The great thing about Kanye West is he never lets his emotions get the best of him. Take, for example, the time Entertainment Weekly gave his Glow in the Dark Tour a B+. He wrote an eloquent and level-headed blog post to address the matter, much like he did yesterday in response to his latest bout of negative publicity. You see, Kanye angered many fans at the Bonnaroo music festival after taking the stage hours behind schedule. Mr. West says this scandal is "the worst insult I've ever had in my life," which isn't dramatic in the least. In fact, he says he is so irate, "I'm typing so f–king hard I might break my f–king Mac book Air!!!!!!!!" Easy there, tiger.
His entire explanation of what happened, after the jump. Oh, and it's in all caps. Happy reading!
I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall… Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been… this is the maddest I ever will be. I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, "KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE." CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES… WE'D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY'D SAY OK… THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN'T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE … I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, " IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!" I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV?????? WHEN I GOT 2 "THROUGH THE WIRE" I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT'S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN'T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT'S GREATEST FORM… BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I'M SORRY… SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE… I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT… HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF… CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!!!
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lool what a crybaby.
lool what a cry baby.
"I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT"
For once, I think he means solid water, not diamonds. Regardless: think of his knees, haters!!!!!!!
AT THAT POINT WE’RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i thi nk he could have conveyed htey were strapped for time witha little more drama.. i expect more kanye, i expect more.
Oh, and Cord - you knwo hes gor a diamond studded ice bag on each knee, so in this case I think he means both.
*they
*know
*got
i belive spelling is an art form, for you haters (dearest kanye) here is a key to my writing.
ALL CAPS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY I CAN'T STAND IT WHEN SOMEONE DOES THAT, NO CONSIDERATION WHAT-SO-EVER.
Keyboards by chelsea
AHHHHHHH CHELSEA MADE A FUNNY. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
I FEEL LIKE WRITING SOME KIND OF RESPONSE ON MY BLOG. ALSO IN ALL CAPS. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TORTURED BY THIS SELF IMPORTANT ASSHAT FOR WAY TOO LONG.
I do have to say I really felt his anger with all the exclamation points after Pearl Jam. I don't think I could have figured it out without all the extra !!!!!!!'s.
The only thing I can say is that maybe we are being too harsh. Remember when you were a shorty? Do ya?
As Ned Flanders once said, "YOU KNOW HOW BOYS ARE! ALWAYS PRAYIN' THROUGH THE KNEES!"
But now I feel like I need to ask myself 2 rhetorical questions, "Since KANYE believes that HE IS JESUS, does that mean HE PRAYS TO HIMSELF? AND WOULDN'T THAT BE CONSIDERED SELF-WORSHIP?"
Hmmm, I do think I remember somewhere in the bible. I think it was ironically at the last supper. Jesus said unto them. "Eat, this is my body squid brains."
KANYE, I WAS AT BONNAROO. YOUR SHOW WAS WEAK AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR FLAMBOYANT STAGE. YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS THE CROWD EVEN ONCE, WHEN WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR BABY KNEES FOR HOURS. YOUR PRIORITIES ARE A LITTLE MIXED UP. YOU GO TO BONNAROO FOR THE MUSIC NOT THE LAME LIGHT SHOW. YOU COULD HAVE SWUNG A GLOW STICK ON A STRING AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE. YOU SHOULD START THINKING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT PLEASING YOUR FANS AND NOT YOURSELF. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PERSONA. I MET SEVERAL PEOPLE THERE WHO HAD COME ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SPENT 250$ JUST TO SEE YOUR SHOW….THAT IS WHAT YOU GAVE THEM?!!! YOU COULD HAVE TURNED THAT WHOLE SHITTY STAGE SET SNAFU INTO AN AMAZING FUCKING SHOW BUT YOU LET YOUR CHILD-LIKE TEMPER GET IN THE WAY OF THAT. CONSIDERING THAT YOU HAVE THE TEMPER AND THE BLOATED EGO OF A GRADE SCHOOL BULLY…I GUESS I COULD SAY THAT YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL….WHICH ISN'T VERY MUCH
CORD BESTED US!! HE BESTED US!!
I HAVE NOTHING 2 AD 2 THIS CONVERSATION BUT I WANT 2 YELL IN TEXT FORM AND BE COOL LIKE KANYE.
SO IT"S ALL PEARL JAM'S FAULT?!
oh no he di'int
BUT SOMEONE BROKE HIS FUCKING JANE SCREEN. HOW DO YOU PREFORM WITHOUT YOUR JANE SCREEN? AND NOW YOU ALL MAY MAKE HIM BREAK HIS MAC BOOK AIR!!!!!!!! DID YOU ALL GET THAT, HE HAS A MAC BOOK AIR.
Aren't you people listening? HE HAD TO ADJUST HIS WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE.
SO KANYE ENDORSES MAC BOOK AIR! SWEET, MAC'S RULE, I'M COOL LIKE HIM. WHAT THE FUCK IS A JANE SCREEN? WHY IS HE SO ANGRY, HE'S A MILLIONAIRE. ALL THIS YELLING IS GIVING ME A HEADACHE. MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE SOME ADVIL OR PERHAPS SOME BAYRE.
EVERYTIME I SEE A MAC I WANT TO BASH MY HEAD INTO IT. OR DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD PISS OFF A MAC USER EVEN MORE, LIKE NOT WEAR A FELT HAT.
I HAVE A MAC BUT NO FELT HAT. AM I SUPPOSED TO BE WEARINGONE?!?!?! I FEEL ANOTHER RAGE COMING ON. WHY DID I NOT GET MY FELT HAT WHEN I BOUGHT THIS BASTARD AND WILL I GET ONE WITH THE NEW IPHONE?
JUJU, I DIDN'T GET THE FELT OR THE MEMO. NOW I'M SO MAD I'M GOING TO GO THROW MY I-MAC OUT THE WINDOW.
THIS IS THE WORST INSULT I'VE HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I AM FIGURATIVELY SCARED FOR MY LIFE!!!!111
(did Cord just pink box us without besting us? holy crap.)
iPHONES ARE THE REFUGE OF THE SHALLOW
Huh, interesting theory iln.
I'M GOING TO GO BUY ANOTHER I-PHONE SO I CAN CALL MYSELF WHEN I AM BORED AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO.
he makes me giggle. once the caps started i quit reading but the caps themselves are so cute
is he getting paid by Mac?
I HAVE AN iPHONE SO I CAN SUBTLY LOOK AT PICTURES OF MYSELF HAVING A BLOWJOB SHOT WHILST PRETENDING TO LOVE MY ILL AUNT AT DINNER.
I HAVE AN iPHONE BECAUSE I FALL FOR "FUNKY" ADVERTISEMENTS AND FORGET THAT NOKIAE70s ARE WAY BETTER.
I HAVE AN iPHONE BECAUSE I AM EMPTY INSIDE. HEY, I NEED TO STORE SHIT SOMEWHERE.
OK, this is making me feel lonely.
I AM AND ADULT WITH AN iPOD. I ALSO STILL EXPECT GOODIE BAGS AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.
Bye, Ilnaz! Nice talking to you. I'm off to watch a soccer game I am not interested in with men I am not interested in because they get so into the game they don't notice you are drinking their beer.
We should do this again some time, Ilz.
DEAR KANYE, POOR FUCKING YOU. SHUT THE FUCK UP SQUID BRAINS.
Huh, interesting.
Well. All that just makes me want to go buy a 3rd i-phone.
i'm gonna call my iphone with my blackberry just to see if break the iblackphoneberry continuum.
KANYE WEST IS A WHINY, RACIST PANTLOAD.