While accepting the Video Vanguard Award
during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards,
Kanye West said he felt “conflicted” about
interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs.
“I think, ‘If I had to do it all again, what
would I have done?'” mused West, while
accepting the annual VMA for overall
excellence in music videos.

Later in his speech, he came to this
conclusion: “I just wanted people to like
me more. But [forget] that, bro! [In] 2015, I
will die for the art, for what I believe in.
And the art ain’t always gonna be polite.”
Swift, who would win in several major
categories (including Video of the Year)
Sunday night, presented West with the
Video Vanguard Award. She had been at a
similar podium six years ago, when West
protested her VMAs win for Best Female
Video.

“I have been a fan of his, since I can
remember, because Kanye defines what is
to be a creative force in music, fashion
and, well, life,” Swift said Sunday, moments
before West took the stage. “So, I guess I
have to say to all the other winners tonight:
I’m really happy for you, and I’mma let you
finish, but Kanye West has had one of the
greatest careers of all time!”

Seated next to wife Kim Kardashian West,
the rapper grinned during Swift’s tribute
and thanked her for being “gracious,” then
adopted a more serious tone. He cited
some of the turmoil he’s experienced over
the past six years, including being booed
by tens of thousands of fans at a sporting
event.

“You know how many times MTV ran that
footage again, ’cause it got them more
ratings?” West asked. “You know how many
times they said Taylor was going to give
me the [Vanguard] award, because it got
them more ratings? I still don’t understand
award shows.”

He lightened the mood from time to time,
admitting to the crowd how he’d “smoked
something” before his speech to knock “the
edge off,” and encouraged artists to
express what they feel in the moment.
At the end of his speech, West spoke of
even loftier aspirations. “As you probably
could have guessed by this moment, I have
decided, in 2020, to run for president,” said Kanye before he dropped the Mic.

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