Totally Uncool Kanye
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Totally Uncool Kanye
Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
Kanye West made a fool out of himself at the MTV VMA Awards on Sunday night, picking on poor 19 year old Taylor Swift by jumping up on stage at Radio City Music Hall during her Best Female Video award speech for "You Belong To Me." The cruel brute grabbed the mic out of the hand of the pride of Wyomissing, Pa. and yelled "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all all time!," referring to "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," before his microphone was killed. Not quite a Joe Wilson moment, but c'mon, Kanye, show a little class. Boo!
Comments (42)
He's an angry, disrespectful racist moron. He needs a good beat down.— Joseph DeSantis- Kayne is a talented artist, but a total jerk! At least Beyonce tried to salvage a ruined night for Taylor Swift. If this was a publicity stunt to get his name in the papers, he's the biggest jerk in the music industry.— Tom98786
- he's a total boog. period— PhillyNH
- He should marry that other thug, Serena and have little thuglets.— McChoke
- This wasn't about Taylor Swift or Beyonce. It was all about Kanye West. He needed the publicity, and there's no better way to get it than by acting like a fool on national t.v. He was promoting himself more than anything. The MTV VMA's need better security to keep morons like him off the stage.— stinkytom
i must disagree. the guy is talented for sure. thats why his craziness is 'tolerated'. but what he did last night was plain wrong and disrespectful. its not a race thing cause he did the same at a B.E.T.(black entertainment television) award show. he's just ignorant. but to say he doesnt have any talent just isnt true. but kayne was flat out wrong for what he did- I agree that he's nothing but a P.O.S.— santivag
- kanye = idiot. Sure i agree. But racist? no comprendo.— tinymortal
- @ thoughtful: No, you're not slow, and no, you didn't miss anything. You just don't have the poisoned heart, self-esteem issues, and diminished mental, emotional, and intellectual capacity that many of the posters here exhibit on a daily basis, and which have apparently been exacerbated because the President and leader of the free world is a black man. No, you're doing just fine.— wb2nd
- Kanye is a cloaca!— Leapinliz
- HE IS NOT TALENTED! PERIOD! CASE CLOSED! GAME OVER!— notrealname
I guess Kanye was just sad for Beyonce... though Beyonce looked mortified at what he was doing. He's talented, but that's a rude stunt to pull, especially on someone so appreciative of the award... and it's ONLY a VMA!— AJG
Comment removed.- kanye west doesnt care about white people— tremo12
- He has "issues!"— WPhillyguy
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- He has no talent. His big hit "Golddigger" was only good because he ripped the hook off a Ray Charles song. Ray had talent and class, and it's a shame this moron got rich and famous stealing from him. If Kanye is talented for using another artist's work, then I guess that makes Weird Al Yankovitch the greatest genius of all time.— testarope
- Your words are hollow Kanye, who blogged an apology in all caps afterwards. His actions are indefensible, and this is not the first time he's pulled this stuff. Kanye, Chris Brown and Serena Williams with some real shinning moments. Talk about dollars and no sense...that's Kanye who's just a classless thug.— salurb
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- racist dbag.— meghanleigh
- Joe Wilson was actually telling the truth. The administration admitted it on friday in a weekend news dump. How are you supposed to act when the leader of the free world is standing in front of the country lying? Leave the politics out, Danny. Thats why nobody buys your paper anymore.— www.panzramic.com
- ok, I'm calling bull on this one...it has been done before, many times, that MTV plans a situation just like this...I smell a rat (and it isn't Kanye for once in his life)— seawall
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- furthermore Pat c you can't call out the the stupid action of another using racism. That's like using a double-negative in a sentence. It doesn't work....it's hypocricy. And it explains your level of thinking or negative stereotype. Just like every other comment here that tries to link West's actions with Black culture instead of just being critical of West himself. Why is that?— tony b
- Is anyone actually surprised by his behavior anymore? Whats more disheartening is the millions of people who will go out and buy his crappy music no matter how much of a racist jerk he is... IBTL— KingOfPhilly
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- The real classless person is you Pat c since you try to classify Harlem people with some sort of racist stereotype in your weak understanding of African Americans. What Mr. West did was stupid but your comments are what's really sad. All people have the right to be treated as individuals.....their own actions define them....That's a common curteosy which you cannot understand.— tony b
- Welcome to his level Pat c...."He should have been put back in his limo and taken to Harlem to join people of his ilk." If that isn't a racist comment, I don't know what is.— The Big O
- There's a great word that describes Kanye West. It belongs with an N. (Nitwit. What did you think I meant?)— LAEagle
- He is garbage— drrush
- What does Joe Wilson have to do with this?— brian
- How do you see these videos anyway? I don't think MTV has shown a video in at least 10 years.— vandal
- He DOES have talent, a lot of talent, and that's the problem. If he had ANY LESS talent, he would, as Pat suggests, never be invited back to anything. But seriously, be honest, did any of the people commenting on this actually know the VMAs were happening tonight?— Nutburgers
- Beyounce just won Best Video Award and has light years more class then West and invited Taylor West out to give her Thank You speech. Evidence of not a racial thing but a low class vs. high class thing.— Smokey
- He is a racist jerk. Not surprising behavior from a dirtbag like him.— msvndy
- Is there anyway that we can get him put in jail just on principle. Or maybe he could just go to the same plastic surgeon his mother went to. Atleast then the result would be favorable for us— clever
- This P.O.S. has zero talent and has to make up for it with stunts like this to get attention.— notrealname
- Wow, he deserves a punch in the mouth big time. She should have slapped him and made him look like the punk he is.— JonKap
- He is the biggest idiot in music. He has talent, but he is a total moron.— hugh
- Dude what were you smoking?— robentcorp
- he is a racist jerk— ffjake
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