Kanye West will give 2010 MTV VMA's Performance

(Kanye - "I'mma let you finish") Have the MTV viewers forgave and forgotten Kanye West? According to the latest reports, rap star Kanye West will be a performer at this year's 2010 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA's). The rapper is infamous for his on-stage interruption when Taylor Swift was winning her first ever VMA at the show in 2009. The incident brought a lot of negative criticism towards Kanye and rightfully so. Now it appears Kanye's back with new perspective. He apologized multiple times to Swift and publicly, but are fans ready to re-embrace the rapper? He appeared as part of the 2010 remake of "We are the World", and kept a low profile otherwise. Kanye had a few guest spots and production offerings to the likes of Rick Ross and Drake among others. It left fans wondering what was next for Kanye in terms of his own solo career. Have no fear, weeks ago Mr. West re-emerged with a new song, but it offered no apologies. Kanye's latest hit single is "Power" an ego-driven rap which will come from his next solo album "Good Ass Job". Recently, he debuted another song featuring Beyonce from the album due out in November. Kanye's already performed for the BET Awards, but really needs to do a "Good Ass Job" on stage at this year's VMA's in order to sell music lovers on his act once again. The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards air live on Sunday, September 12 at 9PM ET. Will you be watching as Kanye West takes the stage at the VMA's, or changing the channel?

2010 Grammy Awards - Rap winners

The 2010 Grammy Awards featured a Triple threat contest between Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, with the teenage music star taking home some of the biggest awards of the night, including Album of the Year for "Fearless". Meanwhile, the Grammy show saw an interesting lineup of performances trying to stretch the limits of artistic creativity on stage. These included P!nk's cirque de soleil like performance with the superstar wearing very little and suspended from the ceiling dripping wet. Or there was the Green Day American Idiot musical performance of "21 Guns" by the band as well as their Broadway cast. Add to that a nice tribute to Michael Jackson done by Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Usher and Carrie Underwood, complete with 3-D effects. There were also a few rap/hip-hop performances, with T-Pain & Jamie Foxx doing "Blame it on the Alcohol". They had Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash come out and play his solo from "November Rain" as the track got rowdier towards the end. One of the final performances of the night was introduced by Inglorious Basterd Quentin Tarentino, as Eminem, Lil' Wayne and Drake took the stage, minus K-West. The camera caught Taylor Swift dancing to "Forever" in the crowd several times, in a happy Grammy moment. Here's the big winners for the 2010 Grammy rap categories: Best Rap Album - Relapse by Eminem Best Rap Song - Run this Town by Jay-Z, Kanye West & Rihanna Best Rap Solo Performance - D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) by Jay-Z Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group - Crack a Bottle by Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Run This Town by Jay-Z, Kanye West & Rihanna See more of the 2010 Grammy winners here.

Taylor Swift on The View, Kanye Apology #4

According to recent reports from USMagazine.com, rapper singer Taylor Swift was contacted by Kanye West via telephone following her Tuesday appearance on ABC's The View. Swift reported she accepted the apology and in the future she'd be fine around the rapper/producer. "Kanye did call me. He was very sincere in his apology, and I accepted that apology," Swift told ABC News Radio. Asked if in the future, everything would be fine between the two, she replied, "Yeah, definitely." In the YouTube clip below, Swift makes her appearance on ABC's The View to discuss her emotional ride at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which included riding the NY Subway for her performance of "You Belong to Me", just moments after the whole Kanye West incident went down. This marks apology #4 from Kanye West, but the first that was made directly while in contact with Swift. His previous 3 included two blog entries (one in ALL CAPS) and an appearance on The Jay Leno Show Monday night. Taylor's definitely getting a ton of publicity out of this, not that she asked for it, but to think a musician minds when more people are googling her and learning about her music, would be preposterous.

Kanye West on Jay Leno Show

(Leno interviews West re: Swiftgate incident) NBC's Jay Leno couldn't have asked for a more perfectly-timed guest for his new show as he kicked off his new primetime series. On Monday night controversial rap star Kanye West was on the Jay Leno Show, just one night after West interrupted Taylor Swift on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards. The interview was a last minute thing, as West was there to perform with Jay-Z and Rihanna for the Blueprint 3 hit song "Run this Town". Jay Leno didn't have too many laughs during the interview, but earlier in the night joked that maybe President Obama would invite West and Swift to have a "root beer summit" with him and patch things up. Speaking of the pres, Obama called Kanye West a "jackass" in an off the record talk during an interview, when asked about the incident. As for Kanye, the rapper noted that he wants to take time off to reflect on his life and figure out how to improve. He apologized again, after issuing an apology earlier on his blog. "So many celebrities, they never take the time off," he said. "I've never taken the time off to really -- you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, 'cause, and I don't try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I'm going to make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve." The emotional moment of the Leno interview came when Jay asked Kanye what his mother would think about what he did at the VMA's. West paused for several moments and eventually agreed with Leno that she'd probably give him a lecture for what he did. Check out footage of the Kanye West Jay Leno interview below: Meanwhile, it appears that female pop stars continue to rally in support of Taylor Swift and to denounce Kanye. The latest to jump on the bandwagon, Kelly Clarkson, who said she likes her "a--hole cheating ex more than Kanye" according to the Huffington Post. This comes after singers Pink and Katy Perry posted not so nice comments towards West on their Twitter pages. Related Entries: Kanye West Blog Apology to Taylor Swift Kanye West's Swift VMA Entrance

