To explain what happened if anyone is confused:

Taylor Swift won, I assume, a best video or best female video award and Kayne thought everyone should hear his two cents on the issue.

Here's a better video to embed: http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1QBwBm/www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621389/story.jhtml/

I think what blankfist meant to say was http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/436578/kanye-west-crashes-the-stage.jhtml#id=1621391

Kanye West doesn't care about white people.

Here are the two videos in question:

Taylor Swift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaPVlyEQc8
Beyonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

If either one of these is considered award-worthy, things are in a sad state.

what a douche

This is the video that used to be at the link I posted above, and then MTV replaced it with the shorter version. You can pull the embed from it here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/435995/taylor-swift-wins-best-female-video.jhtml#id=1620605

Tut tut, Kanye. Didn't South Park teach you anything?

So dancing around in a unitard qualifies as the "one of the best videos of all time"?

I hear he likes fish sticks.

i am so separated from the culture that cares about this that i find the indecent hilarious.

from my very outsider perspective i see it like this:
Beyonce is beautiful lady and it was a nice old fashion song and dance video, so good for her.
Taylor Swift is a cute kid that summed up nearly every teen romantic comedy in a short video, so good for her too.
Kanye seems to be some melodramatic attention whore kid with a hedge row maze for a hair cut. So he's a dick, but predictable, yawn.

this hub-bub reminds me of another controversy recently that i found myself asking "what the fuck is a T-pain?"

Someone told me Kanye West raped and murdered a girl in 2000.

Is this recent? Does Kanye do this every year? I remember a video running around where he was backstage at some video awards screaming "GIVE THE BLACK MAN A CHANCE!"

Fucking gay fish.

What an amazing display of insensitivity! This is like something from a stupid movie. He interrupted her acceptance speech to say that somebody else's video was better? Wow. Just wow. Seriously, like something from a bad script.

Wait....MTV still has music videos?

that was überdouche material

He meant to say, "Taylor, I know you won, but Weezer's 'Buddy Holly' was one of the greatest videos of all time!"

haha... he wrote a rambling blog post apologizing afterward. He writes all his blog posts IN ALL CAPS. I GUESS BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE HAS TO SAY IS SO IMPORTANT.

No class!

I heard from a friend that Kanye rape a 14-yr old in 2002. Prove to me he didn't murder her after he was done with her.

It's not like any of those celebs actually play any real part in making their music videos, so I don't see why either of them would care.

For that matter the only reason it's the 'artist' is up there collecting the award and not the music video producer is because the VMAs are a promotional event and really have nothing to do with rewarding talent anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9zmg4PabhQ from http://digg.com/television/2009_MTV_Video_Music_Awards_Kanye_West_Disrespects_Taylor?t=28240874#c28240874 for a mirror if needed.

I got an idea, lets stop inviting that autotuned mofo to any award ceremonies.

I never knew... Kanye and Joe Wilson are cousins.

>> ^RedSky:
It's not like any of those celebs actually play any real part in making their music videos, so I don't see why either of them would care.
For that matter the only reason it's the 'artist' is up there collecting the award and not the music video producer is because the VMAs are a promotional event and really have nothing to do with rewarding talent anyway.


Did you see Beyonce's video? You can't accuse her of not being a big part of it when she's front and center working it the entire time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

It's a pretty simple yet edgy and captivating video IMO, having just watched it today after all of this controversy erupted. Taylor Swift's video was fine, as well.

I think Kanye was suffering from ass-gyro-in-face-itis...... I certainly was after watching beyonce's video.

Ass-gyro-in-face-itis is known to cause fits of uncontrolled emotions and extreme outbursts of approval, as well as pants-dropping and lotion-using. We should be thankful only the first few symptoms reared their head.

Was going to upvote to spread his douchebaggery, but instead almost downvoted when that intelligent "PWNED" caption appeared at the end.

Yeah, the PWNED at the end was totally unnecessary so I went ahead and changed to a better embed.

Well, he is a motherfuckin' lyrical genius, yo. Surprised he didn't take her head off with a baseball bat.

I find it extremely difficult to care about this.

I feel really bad that Beyonce had to be pulled into this. How awkward for her. Hopefully she bought Taylor Swift some nice bling and took her out to dinner where they bonded and talked shit about Kanye's little dick.

for the record, Kanye actually apologized afterwards this time.

aaaaaaand *douchebag

well..she kind of did...kanye says it like it is bitches!

Kanye proves (again) that he's a fucking talentless douchebag.

To quote someone commenting on "the 19 year old's" youtube video:

'kanye is just pissed that she won over a "sister"

taylor has 100x more talent than kanye. and im not a country fan...... she can actually sing. he just uses auto tune, samples everyone else, doesn't write any music - he's over produced. he's fake, and "manufactured"

taylor swift looked amazing at the vma's too.'

>> ^rottenseed:
I feel really bad that Beyonce had to be pulled into this. How awkward for her. Hopefully she bought Taylor Swift some nice bling and took her out to dinner where they bonded and talked shit about Kanye's little dick.


Apparently later on that evening, Beyonce won best video and called Taylor on stage to give her another chance at an acceptance speech. Very classy move.

Just jealous she doesn't require autotuning.

Kanye is a talented producer and rapper, but he's let his ego get completely out of control. I stuck up for him for the longest time, but this was ridiculous. If you say you don't care about it or it's meaningless, just try to empathize with Taylor and how her moment in the sun was ruined. Maybe she deserved the award, maybe not, maybe it really doesn't matter at all, but it was still a dick move. He lost a lot of fans that night (myself included).

Sift needs a "career ending" channel. This would be a good addition to it.

>> ^Payback:
Just jealous she doesn't require autotuning.


