Wild Wild West: Kanye West's Wildest Rants
Yeezy has never been one to bite his tongue.
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Wild Wild West: Kanye West's Wildest Rants - Impending fatherhood hasn't changed Kanye West's penchant for saying some old craziness. In Paris earlier this week, Kanye was in classic form, comparing himself to Picasso, Michaelangelo, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs and more. Of course, this is just the latest in a decade's worth of crazy rants by Yeezy. Take a look back at ten of our favorites. (EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT/LANDOV)
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Kanye Defends Creativity - Yeezy gave an epic speech at Milwaukee Summerfest in 2011, lashing out at the music industry. “They won’t let real artists be artists," he said. "They want some commercialized yes-men sitting in their motherf------ seat letting the bulls--t go down year after year after year.”(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET
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The Best Rant of All Time - Kanye even had the president calling him a "jackass" after he interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the 2009 VMAs to insist that Beyonce's "single ladies" is "the best video of all time." Exaggerate much, Kanye? (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
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Kanye Burns Bush - Kanye bravely said exactly what many of us were already thinking when he shocked the nation by announcing, "George Bush doesn't care about black people" at a 2005 telethon raising money for Katrina victims. Mike Myers was stunned, but most of us were cheering.(Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
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I'm a Monster - Kanye's persecution complex was in full display at the Big Chill Music Festival in 2011. “Once again I wake up, and I’m a monster," he said, talking about the aftermath of his infamous interruption of Taylor Swift at the VMAs in 2009. "I walk through the hotel, or I walk down the street, and people look at me like I’m f----- insane—like I’m Hitler.”(REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Landov)
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Guess Who's Back - Kanye had a saga of a rant during his triumphant comeback show in 2010 at New York's Bowery Ballroom. Some of the choice gems: “Matt Lauer’s not a bad guy, I’m sure"; "I'm my own man"; and “If I wasn’t drunk, I would have been on stage longer like, ‘Am I the only one that’s not crazy here? Are you f--king kidding me?’” I’m my own man!
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The Takeover - Kanye's Taylor Swift incident made everyone forget one of his best earlier award show rants, when he stormed the stage after his "Touch the Sky" lost video of the year, dropping the following quotable: “This video cost a million dollars, fam. I had Pam Anderson. I'm jumping across canyons and sh--. If I don’t win, the award show loses credibility.”(Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)
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Sore Winner - We knew we were in for a treat when Kanye started his acceptance speech for Best Rap Album at the 2005 Grammys with the following: “You might as well get the music ready cause this finna take a while." He didn't disappoint, ending his speech with a bang: "Everybody wanted to know what I would do if I didn’t win...I guess we’ll never know.”(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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History-Maker - Everyone forgets about the doozy of an interview Kanye gave MTV circa 2001. "I don’t really care about me—I’ll jump in front of a moving car for history," he said. "I can’t say that I’m the number 1 but I’m definitely top 3 in every field.(Photo by Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
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Kanye Breaks His Caps Lock Button Again - Back in the good old days, when Kanye used to post to his Kanyeuniversecity.com blog, his rants weren't restricted to stages and award shows. In January 2009, he outdid himself with an incredible blog post: "YOOOO WHY WON'T YOU LET ME BE GREAT!!!" West complained. "PLEASE I BEG YOU, GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME BE GREAT!!!(Photo by Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)