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Kanye West Pulls off PR Stunt 140 Characters At a Time

Bucky Turco — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:20:34 +0000

Taking advantage of his people-misunderstand-me image, rap diva Kanye West successfully pulled of a flawless PR coup early Saturday in the form of a two hour mea culpa on Twitter. He waxed poetically on a variety of subjects, from the public’s misconception of him, calling it the “King Kong theory,” to a finale-ready apology for country singer Taylor Swift, one of the two people he’s now following on the microblogging platform.

While many were quick to praise ‘Ye’s newfound humility, what they people probably didn’t know is that he’s in the process of marketing his new album right now and this reflective moment came within hours of him releasing another track: “Devil In a New Dress.” Coincidence? Not…a…chance!

Beyonce, Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift Predictably Dominate Grammy Nominations

Cajun Boy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:10:06 +0000

The nominees for next year’s Grammy awards, to be held on Jan. 31st, were announced last night, with Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift combining for 23 total nominations. Kanye West also scored six nominations, setting the stage for a possible Beyonce/Kanye/Taylor Swift “Yo Taylor, imma let you finish, but…” redux. |LA Times|

Jay-Z Defends Kanye West: “He Didn’t Kill Anybody”

Bucky Turco — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:15:55 +0000

When it comes to controversy and such, rapper Jay-Z often likes to step back, let the drama build, and then weigh in a week or media cycle later. And so he did, reminding people that Kanye may have raped Tayor Swift’s soul, but it’s not like he drove a knife through her beating heart: “I think it was rude but the way they’re treating him… He’s on the cover of every paper. He didn’t kill anybody. No one got harmed.” |BBC|

And Now We Have Video of President Obama Calling Kanye West a Jackass

Cajun Boy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:51:32 +0000

You just have to love this whole Kanye West/Taylor Swift VMA scandal thing as it’s the gift that just keeps on giving. Yesterday, audio leaked of President Obama calling Kanye a jackass, and now super secret VIDEO of Obama calling Kanye a jackass has emerged. Get your popcorn ready!

Is anyone out there actually starting to feel sorry for Kanye? No? Well, me neither!

The Kanye West Redemption Tour Rolls On

Cajun Boy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:10:09 +0000

BREAKING: Kanye West has called Taylor Swift to apologize after she told the ladies of The View that she had not heard from the Twatzi since he raped her soul in front of the entire world on Sunday night. Details of the call are not known, but we can certainly speculate, can’t we? Oh yes we can!

Kanye: YO TAYLOR, IT’S KANYE. I WAS JUST WATCHIN YOU ON THE VIEW AT THE CRIB. WHAT UP?

Taylor: Um, well, hello Kanye.

Kanye: YO TAYLOR I’M SOOOOO SORRY BUT MY MOMMA DIED AND I’MMA A HUGE CELEBRITY.

Taylor: Yes, and…

Kanye: LOOK, I’M NOT GOOD AT THIS APOLOGIZING SHIT, SO IMMA WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT 2MRW!!!!!!! BOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!!

Taylor: Well, thank you Kanye, but…

Kanye: YO TAYLOR MY MOMMA DIED AND I’MMA SUPERSTAR AND ALL DIS CAN JUST BREAK A BROTHA DOWN…TO DA GROOOUUUUNNNNDDD. AND NOW MY GIRL WON’T GIVE ME A TIP CUZ SHE ALL “WHY YOU SO MEAN TO DAT LITTLE WHITE GIRL” AND NOW EVERYBODY WANNA BOO ME BECAUSE I’M LIKE THE HITLER OF POP CULTURE AND SHIT, SO I’M SORRY TAYLOR. MAD RESPECT.

Taylor: Well, it’s okay Kanye, I forgive you.

Kanye: YO TAYLOR WE SHOULD CUT A RECORD TOGETHER ABOUT ALL THIS CUZ IT WOULD SELL MILLIONS OF COPIES….BOOOOYAAAAWWWW! AND THEN WE COULD MAKE A VIDEO AND IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL-TIME…ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL-TIME!!!!!!!!

Taylor: Well, I’ll think about it Kanye.

KANYE: AIGHT. MAD RESPECT AND LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR MOM TAYLOR, BUT BEYONCE HAD ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL-TIME…ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL-TIME.

