How Jay Z helped Taylor Swift and Kanye West become friends

You Belong with Me singer Taylor Swift has revealed how rapper Jay Z was responsible for the patch-up between Kanye West and her. The 25-year-old singer said she and Kanye were able to reconcile because of their mutual friend Jay Z, reported Vanity Fair.

You Belong with Me singer Taylor Swift has revealed how rapper Jay Z was responsible for the patch-up between Kanye West and her. The 25-year-old singer said she and Kanye were able to reconcile because of their mutual friend Jay Z, reported Vanity Fair.

"I feel like I wasn't ready to be friends with (Kanye) until I felt like he had some sort of respect for me, and he wasn't ready to be friends with me until he had some sort of respect for me - so it was the same issue, and we both reached the same place at the same time," Swift said.

"I became friends with Jay Z, and I think it was important, for , for and I to get along... And then Kanye and I both reached a place where he would say really nice things about my music and what I've accomplished, and I could ask him how his kid's doing," she added.

Beyonce and Jay Z looked stunning together at the red carpet of 77th Academy Awards in 2005.