Kanye West crammed a lot of digs into his new single

Kanye West
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Kanye West rang in 2016 by releasing a new song, "Facts." The rapper dedicated most of it to bashing Nike, a company he served as brand ambassador for until 2014.

But, as The Washington Post notes, Kanye also managed to direct insults at a wide variety of people: Everyone from celebrities like LeBron James and Steve Harvey down to folks who don't care for his wife Kim Kardashian's Kimoji app.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.