So everyone this morning is talking about Kanye West's impromptu shenanigans on stage whilst Taylor Swift was accepting her award for music video....
When I finally got around to watching the clip, it was no where as bad as I was expecting it to be. He came up on stage and first apologised to Taylor Swift and then commented that he loved Beyonce's video....Everyone was shocked and everyone has been commenting how he was drunk and he should not have stolen taylor Swift's limelight, but really lets look at this on a microscopic level....
Kanye West has always been outrageous in his words, actions, songs etc. He has always been that edgy umcompromising rapper/produser artist that we all love to hate but when he has written about various subject matters, he has silenced us as it has been written with passion and thought. When a few years ago, he stood out, not even stood up,at the Old Orleans disaster and proudly told the world what they were thinking, "bush dont care about black people" he was hailed as a hero. WHY? because is served a social and global purpose!
What we are failing to note is that this man, this human being, recently lost his mother, his long time relationship to his fiance was called off and now, without the support and love of his mother, whom he doted on, and kept him grounded, he is somewhat lost and being in the music industry, its not really full of folk that are loyal or trustworthy...so tell me, normal people, can you say that you could keep your head straight when you are trying to deal with so much under the public microscope.
Y'all need to come off your high horses and really look beneath the surface and realise that even though maybe what he did was uncool, he is not doing or saying anything that we dont wish we could do or wish we could say. A local London club used his name to promote themselves and even gloat on the fact that he was not able to come into the venue, and used his name for publicity....so dont critise the man who's name y'all use to feed yourselfs.
We all know that Kanye has and will be controversial. He is always gonna be something different and be different. I have met him and I thought he was quite arrogant but you know what, I respect him, cause of his "love me or hate me" I am still going to do me attitude. He worked hard to be where he is and he has managed to fresh in the game....yes you all know that when he rocked those sunglasses in his video, they were on your list of "must haves"
As for Taylor Swift, hey, dont feel sorry for her, as this little stunt has bought the poor little white girl some more publicity and sympathy votes for getting her limelight being taken from the big bad black wolf.....and I am sure she will do just fine.
Peace x
LOS ANGELES -- Kanye West used Jay Leno's prime-time debut Monday to offer another apology for ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards and to say he's going to take some time off for reflection.
West said he knew he was wrong the moment he handed the microphone back to Swift, when he was bathed in boos. He had interrupted Swift on Sunday night as she accepted a best female video award for "You Belong With Me," arguing that Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" was more deserving.
"It was rude, period," West said. He posted a second apology to Swift on his blog on Monday, and told Leno he wanted to apologize to the country music star in person.
West took a long pause when Leno asked what his mother would have said about the incident. West was very close to his mother, Donda, who died in November 2007. He said yes when Leno asked whether his mother would have given him a lecture.
"So many celebrities, they never take the time off," he said. "I've never taken the time off to really -- you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, 'cause, and I don't try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I'm going to make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve."
He had already been set to perform on Leno's first prime-time show on NBC, but asked for time to talk with the controversy swirling. It may have been a stroke of luck for Leno, whose daily prime-time comedy show already was the most buzzed-about fall debut. With West, it's likely to draw even more curious viewers.
It was reminiscent of when Hugh Grant appeared on the "Tonight" show with Leno in 1995 to make amends after being arrested with a prostitute -- only this time there weren't many laughs. The Grant appearance was a springboard for Leno to eclipse David Letterman in the ratings.
Leno was quick to reference the West incident with one of his first monologue jokes Monday, saying President Barack Obama had invited West and the 19-year-old Swift for a "root beer summit."
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West has gotten in trouble before with ill-timed comments, raising scenes after losing awards himself at the VMAs, the Grammys and the American Music Awards. In 2005, West said during a telethon after Hurricane Katrina that President George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people."
MTV wasn't complaining on Monday. Televised on MTV, MTV2 and VH1 simultaneously on Sunday, the awards show was seen by 11 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's up 21 percent over last year and was the most-watched Video Music Awards since 2002.
A corporate partner of MTV jumped to take advantage of it. Comedy Central, like MTV owned by Viacom Inc., planned to rerun four times in a row on Tuesday a "South Park" episode that poked fun at West's ego.
West spoke on Leno's show before performing with Jay-Z and Rihanna on Jay-Z's song "Run This Town."
Some of West's fans who were waiting to see the performance on Leno's show condemned the rapper.
"I thought that was very disrespectful," said Oscar Velasquez, 21, of Valley Village, Calif. "He's a great musician, but as a person, he's not a role model or anything. And I think that not only are his fans disappointed but his mom would be disappointed. I don't think she raised him like that, to be like that. I think he needs to remember that."
Velasquez said he'd remained a fan of West's after previous awards show blowups, but, "I'm getting kind of tired of it. There comes to a point where you know what? That's how you are, but you can change. And he needs to change."
Errimis Pullett, 27, of San Diego, said he planned to boo West.
He said he'd dismissed West's previous award show tantrums by telling himself, "'Oh, he's kind of misunderstood. He's a little egotistical.' But last night, just jumping in front of Taylor Swift and stealing her moment, that was ridiculous. I can't support or defend that. I'm a huge fan, bought all his CDs. ... I'm glad Beyonce stepped in and let her finish her speech up."
This time, Pullett said, "he looked more like a bully."
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AP Entertainment Writers David Bauder and Ryan Pearson contributed to this report.
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