Kanye Pest

Surely, by now, you've all heard about the latest antics of artist and producer Kanye West. For those of you who live under a rock (which you'd have to do in order to have not heard about this, because it is like, the ONLY THING being reported), here's a recap: At the MTV Video Music Awards, country artist Taylor Swift won the award for Best Female Video. An emboldened (and according to rumors, drunk) Kanye stormed the stage, swiped the microphone from Swift, and proceeded to go on a tirade about how much better Beyonce's video was, citing on his blog later that he's "...not crazy, ya'll. I'm just real..." (according to ABC News's website) Oh, you're real alright - real annoying, real delusional, real self-righteous, and probably a littany of other adjectives.

 I'm sure Beyonce was just thrilled... because Kanye's endorsement is definitely something to which every person on Earth aspires (at least, that's how he sees it), and now her name will be connected to his for awhile - what a lucky girl! [Note: Okay, let's just get this out of the way. Beyonce hasn't done anything wrong, she's obviously talented, and she actually seems really nice... but I am sick of her too. Ever heard of overexposure? Market saturation, anyone?]

What is most shocking to me about this situation is how shocked everyone seems to be. Are you kidding me, media? It is not shocking at all; that's like saying it's shocking that Clay Aiken came out of the closet (and I know people who actually said that).

What about at the VMA's in 2007 when he trash-talked Britney Spears, then raised the bar for being classy even further by exploding backstage in a fury of I'm-Awesome-and-You-Are-Just-Trying-to-Keep-Me-Down-ness? Because you didn't win an MTV award? Newsflash: No one over the age of 16 gives a frick about MTV music awards. They barely even qualify as a music channel now; lest we forget that every time most of us flip to that channel some show is on about douchbags and their idiot girlfriends who whine, "If he doesn't change this time, I am done!" But, I digress.

Ah, yes, and who could forget the crown jewel of Kanye's logical PR moves? Hurricane Katrina, anyone? I was watching live when West said that President Bush "does not care about black people" while covering the incident with Mike Myers, who mirrored on his face what pretty much everyone in America was thinking: "Did that just happen? I am sooooo awkward right now..."

Sadly, until the media stops paying attention to his antics, he's not likely to shut up anytime soon. Whether we love him, hate him, or both (I can't stand him, but Late Registration is one of my favorite CD's), we're all talking about him, which is exactly why he does this crap to begin with (although, I'm still not sure about the reason for that mullet-mohawk weirdness that he was trying to pull off last year).

Kanye, you're a brat. No one thinks you're funny, and you have trampled all over the last nerves of millions of people. Finally, although you are arguably very talented, no level of ridiculosity (is that a word?) in your haircut or so-called "outfits" is going to make us overlook the fact that you are a big, fat, whiny baby.