Kanye blasts Beck's album of the year win
Kanye West has now rushed the stage during a performers acceptance speech for the second time.
The first time was at the 2009 Video Music Awards when West protested Taylor Swift winning best album over Beyonce.
Last night at the Grammys, he did a similar stunt to Beck and it initially seemed like a fun joke that was at his own expense. But in remarks to E! after Sunday’s viewing, it is clear Kanye was seriously upset that Beyonce was upstaged again by an undeserving winner.
West said, “I don’t even know what [Beck] said. I just know that, the Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We aren’t going to play with them no more. Beck needs to respect artistry, he should have given his award to Beyonce. At this point, we tired of it. What happens is, when you keep on diminishing art, and not respecting the craft, and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration.”
Beck was very accommodating to Kanye as he invited Kanye to come back on stage, as he clearly hadn’t prepared much of a speech for the event. West talked for a while at the after-show interview to protest the Grammys.
“We, as musicians, have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyonce album, and they feel like it takes them to a different place,” West said to E!. “And then they do this promotional event, and they’ll run the music over somebody’s speech, the artist, because they want commercial advertising. We aren’t playing with them anymore. And by the way, I got my wife, my daughter, and I got my clothing line, so I’m not going to do nothing that would put my daughter at risk, but I am here to fight for creativity. That’s why I didn’t say anything tonight, but you all knew what it meant when ‘Ye stepped on that stage.”
Beyonce has been nominated for a Grammy six times now.
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