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“Come on, everyone’s doing it.” So why shouldn’t you?

It’s almost expected that you experience peer pressure even if in a young age and frequently in your teen years.

Like for example, the celebrity rapper Kanye West on Taylor Swift’s drama made him apologise because of peer pressure.

The rapper caused a media storm back in 2009 when he interrupted taylor swift’s award at the VMA’s and claimed that the award she had just picked up should have gone to Beyonce.

In a profile with the New York Times, West suggested that the impact he has made in the music industry allows him to judged other artists.

“I am so credible and influential and so relevant that I will change this.” he said.

“So when the next little girl that wants to be, you know, a musician and give up her anonymity and her voice to express her talent and bring something special to the world, and it’s time for us to roll out and say ‘Did this person have the biggest thing of the year?’ -that thing is fair because I was there.”

Asked if that belief had led him astray in the Swift incident, West responded: “It’s only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth and awesomeness, that’s all it is.”

West added that he has no regrets and advised readers that they won’t get a few “Full-on, Flat apology for anything.” Before suggesting that he is unhappy about the fact that he said sorry to Swift.

“I think that I have like, faltered, you know as human,” he said. “My message isn’t definitely defined. I have, as a human being, fallen into peer pressure.”

West confirmed that he gave into peer pressure when he apologised, but refused to say whether he would prefer to take back the original incident or the apology.

“I can answer that, but I’m -I’m just- not afraid, but I know that would be such a distraction,” he said.” It’s such a strong thing, and people have such a strong feeling about it. ‘Dark Fantasy’ was my long, backhanded apology.

“You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics, I was like ‘Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves’.”

President Barrack Obama famously called West a “Jack*ss” following his stage invasion, though last year he clarified: “He is a Jack*ss, but he’s talented.”