All The Times Kanye West Was The Worst Person Ever
Kanye West is the celebrity who people love to hate. Whether you like Kanye or not, there's no denying that he is a passionate person — at times to a flaw. Kanye's ego should be treated as a separate celebrity in itself (Kimyego, anyone?). But we're conflicted. We love his music, but dislike his arrogance and sense of entitlement. Let's take a look at 10 times Kanye West was the worst person on earth.
The Madison Square Garden Rant
We love a good Kanye rant, mostly because he makes himself look like a jackass (to quote Obama, at least). His rant at Madison Square Garden last year was absolutely ridiculous, though. He went on a 10 minute rant about Nike and how the fashion world is writing him off and trying to take advantage of him. Sorry, you can't rant about anything and have people take you seriously when you look like a mix between a Star Wars Jedi and Daft Punk.
'Beck Should Have Given His Grammy Award To Beyonce'
"Yo Beck, I'mma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best..." Yeah, we've definitely heard that one before. When Kanye got up and started to go onstage at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, we all feared the worst. Luckily, Kanye sat back down and played the stunt off as a joke. However, we later found out that Kanye was actually seriously peeved that Beck won over Beyonce, which is absolute insanity when you compare Beck's album credits (written, produced, and performed by Beck) to Beyonce's (written and produced by everyone else in the world). Sure Beyonce's great, but that doesn't mean she should automatically win every award she's nominated for.
The Taylor Swift Grammy Interruption
Ah, the O.G. Kanye butt-hole moment. This is Kanye at his worst, storming the stage to interrupt Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to go on a rant about how Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of all-time. We all felt bad for Taylor, awkwardly standing there probably thinking up lyrics to a song to write about the situation.
No Love For The Handicapped
One of the more truly awful videos we've seen regarding Kanye West came in September of last year following an incident at one of Kanye's concerts. Kanye demanded that all of his fans stand up, adding, "Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s***." But after noticing two fans not standing, he called them out angrily, saying "This is the longest I've had to wait to do a song, it's unbelievable." Kanye didn't know it at the time, but the two fans were in wheelchairs. After one of the fans raised a prosthetic limb, Kanye said, "Now if he IS in a wheelchair, then it's fine."
Kanye West Or Yeti?
We already know that Kanye West isn't the same sweater-wearing backpacker rapper he once was. Now, he frequently goes for the shock approach, similar to what Lady Gaga and other fashionistas tend to do. During one of his concerts at Atlantic City's Revel Casino in December 2012, Kanye dawned...well...we don't even know what the hell it was. Half yeti, half owl, and entirely ridiculous, Kanye sported a feathered mask/headpiece while dressed in all white.
Throwing Out A Fan
Kanye hates being interrupted, but when a fan interrupted Yeezy at one of his concerts, the rapper had the fan kicked out of the concert. The event happened at Kanye's San Antonio show in December 2013. Apparently, the fan was yelling at Kanye to take off his ridiculous mask, causing Kanye to stop mid-performance and call her out. The rapper responded, "You can see my face on the internet every motherf***ing day. I came here, I open up a mountain...and you tryin' to tell me how to give you my art." Then, Kanye proceeded to be very Kanye-like, ordering security to escort the fan from the premises while noting, "Do I look like a motherf***ing comedian? Don't f***ing heckle me. I'm Kanye motherf***ing West." It all sort of feels like the moment when Dad is yelling at Mom across the dining room table during dinner. The rest of the concert must've been pretty tense.
The 'Bound 2' Video
Kanye West's "Bound 2" song is pretty great — let's get that out of the way right now. But the video for "Bound 2" was atrocious on so many levels. The video starts out innocent enough, with Kanye rapping, but it quickly turns south. First, Kanye is on a stationary motorcycle with a green screen behind him, and it looks cheesy. Secondly, the majority of the video is basically a topless Kim in front of Kanye, serving as almost a Kimye sextape.
When He Told A Music Critic To Kill Himself
We've already noted that Kanye is a passionate man. I'm sure no musician likes to have their music rated by someone else, but when Kanye received a B+ rating for his Glow in the Dark tour in Seattle, Kanye responded to the critic in a blog post. It read: "Yo, anybody that's not a fan; don't come to my show. For what?! To try to throw ya'll two cents in? Ya'll rated my album s***ty and now ya'll come to the show and give it a B+. What's a B+ mean? I'm an extremist. It's either pass or fail! A+ or F-!...You're f***ing trash! I make art. You can't rate this. I'm a real person. I'm not a pop star. I don't care about anything but making great art. Never come 2 one of my shows ever again, you're not invited and if you see me... BOW!!! This is not pop, it's pop art! Chris Willman, kill yourself!"" Harsh words from the rapper, and telling a music critic to kill himself for doing his job makes you the absolute worst.
The Furry Yeezus Tour Sneakers
It's bad enough that Yeezy had that whole Yeti mask thing going on, but he made things even worse when he created these furry Yeezus tour sneakers that are covered in pony hair. To make matters even worse, he is selling them for $975 per pair. If this isn't the perfect example of Kanye being the absolute worst person on earth, I'm not sure what is.