Taylor: (Click)

Kanye West Apologizes AGAIN for Being a Soul Rapist, Compares Plight to that of Gaylord Focker

Cajun Boy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:18:11 +0000

Why can’t you people see how sorry Kanye is? Look, he didn’t mean to destroy America’s new painfully nordic, country-crooning sweetheart, he couldn’t help it because he’s a black man from Chicago and all black men from Chicago have been programmed by Bill Ayers to destroy America! Nevertheless, Kanye has issued yet another heartfelt, all-caps apology on his blog:

So you see America, Kanye is Gaylord Focker, and you’re all a big meanie father-in-law with a thorny stick up his old ass. What Kanye did last night is no different from the time Focker spiked the volleyball in that nice girl’s face in the pool. It was all an accident, so check yourself and step the fuck off, okay!

Hitler Is Not Pleased That Kanye West Raped Taylor Swift’s Soul

Cajun Boy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:13:29 +0000

Well you just KNEW this was coming, and it’s HILARIOUS, as always…

These never get old.

via Young Manhattanite

It Wasn’t Kanye West’s Fault, It Was MTV’s

Bucky Turco — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:50:20 +0000

Choire Sicha weighed in on the Kanye West – Taylor Swift controversy at the VMA awards by creating more, arguing that it was uptight America and the producer’s fault, not the rapper’s: “At least Kanye started his tiny tirade by telling Swift “I’m going to let you finish.” MTV are the ones who actually didn’t.” |TheDailyBeast|

Kanye West Apologizes, May Have Been Drunk or High at the VMAs

Cajun Boy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:44:16 +0000

So it’s only been a couple of hours since Kanye West’s raping of Taylor Swift’s soul took America’s lily-white innocence and made cocktail sausages out of it, and the reckless speculation about the incident has already begun. First, as seen in the photo accompanying this post, Kanye was palling around with a known terrorist prior to the show, and rumors are now circulating that Kanye may have been under the influence of some sort of substance at the VMAs. Oh, and Kanye issued an “apology.”

First, here’s the aforementioned “apology”:

Now, with that horseshit out of the way, let’s commence with the reckless speculation! According to an email from our pal VH-1 reality star Tionna Smalls, who attended the VMAs, Kanye was boozing and taking frequent trips to the john during the show:

Kanye west was acting like a dick all night. He was in the aisle talking ish and smacking on his whore Amber Rose’s ass…he was even letting other people smack on it too. He was drinking from a bottle of alcohol and being a total jerk. It was real bad, Real bad Michael Jackson as he say. Getting up btw commercial breaks…my sources are true. I say put him on rehab watch because he is acting real coke headish.

MTV confirmed some of what Tionna told us on their website:

Prior to Sunday night’s show, West was captured by photographers on the red carpet swigging from a bottle of Hennessey. In multiple pictures West can be seen cradling the bottle as he and his girlfriend Amber Rose were snapped; he is also seen sharing the bottle with Pete Wentz, and in a different shot, West is standing near Joe Jackson, who is holding it. Following his rant against Swift, West returned to his seat and flipped off the audience, who began booing him, before he sat down.

Regardless if he was drunk or coked up out of his mind, it doesn’t make Kanye West any less of a fucking asshole desperately in need of a good, ole-fashioned ass-whipping. At the very least, if there’s any justice in the world, someone will rush the stage when Kanye wins an award and ruin his moment in the spotlight that he seems to love and crave so much.

Now let’s all sit back and watch Fox News exploit this whole thing to start a race war. I can just see the promos now…”Did the election of a black president embolden rapper Kanye West to publicly attack country star Taylor Swift?” Get ready. It’s coming.

Oh, and one last thing…the resulting internet memes are already making the rounds. Remember the time Kanye interrupted Obama’s speech to Congress?

Kanye/Joe Jackson pic via Twitpic

Kanye West Rapes Taylor Swift’s Soul at the MTV Video Music Awards

Cajun Boy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:51:01 +0000

If you’re not watching the MTV Video Music Awards then you missed Kanye West pulling the biggest dick move in the history of dick moves by taking the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech to praise Beyonce for her video that didn’t win as “one of the greatest videos of all-time.” The staggering Twatzi (that’s “twat” + “nazi” by the way) then handed the microphone back to Taylor Swift, who appeared to be so shocked that she just stood there crying. I’ve never seen anything like it, and neither have you. Here’s the video:

The thought did occur to me that this whole thing might just be another of the many VMA pranks we’ve seen over the years, but this just seems too bizarre to be a hoax, and Kanye West is enough of an asshole to do something like this, so yeah, it all makes perfect sense.

Remember when Kanye, who’s scheduled to appear on the premiere of Jay Leno’s new dumb show Monday night, promised the world that he would reform his assholishness? Yeah, well, so much for that.

UPDATE: Beyonce won an award later in the show and called up Taylor Swift to deliver the acceptance speech she wasn’t able to give earlier.