Anyone who watched the MTV video music awards last night knows about the drama between Kanye West, Beyonce and Taylor Swift. So, first off the night was a tribute to Michael Jackson. It was hosted by Russell Brand who insisted that the night should be all about love, in memory of the King of Pop. Against this wish for peace and love, Kanye West acted like a complete idiot by ruining the night for country singer, Taylor Swift.
Taylor swift won a VMA for best female performer or something like that, beating out hip hop singer Beyonce. Just as Taylor received her first moonman ever and was about to give her speech, Kanye West rudely tears the microphone out of Taylor's hands and gives a shout-out to Beyonce saying that her music video was the best of the year. Taylor stands there mortified, the whole crowd stares at Kanye, like "Are you kidding me?" I felt bad. Taylor Swift is such a sweet girl. She didn't deserve her spot to be blown up like that. After Taylor got the mic back, MTV cut the sound and went to commercials.
Later on in the show, Beyonce won an award. As she came up to the stage to receive it, she called for Taylor Swift to come out and have a chance to give her proper speech. Taylor Swift takes the microphone and says "Let's try this again..." She goes on to thank her brother's high school for letting her shoot her music video for "You Belong with me" on their property. So, in the end, the young country singer got to have her moment on the stage.
I thought that Kanye's actions were very childish and uncalled for. I also believe that if Taylor Swift wasn't a pastey country singer, but instead a hip hop singer like Beyonce, then Kanye West probably would never have interupted her speech like that.
Music is one of the things that helps make our culture so diverse. People should embrace the different types of music, instead of deciding that one genre is better than another. All artists deserve respect for their work and their form of self-expression, no matter what type of music they create.
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You really can't just assume someone is racist. He is probably just a self-entitled douche-bag. What he did was wrong and foolish, and in actuality he did it very politely. Which makes it even more absurd.
ReplyDeleteNever said he was racist.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Nicole. Its not calling him a racist, its just saying that he might not have acted in the same way. If that had been Lil Kim or Missy Elliot or something he probably wouldn't have jumped in. But it is just plain rude no matter who he did it too. Thats there moment in the sun and it isn't right to ruin it.
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