erica234427 rants...
I bought Sorry For Party Rockin\' and was pretty dissappointed. It wasnt as good as I expected. Oh w ...
HOME FIND MUSIC MEET PEOPLE SEARCH JOIN!
Forgot username or password?
MUSIC NEWS
OTHER STUFF
Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift For 2009 VMA Interruption
Posted on 2010-09-05 03:00:11
Artist/band(s): Kanye West [FB], Taylor Swift [FB]

musicnews View: Profile - All Posts
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647228/20100904/west_kanye.jhtml

'I'm sorry, Taylor,' West wrote on Twitter Saturday morning.By Paul Cantor

Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music AwardsPhoto: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic

Kanye West took to his Twitter account Saturday morning (September 4) to readdress the 2009 Video Music Awards, when he fatefully interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.

"I'm sorry, Taylor," he wrote. "We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you [Twitter co-founders] Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."

Expounding on the backlash he received, he wrote, "If you Google a--hole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search. ... There are people who don't dislike me ... they absolutely hate me. People tweeted that they wish I was dead ... No listen. They wanted me to die, people. I carry that."

Kanye went on to say that the media vilified him. He alluded to his claim during a 2005 NBC telethon for Hurricane Katrina that "George Bush doesn't care about black people," as a point for which the media was looking to pay him back. He noted that in the VMA aftermath, the media played the race card and turned it into an angry black man versus innocent white girl issue.

"Even though the NBC telethon was widely praised y'all didn't think they was just gone let me get away with that did y'all???!!!" he questioned, rhetorically. "The media has successfully diminished the 'receptive' audience of... KANYE WEST. ...taking a 15 second blip the media have successfully painted the image of the 'ANGRY BLACK MAN.' The King Kong theory. With the help of strong will, a lack of empathy, a lil alcohol and extremely distasteful & bad timing ... I became George Bush over night."

Kanye also said that he had a song he'd written for Taylor. Should she not be receptive to that idea, he said he'd perform it for her. "She had nothing to do with my issues with award shows," he wrote. "She had no idea what hit her. She's justa lil girl with dreams like the rest of us. Beyoncé didn't need that. MTV didn't need that and Taylor and her family friends and fans definitely didn't want or need that."

As his tweets continued, in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Kanye compared his life to that of the Wicked Witch of the West in the book and play "Wicked," which is based on the witches from "The Wizard of Oz." "The Wicked witch of the west basically is so convicted to tell her' truth," he wrote, "when she does it she is outcasted by society and turned WICKED."

Kanye said that he returned from the ego-driven fiasco with a greater sense of who he needs to be in life. "When I woke up from the crazy nightmare, I looked in the mirror and said GROW UP KANYE," he wrote. "I'm ready to get out of my own way. The ego is overdone. I take the responsibility for my actions. Yes I was that guy. A 32 year old child. With new found humility ... who am I to run on stage? I would never ever again in a million years do that. Sorry to let you down."

What do you think about Kanye West's apology to Taylor Swift? Let us know in the comments below!

RELATED NEWS

New Review Update: New Reviews for February 23, 2016
Related Artist/Band(s): Kanye West [FB] 
Taylor Swift Shows Support For Kesha
Related Artist/Band(s): Taylor Swift [FB] 
Taylor Swift Announces "new Romantics" As Next Single
Related Artist/Band(s): Taylor Swift [FB] 
Past Taylor Swift Albums On Vinyl Available For Pre-order
Related Artist/Band(s): Taylor Swift [FB] 
Stars Cover "streetlights"
Related Artist/Band(s): Kanye West [FB]  Stars [FB] 
Page -
Page -
AllRespect.com // Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift For 2009 VMA Interruption
This site has 2 goals:
  1. Find Music that you will love
  2. Meet People who share your great taste in music
If this sounds like your kinda place, why not join?