Kanye West Blog Apology to Taylor Swift

After last night's MTV Music awards 2009 Kanye West Taylor Swift incident, the rapper issued an apology to Taylor Swift, her fans and mother. Since there's no official Kanye West Twitter page (Ye hates the site), he used the next best thing, his blog. From Kanye's blog: "I'm so sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom. I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would've said. She is very talented! I like the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she's in the bleachers! I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment! Beyonce's video was the best of this decade!!! I'm sorry to my fans if I let you guys down!!! I'm sorry to my friends at MTV. I will apologize to Taylor 2mrw (tomorrow). Welcome to the real world!!! Everybody wanna boo me but I'm a fan of real pop culture! No disrespect but we watchin' (watching) the show at the crib right now cause...well you know!!! I'm still happy for Taylor!!! Booyaa. You are very very talented. I gave my award to Outkast when they deserved it over me. That's what it is! I'm not crazy yall (y'all), I'm just real. Sorry for that! I really feel bad for Taylor and I'm sincerely sorry!!! Much respect!!!" The stage-rushing incident came early on in the show, moments after Madonna had made a speech remembering Michael Jackson, and then a tribute performance was done on stage with Jackson dancers, and the late singer's sister arriving out to perform "Scream". Taylor Swift had just won the Best Female video VMA and while she was on stage with her moon man award statue, West interrupted, yanking the mic from her hands to proclaim Beyonce's "Single Ladies" as one of the best videos of all time. After West left the stage, Swift stood in silence stunned. She began her speech but the MTV people chose to start showing a video skit on the big screen featuring Tracy Morgan, which cut her off. Later in the show, Beyonce won Video of the Year, and in a moment of true grace, she invited Swift back on stage to have her award-winning moment. Many are now praising Beyonce for her move, while Kanye continues to get the not so friendly treatment. Fans and celebs alike were buzzing and downright mad about Kanye's interference, as singers Pink and Katy Perry sounded off on Twitter. It's unlikely we'll see any Pink, Borat, or Katy Perry collaborations with West anytime soon. Now will Lil' Mama please make a public apology to Jay-Z & Alicia Keys for jumping on stage to pose with the duo? Related: Kanye West's Swift VMA Entrance 2009 (Story Source: Fox40.com)