Nearly everything is pitch-corrected these days, not just the tone deaf Anthony Kiedis' of the world. It's too bad, because those slight imperfections can add a lot of beauty and humanity.

It's all well and good, but don't get carried away with all the hype.

This is exactly why I come to Videosift, not YouTube.

If Kanye were a troll (and he is, essentially) he'd be very well fed.

>> ^EndAll:
It's all well and good, but don't get carried away with all the hype.
This is exactly why I come to Videosift, not YouTube.

hahaha "Crack Ho Gives"

Gay Fish

Kanye West makes a complete arse of himself every time he opens his mouth, whether it's to speak or rap. Beyoncé's got plenty of awards and doesn't need him to speak for her anyway.

Wow, just Wow!

Where to start. Kanye isn't a musician. Musicians create and perform music, Kanye samples and distorts the work of others and calls it his own. His work is like going to the Louvre and photographing real works of art, making a collage and then espousing about how great you are to have done it all.

Beyonce's video, all I can say is it's nice to know that strippers will always have a future as hip-hop choreographers. All that was missing was the friggin' brass pole.

Now, Taylor Swift, I have a hard time believing that any 19 year-old deserves the accolades she receives. Her entire career wreaks of corporate manipulation. Her bio sounds like a made for TV movie. She's a wonder of marketing, just like 99.9% of all the popular artists around. Maybe if she was homely I'd believe she's as talented as she's portrayed.

The modern music industry is garbage, regardless of how popular it is. Image has replaced talent, and computer processing has replaced hard work and skill.

And the VMA's are a testament to how far music has fallen.

Here's the kicker to the WHOLE blow out by Kanye...

...Beyonce won "Video of the Year". Pretty much she won the HIGHEST she could win. So not only was Kanye kicking and screaming like a little bitch, but he was doing it prematurely.

Later on, when accepting her award, Beyonce let Taylor come up and say a couple of words. That kind of professionalism and respect (whether deserved or not) is why Beyonce is one of the most cherished in the industry right now. Anybody can be "marketed" just like HollywoodBob says, but she seems to not let her head swell to a larger-than-life mentality.

As for Kanye, the true heroes on his team are his P.R. people...they must be the most patient people.

What I really don't understand is how he got up there in the first place. He's made a few scenes like this before. If you were working security and saw him approaching the stage, wouldn't you kick the shit out of him? If you were running the event, wouldn't you leave security with strict orders to do just that?

If he was burning on the ground in front of me, I would pull up a chair.

Quote of the day: "I was excited to be onstage because I just won the award. And then I was excited that Kanye West was onstage. Then, I wasn't excited anymore." - Taylor Swift

I'd hit it.

...Beyonce, I mean.
Naw but in all honesty I'm secretly in love with Taylor Swift, and If I were 20 years younger...oh the things I would do to her.

I think we've all been trolled hard. If anything, Kanye is the troll of our generation.

Hilarious remix: http://www.videosift.com/video/VMA-Remix-Kanye-West-Interrupts-Obama-s-Speech

>> ^xxovercastxx:
What I really don't understand is how he got up there in the first place. He's made a few scenes like this before. If you were working security and saw him approaching the stage, wouldn't you kick the shit out of him? If you were running the event, wouldn't you leave security with strict orders to do just that?


When I saw the headline earlier today I knew I'd end up seeing this on the sift later in the day.

I think it's clearly manufactured *controversy. If you did a poll on here, I'll bet 80-90% if not more people would say they would not even know the VMAs happened last night... unless he had done this elaborate nudity-free publicity stunt (oh Bruno, where are you now?).

>> ^blahpook:
Quote of the day: "I was excited to be onstage because I just won the award. And then I was excited that Kanye West was onstage. Then, I wasn't excited anymore." - Taylor Swift


If true that's bloody hilarious.>> ^jordanonorth:
I think we've all been trolled hard. If anything, Kanye is the troll of our generation.


Exactly.

P.S. these videos are nothing compared to some of the much more interesting things that've come out this year from around the world. Shameless promotion exhibit #1.

I'm sorry, but Sick Muse beats them all to a pulp with a burning sparkler. Yes, I went there.

As does most every Metric single and tons of awesome music which you'll make you feel so much better.

I also like this one, but it's clearly not 2009.

Twat.

What a cock.

Personally, I'd like to have seen Taylor Swift put that rather heavy looking award to good use and leave a lasting impression on Kanye, preferably in his skull.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Kanye West doesn't care about white people.
Here are the two videos in question:
Taylor Swift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaPVlyEQc8
Beyonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g
If either one of these is considered award-worthy, things are in a sad state.


I hear what you're saying... but he's still a DOUCHE.

How can Beyonce win the best video of the year award and not win the best female video of the year?

Kanye-boy is just playing the logic police!

>> ^Issykitty:
I hear what you're saying... but he's still a DOUCHE.

No that's not a douche, that's exceeding the level of douche and moving into the realm of douchebaggery.

Showing the world how much of a complete asshole you can be, that you have no humanity, no care, no respect for someone else. That all moments of publicity exist for either them, or people just under them in their very small world view.

Without actually paying attention more I'd be happy to slap on the megalomaniac label.

I love that the president called him a jackass in an interview. He's got my vote for the next decade

When I first saw this I thought it said 'Kenya insults Tailor Swift..'


It's funny the South Park episode about Kanye was on last night. The one with the Fishsticks/Fish Dicks joke he didn't get and he kept murdering people who thought they were calling him a gay fish because he's such a dumb ass and kept saying 'I am the voice of a generation.' Until at the end he admitted it.. he's a gay fish. So he jumped into the ocean and starts making out with various fish.

Funny ass episode and perfect for the current situation.

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