9/14/2009

Kanye West and the VMA's

As I'm sure you have head, Kanye West caused quite the stir last night at the 2009 MTV VMA awards in New York City. A crazy Kanye grabbed the mic from mid-acceptance speech Taylor Swift protesting the award and claiming that Beyonce "had one of the best videos of all time." (Cringing as I remember Kanye's saying it!)

I must say I do like his music but that is pretty much it. As the VMA's continued, Twitter was heating up over the outburst. It wasn't long before #Kanye became a trending topic soon followed by #TeamTaylor. Taylor eventually thanked her fans on Twitter after Beyonce called her up to finish her speech.

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Needless to say, this whole drama made me think about two things:

1. Twitter. Twitter is so cool! It was really great to see the audience engaging with the show and I loved Taylor's shoutout to her fans on Twitter that supported #TeamTaylor. Once again, behold the power of Twitter.

2. The saying "Any publicity is good publicity." Does this ring true for Kanye West? Yes, he is the talk of Twitterville and has caused quite the commotion but not for anything good. This will obviously add to his already bad image but does it matter?

What do you think about all of this?

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