The Bite Magazine - issue 16

and blamed his outburst on enjoying ‘a little sippy sippy’ before the ceremony. It seems that the rapper just can’t take losing out to other talented artists. Another trait Kanye West has become famous for is his use of the caps-lock key. He often uses misspelled words, exclamation marks and unnecessary grandstanding to get attention and high- light anything he finds that is not up to his level. The rapper often boasts about his accomplishments on his Kanyeuniver- secity.com blog but in January 2009, he surprisingly took a different approach. “YOOO WHY WON’T YOU LET ME BE GREAT!!!” he complained in a ram- bling, nonsensical blog post that appeared to be about his hacked MySpace and Gmail accounts. “PLEASE I BEG YOU, GIVE ME A BREAK!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEE ASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME BE GREAT!!!” He then decided to end his tirade by posting a picture of himself performing at one of President Obama’s Inaugural Balls with the caption, “LOOK HOW FRESH MY SUIT IS.” Perhaps, he should consider giving people a break by not keeping them waiting for hours on end. In 2008,West was nearly two hours behind schedule before he finally took the stage at the Tennessee Music Festival. It was nearly 4:30 in the morning and Bonnaroo fans were not happy. The other performers highlighted their disgust at the rapper’s disregard for time with musician Robert Randolph leading his audience in an enthusiastic chant of ‘Kanye Sucks’ the following day. Kanye took to his blog to air his response: “I’m typing so f***ing hard I might break my f***ing MacBook Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want… BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!” He then went on to complain about the concert’s organisers not grasp- ing the awesomeness of his performance. “WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH F***ING IDIOTS WHO DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROP- ERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WHERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE… I HAVE A F***ING LIGHT SHOW DUMB A**….” Although West later apologised, it was not for making people stand around for hours but rather for not being able to give them the per- formance that he wanted. West’s attempt at doing one better than John Lennon saw him not just liken himself to Jesus but also posing as him on the cover of a 2006 Rolling Stone issue in a crown of thorns.The story in the maga- zine ran after the rapper won a Grammy award for ‘JesusWalks’ in 2005. In it,West defended his healthy ego and said: “You want me to be great but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great?”Was he trying to steal Muhammad Ali’s famous speech, The Life of P f Pablo ANYE WEST e Life of Pablo