Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Skepta removes single artwork following Holocaust comparisons
nme.comSkepta has issued a statement over claims that the artwork for his upcoming new single references the Holocaust.The London rapper is due to release the song ‘Gas Me Up (Diligent)’ on January 26 as the first preview of his sixth studio album, ‘Knife And Fork’.On Monday (January 8), he shared the official cover art for the track, which was created by artist Gabriel Moses.
The image depicts a group of men with shaved heads and in matching uniforms. One of them has “GAS ME UP” tattooed on the back of his head.Some fans have said that the scene in question resembles the treatment of Jewish people at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two.
Skepta has been accused of referencing the gas chambers that were used to kill prisoners at concentration camps with the single’s title and artwork.In a statement on social media today (January 10), Skepta – real name Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr.
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