By now everyone knows about Kanye West’s dissing of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs. If you are one of the few people who have not heard of it, here is a clip of the event:
As you can see, Kanye is still convinced the world revolves around him. There has been talk about boycotting his music. Should it? No. The music world is one of the few places where freedom of speech still exists. Now, should he be taught a lesson? Yes. The problem is how.
Being the big baby that he is, some may suggest sending him to the corner for some quiet time. Something tells me that will not work on this baby, he will just get angrier and throw more fits. So this leaves us with the problem of how to discipline someone like him. Maybe we should just stop paying attention to him since this is obviously what he seeks.
Obviously this was a most important moment for Taylor Swift and her career. But Kanye, who was earlier seen drinking alcohol straight out of the bottle on the red carpet, decided to do what he does best; FREE publicity. The best kind of publicity there is. I mean, everyone is talking about it, even I am writing about it. Shame on us. Now, whether it was a drunken binge or just another megalomaniac outburst by Mr. West we may never know. My vote goes to the latter.
This is not the first and definitely not the last immature outburst we will see from this character but it sure beats paying a publicist to promote you.
Kudos Mr. West for you have taken us again, but next time please leave your whining for behind the scenes as you used to do, or even better, take it home and write an angry letter to the world just because it does not agree with you.
Let’s put this one to rest now and try to concentrate on other things. Like the fact that after winning Best Video of the Year, Beyonce gave Taylor a chance to recover her moment of glory on stage. So all in all, the story has a happy ending and for Taylor Swift this will be an experience she will never forget.
Mr. West: Next time you may want to bring a baby bottle, instead of a liquor bottle, along with some duct tape.
Melvin A. Rodriguez