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I think he had planned to say something to everyone about his mom all along because he hasn't said anything publicly since her death. He was completely in line with what he said and the time when he picked to say it.

I agree; the last line of this post seems needlessly assholish; I didn't realize that there was a "cap" on when an artist can acknowledge the passing of a loved one--especially since West was obviously really close to his mother.

This site's gotten far too cynical for its own good lately.

Does Kanye owe Herbie Hancock -- and "the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane ... unquestionably, deserved the award in the past..." -- an apology for telling Mark Ronson that Amy/Mark and Kanye were equally deserving of the AOTY award???

I still enjoyed Vince Gill's Kanye Dis. Kind of made the night for me.

If Maura's being cynical in that last line, I don't think she's being cynical about Kanye: the target, I think, is those who will use Kanye's precedent for their own self-absorbed purposes.

Exactly.

Also, when i die, tell my kids not to dress up like aliens when they eulogize me.

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Ok; I'll give benefit of the doubt and give you that, then....though I still stand by my last line.

As for 'Ye's attire, methinks his mom prob doesn't care, right? I mean, she prob digs that her son is still thinking of her, right? Or was that just a dig at Kanye's outfit for the night?

I just caught this part of the grammys. You could hear the Get off the stage music before he said something.
But I have to say I loved how he got them to turn off the music.

I don't know who told Kanyizzle that it was appropriate or professional to wear ugly sunglasses ALL NIGHT at the Grammys, it isn't.

While I appreciate his loss and loved that he sang the song to her, losing her certainly hasn't changed his outlook on the world or himself and his ego problem. You all do recall him saying 'Don't drop your album the same year as me' or something horrific like that.

Appalling behavior for somebody with his talent.

When Kanye said don't release you're album the same year as him. He was talking to Common. Common and Kanye are boys and kanye helped work on his album with him. Common didn't take any offense to that. Kanye owns the rap/hip hop scene right now.

As for the comments about family members passing away recently, to quote another individual that's posted it's "assholish"

You may not like kanye for his ego, but there's no denying his talent. If he was a little more humble when you would be able to handle his hoensty?? What's wrong with thinking you're the greatest at what you do??? It sells him records, makes him money, and all you haters jsut bring more attention to him.

Kanye might rant and rave on stage and be a jackass, but name an artist that deserved the grammy's he won over him.

Amy whinehouse and kanye both got robbed for album of the year.. The people that vote for the grammys need to get their shit together.

I think it was nice and touching, and I'm glad to see they actually stopped the music so he could dedicate the award properly. Classy is hard to find in these awards shows, but for once they did the right thing.

Was I the only one who though Kanye at first had "OBAMA" shaved into his head?

@dbanga: Nobody is denying Kanye's talent. It's just disappointing to see somebody time after time after time telling people how he is owed certain accolades, as opposed to just being grateful for the success he has received.

Stardom can be taken away from you at any time, and to see him take it for granted just seems so juvenile and unnecessary. He is talented, but he is not the ONLY talented person in showbusiness. Share the love, Kanye...share the love.

I think that's sort of the point--he ISN'T taking his talent/stardom for granted. He's revelling in it, basking in it all. Granted, it's a display of celebrity-dom that we don't usually see from people, but that doesn't mean that he's an ass for doing so. He works hard, and maybe he feels he's the gold standard for the peers he's seen/worked with (which, looking at the popular music scene at large doesn't seem hard to believe).....?

Kanye has every right to eulogize his mother, just not for more time than he's alotted in an acceptance speech. He knew the rules going in, he can stick to them just like everyone else. If he wants to say more he can call a press conference and talk all he wants, or he can write a song about her (or another, I don't listen to rap).

If everyone did what he did the Grammy's would've been 8 hours long and been even less entertaining than it already is.

It's obvious everyone has an opinion, they like or dont like Kanye. I know I would take a platform like the Grammy's to say "Mom I miss you" (hope you would to). The the music industry (atleast rap) is all about image and acting "BIGTIME". P-Diddy, Jay-Z all of them use that image to sell records and bring on new artists. Being HUMBLE doesnt sit well in the Hip Hop culture. Im sure all of these guys are better people than when you see them on camera. I respect him to have the "balls" to sing "Hey mamma", it was a nice touch! One question would you like someone to tell you to get off of the stage when you are mentioning your dead mother? 15 seconds wont doesnt hurt anyone.