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Rambling Kanye West names himself as his own idol

Putting Kanye West on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards did they really expect anything less?

Rapper Kanye West has named himself as one of his own idols in a rambling speech at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Referencing violence, Donald Trump, wife Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Walt Disney, he was supposed to introduce his own music video, “Fade.”

While audience members egged him on with cheers, soon many were left with bewildered faces and started turning to their phones.

In 2009 West famously interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to acknowledge Beyonce having “one of the best videos of all time.”

Winners were as follows:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas

MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Rihanna

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
BEYONCÉ – “Hold Up”
Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

BEST MALE VIDEO
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Director: Emil Nava

BEST COLLABORATION
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
Director: Director X

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Director: Director X

BEST POP VIDEO
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas

BEST ROCK VIDEO
twenty one pilots – “Heathens”
Director: Andrew Donoho

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”
Director: Emil Nava

BREAKTHROUGH LONG-FORM VIDEO
BEYONCÉ – Lemonade

BEST NEW ARTIST
Presented by Taco Bell®
DNCE

SONG OF SUMMER
Presented by Verizon
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Presented by Orbit® Gum

BEST ART DIRECTION
David Bowie – “Blackstar”
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia

BEST DIRECTION
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed

BEST EDITING
BEYONCÉ – “Formation”
Editor: Jeff Selis

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
VFX Editor: Vania Heymann

VMAs are repeated at 8:30pm tonight on MTV.

3 Responses

  1. He has to be the biggest tool in the music industry, how is he still so popular? IMO his talent doesn’t override what a complete toss bag he is.

    NB: although I remember Matt McConnaughy also saying he was his own idol (or it may have been hero) in his Oscar speech which was pretty cringeworthy but he usually comes off as a pretty decent person and is such a terrific actor.

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