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“Famous” explores what it means to be famous—Rihanna personifies fame on the hook.
Kanye premiered the music video for “Famous” on June 24th, 2016, at The Forum in Los Angeles. The video features nude images of famous celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Amber Rose, Ray...
[Intro: Rihanna & Kanye West]
Man, I can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a girl like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
Woo, woo
Swizz told me let the beat rock (Oh)
Oh
[Verse 1: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz]
For all my Southside niggas that know me best
I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex
Why? I made that bitch famous (Goddamn)
I made that bitch famous
For all the girls that got dick from Kanye West
If you see 'em in the streets, give 'em Kanye's best
Why? They mad they ain't famous (Goddamn)
They mad they still nameless (Talk that talk, man)
Her man in the store tryna try his best
But he just can't seem to get Kanye fresh
But we still hood famous (Goddamn)
Yeah, we still hood famous
[Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz]
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
Wake up, Mr. West! Oh, he's up!
I just wanted you to know
[Verse 2: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz]
I be Puerto Rican day parade floatin'
That Benz Marina Del Rey coastin'
She in school to be a real estate agent
Last month I helped her with the car payment
Young and we alive, whoo!
We never gonna die, whoo!
I just copped a jet to fly over personal debt
Put one up in the sky
The sun is in my eyes, whoo!
Woke up and felt the vibe, whoo!
No matter how hard they try, whoo!
We never gonna die
[Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz]
I just wanted you to know
Get 'em!
[Bridge: Sister Nancy & Swizz Beatz]
Bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam, bam, bam bam dilla
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla
How you feeling right now? Let me see your lighters in the air
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam
Let me see your middle finger in the air
Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam, bam, bam bam dilla
Let me see you act up in this motherfucker
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla
How you feelin', how you feelin', how you feelin' in this mother fucker, God damn
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam
One thing you can't do is stop us now
Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam bam, bam bam dilla
Ayy, you can't stop the thing now
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla
Man, it's way too late, it's way too late, it's way too late, you can't fuck with us
Bam bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam
To the left, to the right
Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam bam, bam bam dilla
I wanna see everybody hands in the air like this
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey
Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey
What a bam, bam
[Outro: Nina Simone]
I just wanted you to know
I loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
[Produced by Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Havoc & Noah Goldstein]
Famous was written by Kanye West & Havoc & Plain Pat & Hudson Mohawke & Giampiero Scalamogna & Sergio Bardotti & Luiz Enríquez Bacalov & Winston Riley & Jimmy Webb & Charlie Heat & Swizz Beatz & MIKE DEAN & Andrew Dawson & Noah Goldstein & CyHi & Chance the Rapper & Nina Simone & Sister Nancy.
Famous was produced by Kanye West & Havoc & MIKE DEAN & Hudson Mohawke & Plain Pat & Kuk Harrell & Andrew Dawson & Noah Goldstein & Charlie Heat & Swizz Beatz.
Kanye West released Famous on Sun Feb 14 2016.
“Famous” is about Kanye’s polarizing relationship with fame. Learn more here.
I did not diss Taylor Swift and I’ve never dissed her… First thing is I’m an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship. 2nd thing I asked my wife for her blessings and she was cool with it. 3rd thing I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line a...
Likely, yes.
Before The Life Of Pablo was called The Life Of Pablo, Kanye tweeted out a tracklist to an album called Waves.
Notably, “Famous” wasn’t there, but “Nina Chop” was. In a later tracklist, he crossed out “Nina Chop” and replaced it with “Famous.”
It’s debatably unclear whether this song...
In the “Nina Chop” Original Demo, Kanye mentions Amber Rose:
I feel like Amber Rose still owe me sex (Chiraq)
Why? I made that bitch famous
Not really, but somewhat famous (err, kinda)
Kanye has yet to speak out about why the lyrics were removed.
During his interview with Zane Lowe, Chance The Rapper played “Nina Chop,” an early version of “Famous” that featured a never-heard-before Chance verse.
Months later, an entirely different version of the track leaked, featuring two verses and background vocals from Young Thug.
A much more tame ver...
In a 2018 interview with NME, the singer said, “When I heard [Kanye] do it I just thought, well, that’s good for me.”
“Famous” was a crazy process. Kanye brought in Havoc and there was a lot of other people on that one as well. I didn’t know Swizz was gonna be on that one.
We did that one in Paris. The night we did that, Ye did a performance at the Louvre museum and came back, and we were trying to figure it out....
“Famous” was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on March 7, 2018.