Kanye West has apologised for jumping on stage and interrupting country singer Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. The rapper caused controversy at the ceremony in New York when he disrupted proceedings as the star collected her award for Best Female Video.
West jumped on to the stage and grabbed the microphone, protesting that the teenage singer's fellow nominee Beyoncé should have won the award instead.
Shocked Taylor was left standing on the stage clutching her award while West shouted to the audience: "I'm sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."
He was referring to the video for Single Ladies in which Beyoncé and two dancers perform an energetic dance routine in leotards that has been copied across the world.
The rapper was escorted out of the building after the outburst and missed the rest of the show but an apology to Taylor and her mum was quickly posted on his blog.
West says: "I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mum."
He added: "I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!"
Single Ladies went on win Best Video of the Year later in the evening, when Beyoncé invited Swift back on to the stage to finish her acceptance speech.
"Dear Kanye, What happened to you as a child?? Did you not get hugged enough?? Something must have happened to make you this way and I think we're all just curious as to what would make a grown man go on national television and make a talented artist, let alone teenager, feel like s**t..."I was actually nominated in the same category that Taylor won and I was excited for her, so why can't you be?"
good on kelly clarkson
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kanye west is the best rapper alive . who the hell is taylor swift?
taylor swift is one of, if not the biggest selling artist in the world at the moment, only 19 years old, writes her own songs and her two albums are pretty good, especially the current one, and she sings and plays live too, not a manufactured pop act
if you think kayne is the best rapper alive you need to checkout more hip hop. kayne lost it with his autotune album as a rapper. checkout common or q-tip, long established rappers with great current work. they don't sell as much, but they have more interesting things to say
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if you think kayne is the best rapper alive you need to checkout more hip hop. kayne lost it with his autotune album as a rapper. checkout common or q-tip, long established rappers with great current work. they don't sell as much, but they have more interesting things to say
taylor swift is one of, if not the biggest selling artist in the world at the moment, only 19 years old, writes her own songs and her two albums are pretty good, especially the current one, and she sings and plays live too, not a manufactured pop act
if you think kayne is the best rapper alive you need to checkout more hip hop. kayne lost it with his autotune album as a rapper. checkout common or q-tip, long established rappers with great current work. they don't sell as much, but they have more interesting things to say
Common has fallen off a bit recently. UMC was a bit boring I thought. Q-tip is very good. I saw him in the summer.
KanYe Wests 808s and heartbreaks was a great album. It was true heartfelt lyrics. Kanye was not afraid to break away from current hip-hop to make a new sound. KanYe is also the hottest producer around making some of the best songs on current hit albums. Half of the blueprint 3 was produced by KanYe WEst. This is a number 1 album in the USA. There is no denying that he is a massive artist and producer. He has definitely contributed more to music than Taylor Swift.
Common has fallen off a bit recently. UMC was a bit boring I thought. Q-tip is very good. I saw him in the summer.
KanYe Wests 808s and heartbreaks was a great album. It was true heartfelt lyrics. Kanye was not afraid to break away from current hip-hop to make a new sound. KanYe is also the hottest producer around making some of the best songs on current hit albums. Half of the blueprint 3 was produced by KanYe WEst. This is a number 1 album in the USA. There is no denying that he is a massive artist and producer. He has definitely contributed more to music than Taylor Swift.
commons last two albums have been excellent, UMC in particular was a great album. the video for the title track was fantastic. i never though after all the years that common would end up in the charts even in the states. he's fantastic live too. the first time i saw him 2001 really stood out as he changed costumes slightly for each track, showing the change of music and fashion through the years, a simple but effective technique that made such a memorable show. i last saw him a couple of times a couple of years ago, obviously with a much larger and more well known catalogue, but still down to earth
i didn't really enjoy the last kayne album, it's thrown him away from the rapping too much. certainly he was one of my favourite rappers before that, but i think he's going a bit off the boil like eminem, he too was great with his first 2 or 3 mainstream albums, and even all his collabs and guest spots were great, but his 15 minutes are over for now
i've never ever been a fan of jay z really. he has a few interesting tracks, but with some rappers you can listen to them for what they say, but he says nothing to me. he was pretty lame on the VMA's, even with alicia backing him, it's like he thinks he is god and everyone adores him so he doesn't have to put in any real effort anymore. it's the hunger of new starving artists that give them the fire to create good hip hop music
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