Timeline of Kanye's Public Explosions

Skip to the 0:42 mark to see rare video of Kanye as a child


I love how everyone is shocked about Kanye's behavior last night. These people must not have been paying attention to him all these years. Remember when he said George Bush doesn't care about black people right after Hurricane Katrina? Or what about his CAPS LOCK rambling blog posts where he rips into everyone who refuses to let him be great.

In 2004 Kanye walked out of the American Music Awards when he lost out on the Best New Artist award to country singer Gretchen Wilson. He was quoted as saying "I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refused to give any politically correct bullsh--ass comment ... I was the best new artist this year." Kanye alluded to an anti-Kanye conspiracy and vowed never to return to the AMAs.

In early 2005 Kanye staged his own death and resurrection during his performance at the Grammys to protest the media attention towards him prior to the show. He felt it was unwarranted to put him under a microscope waiting for him to explode, so he donned angel wings to show his innocence. (I know, I know.) A week before the ceremony he told MTV he would have "a real problem" if he didn't win Album of the Year for Late Registration. He said he thought voters would not choose him because he was so outspoken about George Bush's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Kanye criticized hip hop magazines Vibe and the Source for not considering his album a classic. During the interview he also compared himself to Tom Cruise (come again?) and justified his tantrums because he spent over $600,000 of his own money on the album. Since he won that year for Best Rap Album, instead of a rant he said, "A lot of people were wondering what I was going to do if I didn't win anything ... I guess we'll never know."

In 2006 'Ye stormed the stage during another act's acceptance speech when his video "Touch the Sky" lost out to theirs at the MTV European Music Awards because his video "cost a million dollars and Pamela Anderson was in it." Kanye later admitted to drinking before the tirade. (Are we seeing a trend here?)

Kanye was reportedly guzzling Hennessey (people still drink that?) straight from the bottle last night before the show. Yeezy's behavior started long before his mother Donda's untimely death. How much do you want to bet he was one of those children who threw loud public tantrums to get his way?