RAP STAR Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop artist, but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
West apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage on Thursday in Copenhagen when the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for ‘We Are Your Friends’. In a tirade riddled with expletives, West said he should have won the prize for his video ‘Touch The Sky’, because it “cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it.I was jumping across canyons”.”If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility,” West said.The rapper grabbed the Best Hip Hop award earlier in the night in a star-studded event hosted by Justin Timberlake.West has a particular affinity for the ‘Touch The Sky’ video.In an interview with The Associated Press in August, he expressed his displeasure that the clip, an elaborate Evel Knievel spoof, didn’t get nominated for an MTV Video Music Award.”It didn’t get any nominations, but it’s one of the most memorable videos of the year for me,” he told AP.It’s also not the first time he’s had a meltdown at an awards show.At the 2004 American Music Awards, West bitterly complained backstage that he was robbed when he didn’t win a trophy.Elsewhere at the MTV awards, Timberlake won the Best Pop and Best Male awards while the Red Hot Chili Peppers won Best Album.Christina Aguilera was named Best Female artist.British band Muse won the Best Alternative category, and Rihanna the Best R&B Award.Best song went to Gnarls Barkley for ‘Crazy’.Nampa-APIn a tirade riddled with expletives, West said he should have won the prize for his video ‘Touch The Sky’, because it “cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it.I was jumping across canyons”.”If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility,” West said.The rapper grabbed the Best Hip Hop award earlier in the night in a star-studded event hosted by Justin Timberlake.West has a particular affinity for the ‘Touch The Sky’ video.In an interview with The Associated Press in August, he expressed his displeasure that the clip, an elaborate Evel Knievel spoof, didn’t get nominated for an MTV Video Music Award.”It didn’t get any nominations, but it’s one of the most memorable videos of the year for me,” he told AP.It’s also not the first time he’s had a meltdown at an awards show.At the 2004 American Music Awards, West bitterly complained backstage that he was robbed when he didn’t win a trophy.Elsewhere at the MTV awards, Timberlake won the Best Pop and Best Male awards while the Red Hot Chili Peppers won Best Album.Christina Aguilera was named Best Female artist.British band Muse won the Best Alternative category, and Rihanna the Best R&B Award.Best song went to Gnarls Barkley for ‘Crazy’.Nampa-AP
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