Rapper takes loss hard
Published 9:00 pm Friday, November 3, 2006
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Rap star Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop artist but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Kanye apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage Thursday in Copenhagen when the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for “We Are Your Friends.”
In a tirade riddled with expletives, Kanye 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,” Kanye said.
The rapper grabbed the Best Hip Hop award earlier in the night in a star-studded event hosted by Justin Timberlake in the Danish capital.
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 at the annual awards show broadcast live in 17 countries.
British band Muse won the Best Alternative category, and Depeche Mode earned the Best Group award.
Best song went to Gnarls Barkley for “Crazy.”
MTV’s European awards are held in a different city every year. The winners are selected by fans across Europe.
Associated Press
Kanye West (left) complains alongside Jeremie Rozan and Martial Schmeltz, directors of the winning video for “We Are Your Friends,” during the MTV Europe awards Thursday in Copenhagen.
