Flavor Flavhas been bestowed the ultimate Swiftie title: “King Swiftie!”
ThePublic Enemymember, 64, talked on the NFL Honors red carpet about getting that crown fromTaylor Swiftfans — and revealed what he talked to Swift herself about at the 2024 Grammys this past Sunday.
The rappertold theLos Angeles Timesthat he finally “got to get some Taylor time” at the awards show after attending her Eras Tour show last year. “The discussion [at the event] was about me congratulating her on all her success. And me being a big fan of hers, a big supporter of hers.”
“Having her acknowledge that her fan base ‘Swifties’ gavemea name, ‘King Swiftie,’” added the rapper.
“I said, ‘You know they call me King Swiftie?’ She said, ‘I know!'” recalled the rapper. “Yo, when I heard her say that, that was huge for me.”
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In mid-January, during an interview within a new interview withHOT 97’sEbro in the Morning, Flavor Flav first declared he was “King Swiftie.”
“Yes, I am a Swiftie,” Flavor Flav said. “Not only that, but I got a new name now: ‘King Swiftie.’ ”
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He also revealed that his favorite track of theLoversinger’s is “Bad Blood.”
“I mean, that’s [about] everybody’s relationships, or everybody’s families, or everybody’s friendships, it’s like, you know, ‘I used to be good friends, now you did something to me, now we got bad blood, look what you’ve done!' ” he explained.
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The pair first met at theiHeartRadio Awards in March 2023. “Before I met Taylor Swift, I’ve always been a big fan of her music anyway, though,” Flav said of their first encounter.
After the duo met in the spring, the rapper was spotted at multiple shows of theErastour. He first attended theDetroit showin early June and then headed to the show again in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium in August.
Flavor Flav at Eras on June 10, 2023.Flavor Flav/Twitter
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source: people.com
