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The latest controversy in the entertainment world comes from Sunday night's MTV Music Awards show. Country singer Taylor Swift had just won the trophy for Best Female Video for her song "You Belong with Me," edging out (among others) Beyoncé, and was giving her acceptance speech when rapper Kanye West jumped onto the stage, snatched the microphone from her hand and said "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'm-a-let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!" He then handed the mic back to Swift, but she was too shaken to continue and left the stage in tears.
To her credit, Beyoncé seemed genuinely mortified by West's outburst and later invited Swift to share the stage after she won an award herself.
West, you might recall, is the buffoon who declared, during the 2005 benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina, that "George Bush doesn't care about black people."
It's worth noting that West's father was a Black Panther and a photojournalist, and that his mother was an English professor; indeed, West is renowned in rap circles for his social conscience and is often considered one of the medium's true intellectuals.
Which should remind the rest of us that there's stupid. There's stoopid. And then there's hip hop stoopid.
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Alan Brooks| 9.14.09 @ 3:52PM
if he was educated, Kayne might read Thomas Sowell, instead of comic books.
Culturally, whatever 'culture' is, we have reached dystopia. Culture is now imbecilic.
Alan Brooks| 9.14.09 @ 3:56PM
but its not blacks conscious fault, it's a sexually-based animal urge to rebel-- against one's better judgment.
Hip Hop is a throwback to rebellious adolescent tribalism.
Daisy| 9.14.09 @ 4:04PM
And then there's crazy. I think Kanye's nuts, and have thought so for a long time.
Beyonce is a class act, though.
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johnnybravo| 9.14.09 @ 4:28PM
thug.
john walsh| 9.14.09 @ 4:30PM
I like kanye but he's a big jerk...
Alan Brooks| 9.14.09 @ 5:59PM
blacks are trapped by peer pressure.
'bro,
dontchew go gettin big on me wit dat uncle tom "behave youself" talk.'
Alan Brooks| 9.14.09 @ 9:10PM
Kayne said he is the greatest thing in pop.
he is full of himself.
Ellen K| 9.14.09 @ 9:52PM
I'm not sure that's all he's full of....I'm just saying....
cyndi| 9.14.09 @ 11:25PM
He lost a fan here, don't these entertainers know when they speak politics they loose at least half their potential audience. I know this was not political but he has been political before and I just can't take this anymore. You are joining the list with Oprah, Steisand, Michael Moore, Charlie Sheen, whoever that idiot who was married to Madonna, I never could remember his name, and the list goes on. I will not spend a dime on you, I will change the channel if you appear and I won't pay for my kids to buy or watch you. Big Fat Capitalist who want to change the system now that they have gotten their booty. No gratitude either.
A. Smith| 9.14.09 @ 11:27PM
Kayne West "is often considered one of the medium's true intellectuals."
And I am sure he is.
Like Bill Cosby said " A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."
Yo, Kayne, shut up an swallow a nut up an quit dissin' da home girl!
louis tully| 9.15.09 @ 9:28AM
He is a dead on accurate reflection of the culture itself, is he not? "hip hop stoopid."
stacey jones| 9.15.09 @ 4:14PM
I love kanye but he gotta chance his ways about himself.
stacey jones| 9.15.09 @ 4:14PM
I love kanye but he gotta chance his ways about himself.