Kanye West Is Not A Gracious Winner, Is He?
February 11th, 2008 | Posted in Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity News, Music News, Television | Print This Article
Kanye West certainly had a lot to say during his acceptance speech for the Best Rap Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night.
The Louis Vuitton Don asked for the background music to be cut twice, as he took shots at beaten nominees Common and Nas.
He also dedicated the award to his mother, Dr. Donda West, who died last November.
He said, “It feels good to be home. A lot of people said hip hop is dead, but that was just Nas. And Common, you can’t drop an album the same year as me.”
As the background music began to hurry him off the stage, he pleaded, “Come on - you gonna play music on me?” He continued, speaking about his mother’s death, “I appreciate all the support and all the prayers.”
And pleaded again, “It would be good taste to stop the music there”, before continuing, “I appreciate everything and I know you are really proud of me right now and I know you wouldn’t want me to stop and you’d want me to be the number one artist in the world. And Mamma, all I’m gonna do is keep making you proud. We won this.”
Kanye had eight nominations going into the ceremony and took home four: best rap album for “Graduation,” best solo performance for “Stronger,” best rap song for “Good Life” and best rap performance by duo or group for his collaboration with Common on “Southside.”
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