ALL ABOUT KANYE
Rappers are always looking to top each other, and last week, Kanye West managed to top himself in the sore loser department.
On Nov. 2, West stormed the stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Denmark as the best video honor was being presented to a couple of guys named Justice and Simian.
West, cursing up a storm, said he should have won for his "Touch the Sky" video. His reasons? It cost $1 million dollars to make, starred Pamela Anderson and featured him "jumping across canyons."
He even went as far to say that by not winning in that category, the show "loses credibility."
West, in light of his foolish behavior and ridiculous comments, should be worried about his credibility. And if anything has been lost, it is his touch with reality.
For an encore, West admitted during a post-show press conference that he had not seen Justice and Simian's winning "We Are Your Friends" clip. (Nothing beats being prepared, right, Kanye?) He again mentioned his video's million-dollar price tag, and then stated, "Obviously, it's not all about the money." (So why mention the cost again?)
None of this should come as a surprise to those familiar with West. After all, he's the guy who whined in 2004 when country singer Gretchen Wilson won the best new artist honor over him at the American Music Awards.
The security folks working tonight's Country Music Association awards should be on alert: It would be very West-like if he crashed the event in Nashville, Tenn., claiming he should receive the Entertainer of the Year honor, even though he's not among the nominees and he's not a country artist.
Nevertheless, he's fast becoming music's biggest boor of the decade, regardless of genre.
Rappers are always looking to top each other, and last week, Kanye West managed to top himself in the sore loser department.
On Nov. 2, West stormed the stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Denmark as the best video honor was being presented to a couple of guys named Justice and Simian.
West, cursing up a storm, said he should have won for his "Touch the Sky" video. His reasons? It cost $1 million dollars to make, starred Pamela Anderson and featured him "jumping across canyons."
He even went as far to say that by not winning in that category, the show "loses credibility."
West, in light of his foolish behavior and ridiculous comments, should be worried about his credibility. And if anything has been lost, it is his touch with reality.
For an encore, West admitted during a post-show press conference that he had not seen Justice and Simian's winning "We Are Your Friends" clip. (Nothing beats being prepared, right, Kanye?) He again mentioned his video's million-dollar price tag, and then stated, "Obviously, it's not all about the money." (So why mention the cost again?)
None of this should come as a surprise to those familiar with West. After all, he's the guy who whined in 2004 when country singer Gretchen Wilson won the best new artist honor over him at the American Music Awards.
The security folks working tonight's Country Music Association awards should be on alert: It would be very West-like if he crashed the event in Nashville, Tenn., claiming he should receive the Entertainer of the Year honor, even though he's not among the nominees and he's not a country artist.
Nevertheless, he's fast becoming music's biggest boor of the decade, regardless of genre.
posted by Chris M. Junior at 2:11 PM
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