal what appears to be lookalikes of another 10 famous people asleep beside them.
Kanye West (Matt Sayles/AP)
They include Taylor, Donald, reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, comic Bill Cosby, former US president George W Bush, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, singers Rihanna and Chris Brown, Kardashian’s former boyfriend Ray J and West’s ex-girlfriend Amber Rose.
Explaining the video, Kanye told Vanity Fair: “It’s not in support or anti any of (the people in the video). It’s a comment on fame.”
According to the magazine, he refused to say if any of the celebrities in the video appeared as themselves or whether prosthetics or digital effects were used.
Kanye West and Taylor Swift in happier times (Matt Sayles/AP)
The song Famous has caused controversy after he included lyrics about Taylor, stating that he “made that b**** famous” and that they “might still have sex”.
I feel so blessed thank God for every up and every down. Making final tweaks to the edit. Feeling very inspired.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) June 24, 2016
Thank God for the support of my wife and real friends.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) June 24, 2016
He told Vanity Fair: “(I say) a lot of lines other wives would not allow a husband to say.
“But my wife also puts up photos that other husbands wouldn’t let them put up. One of the keys to happiness in our marriage is we’re allowed to be ourselves.”
In February, a spokeswoman for Taylor said the pop star cautioned Kanye against releasing “such a strong misogynistic message” and she had not been made aware of the lyric “I made that b**** famous”.
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