Kanye West debuted his music video for “Fade” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, and the video made its way online shortly after.
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He finished up his speech by mentioning gun violence and Taylor, whom he fell out with earlier this year after he referenced having sex with her in the lyrics for Famous. This is fame, bro. Her previous VMA acts (think the 2001 python moment or the kiss with Madonna in 2003) are largely responsible for the reputation the awards show has for being bigger, more outrageous and less predictable than any other televised industry ceremony. She explained that they primarily discussed her young family, which seemed to really inspire Kanye, and later that night, she received a phone call from a G.O.O.D. Like, bro, I love all y’all.
When the rapper took the stage at the 2016 VMAs Sunday night, he delivered a typically tangent-filled speech, defending his “Famous” song’s use of Taylor Swift and once again comparing himself to Walt Disney and Steve Jobs. (Taylor’s fiancé, National Basketball Association star Iman Shumpert, delivered their girl at home), and how damn inspired I feel to oil myself up and let out my Rosie Perez dance movies from Do the Right Thing with a touch of Janet’s “Pleasure Principle”.
“Yeah, he was just like, ‘I’m going to put you in this cat face. So many people feel like their little piece is such a major part of this puzzle, and I have to thank you all for supporting me over and over”. Sure, most of us won’t roll out of the postpartum bed and look exactly like this (I worked out my entire pregnancy and can tell you that’s a lie), but man, this mama right here motivates me on so many levels. You know like life could be like, starting to feel worthless in a way.
Like I know times for me, I sit down and talk to older, like, rich people-aka white.
“Three keys to keeping people impoverished are taking away their esteem, taking away their resources and taking away their role models”, said West, who started his speech by deploring street killings in his native Chicago.
He concluded before breaking into song: “Tonight, we’re here to have fun!” According to the presenter, rap icon Puff Daddy, the Toronto star got stuck in NY traffic. As Lochte – who is dealing with trouble after filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Rio Olympics – Fallon lied onstage about writing Justin Bieber’s Sorry and directing the clips nominated for video of the year.
Beyoncé crashed Chance the Rapper’s interview backstage, and he flipped out. I’m standing here in front of my wife, Kim Kardashian West.
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“We are undeniably the influencers, the thought leaders”, he said, before screening what he called a “piece of my art”.