Kanye West's Swift VMA Entrance 2009

(Kanye interrupts Swift's award moment, MTV VMA 2009) Another year, another controversial MTV live awards show goes down in history. And yet another MTV VMA's where awards were given to recognize music videos rarely even seen on MTV. But as of September 13th and beyond, the internet will continue to buzz about the MTV VMA Awards show 2009 edition, including "What did Kanye West do?" and "Who is Russell Brand?" It didn't take rapper Kanye West long at all to get himself in hot water at yet another MTV awards show. This time around, West wasn't even griping about himself losing an award. Instead, he rushed the stage to interrupt Taylor Swift's award acceptance for Best Female video, and basically proclaimed that Beyonce had been robbed of the award. Beyonce had a stunned reaction in the crowd, and the audience eventually turned against Ye with boos. It was also reported that various celebs were not happy with Kanye, including Pink who gave him a disgusted look as she walked by. MTV Shows All was not lost though, as Beyonce later won Video of the Year for "Single Ladies" and during her acceptance invited Taylor Swift back on stage to have her moment. Beyonce claimed she knew what it was like to win for the first time when she won with Destiny's Child a while back. Taylor graciously thanked all the fans, and her little brother's high school for allowing them to film the video. The impressive opening moment of the show saw Madonna come out at the opening to pay tribute to Michael Jackson. Madonna recalled a story of when she tried to get to know the shy superstar. She also brought up how they grew apart, and how a "witch-hunt" began for Michael. Madonna talked of Jackson being unique and rare, but also a human being who we unfortunately had to lose to appreciate more. From there they launched into a tribute to Jackson, with classic videos playing on the big screen and dancers on stage recreating the moves while decked out in classic MJ costumes. The opening bit also saw a surprise performance from the late Michael's sister, Janet as she exploded out onto the stage to do her part from "Scream" while the black and white spaced out video played behind her. Jermaine and Joe Jackson were in the house to see the unveiling of concert footage from a Michael Jackson movie that will be released at a later date. Still wondering who the host was? It was British actor Russell Brand of Forgetting Sarah Marshall fame who hosted the fast-paced show which lacked comedic punch. Wale performed with a house band in various segments to the side of the stage. The post show seemed to lack anything special as they analyzed the "Tweets" from Twitter regarding the show. To make things even stranger, MTV correspondent and personality Sway tried to call his brother on his new LG phone to get his opinion of the show. Fortunately for Sway and MTV, it went to voice mail. Regarding the Kanye stage crash, there were some unhappy Twitterers from the VMA's, including Katy Perry, Pink & Borat: @PINK: "# Kanye west is the biggest piece of s--t on earth. Quote me.about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter " "# My heart goes out to taylor swift. She is a sweet and talented girl and deserved her moment. She should know we all love her. about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter " "Beyonce is a classy lady.I feel for her, too.Its not her fault at all, and her and taylor did their thing. And douche bag got kicked out. HA" @Borat: "# I would like to skull f--k kanye west until his jaw breaks for what he did too taylor swift.about 3 hours ago from Power Twitter " Katy Perry: "# F--K U KANYE. IT'S LIKE U STEPPED 0N A KITTEN.about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter " "# Vma's we're amaze sack but why every1 gotta go ruin the top & bottom of it all, Kan** 2 Lil M*** get OFF DA STAGE IT AIN'T YO TIME 2 SHINE! about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter " Apparently, based on Katy Perry's tweet, Lil' Mama somehow snuck onto the stage and was present at the end of Jay-Z's performance of "Empire State of Mind" to pose with Alicia Keys & Jigga...What a show. More MTV VMA's Coverage: Kanye West blog Apology to Taylor Swift Jay-Z & Alicia Keys 2009 MTV VMA's Performance - Empire State of Mind Related Entries: Taylor Swift's Thug Story Rap lyrics

Taylor Swift & T-Pain - Thug Story Lyrics & Video

The 2009 CMT Music Awards kicked off with a most unlikely pairing as Country/Pop and Hip-hop/R&B worlds collided. The opening video was entitled "Thug Story" by country star Taylor Swift and the master of the autotune, T-Pain. That's right it was T-Swizzle and T-Pizzle with Taylor delivering some "swift" lyrics backed by the crooning of T-Pain. Here's the Thug Story video featuring Taylor Swift and T-Pain. Find Taylor Swift Ringtones at Funtonia! Find T-Pain Ringtones at Funtonia! Thug Story Lyrics Taylor Swift & T-Pain ey ey T-Swizzle (T-Swizzle) T-Pizzle (T-Pizzle) I'm like 8 foot 4 blond hair to the floor You shorties never thought I dreamed about rappin' hardcore! No I ain't gotta gun, no I never really been in a club Still live with my parents but I'm still a thug I'm so gangsta you can find me bakin cookies at night You out clubbin? well I just made caramel delight! T-Swift & T-Pain rappin' on the same track It's a thug story tell me can you handle that? I had a dream last night, I had hi-top Nikes I had diamonds in my mouth and diamonds on my mic By the time I woke I was singin - I'm on a boa---t (T-Pain) Cuz I'm a signature rapper (Swift) Shorty I'ma make ya (T-Pain) Straight to the top yo (Swift) Shorty I'ma take ya (T-Pain) Call me T-Sweezy now I'm a rap star (Swift) It's a Thug Story now tell em who you are (T-Pain) Say ya turned gangsta (T-Pain) You don't wanna fight me (Swift) Straight to the top (T-Pain) In my xtra-small white tee (Swift) T-Swift & T-Pain on the same track, now it's a Thug Story now can you gimme that? (T-Pain) What?! What?! I knit sweaters yo! What?! What?! Don't test me (bleep) Swift talking: Hey hold on, hold on I didn't even say anything I said yo You guys bleeped me and I didn't even say anything, I didn't swear T-Pain sings: She didn't even swear- Swift: Hello? ugh! Get Taylor Swift Music at Amazon.com! Get Taylor Swift Tickets! Another interesting collaborative effort later in the show saw the duo Sugarland singing the B-52's classic "Love Shack" right before the group joined them on stage to finish the track out. Taylor Swift was one of the CMT Awards big winners of the night as winner of Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story". Possibly "Thug Story" will be up for a BET award? Think not, but still a creative little comedic skit to merge country with rap, similar to the radio hit Nelly did years back.