Monday 21 November 2016

Kanye West rants about Beyoncé and Jay Z, cuts show short



Update: Kanye West's Sunday night show at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., has been canceled, according to Ticketmaster.com and the venue. The concert was a makeup for a Nov. 3 performance cut short when West lost his voice.

Just days after his concert spiel in support of Donald Trump made waves, Kanye West found a way to upset his fanbase even more: complain about Beyoncé and cut a concert short......


Saturday night, West performed a stop of his Saint Pablo tour at Sacramento's Golden 1 Center. There, according to fans, he started late, played a few songs, brought out Kid Cudi, ranted and left early. Part of West's expletive-laden speech from the stage was captured on social media.

West went from the topic of radio, how Kid Cudi is great and which groups inspire Kanye (Fader has a transcript of the NSFW speech here), to dissing Bey and Jay.

"Beyoncé, I was hurt, because I heard that you said you wouldn't perform unless you won Video of the Year over me and over Hotline Bling. In my opinion, 'Now, don't go trying to diss Beyonce. She is great. Taylor Swift is great.' We are all great people. We are all people. But, sometimes, we be playing the politics too much and forgetting who we are, just to win. (Expletive) winning. (Expletive) looking cool. (Expletive) being cool."

Seeming to realize that his fans weren't taking to his words, West added, "I been sent here to give y'all my truth, even at the risk of my own life, my own success, my own career."

Then, he turned to Jay Z: "Call me, brah, you still ain't call me. Jay Z, I know you got killas, please don't send them at my head. Just call me. Talk to me like a man."

    "Press, get ready to have a field day because this show is over." ---- Kanye dropping the mic and walking off stage. #SaintPabloTour
    — Ashley Navarro (@ashleyynavarroo) November 20, 2016

Fans, including a Sacramento Kings player, were none too pleased that West ranted and then rushed off the stage.

    Some of the Sacramento Kings were at that Kanye concert. Here's Boogie: "HE BOUNCED ON US YO!" 😂😢😬 pic.twitter.com/Llr1tNoLTk
    — Alysha Tsuji (@AlyshaTsuji) November 20, 2016

    Making your fans pay for a whole concert then performing only 2 songs is disrespectful #KanyeIsOverParty
    — Dert (@Backtrack_Rewin) November 20, 2016

    This dude Kanye just stole money from 22k fans in 25 mins! Craziest thing ive ever seen in entertainment. 2 songs...rant...walk out smh
    — Anthony Tolliver (@ATolliver44) November 20, 2016

    Kanye West just said show's over in Sacramento at 11:00 pm after like 3 songs. Ummm what!!!
    — Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) November 20, 2016

After West departed, fans chanted "(Expletive) you, Kanye!"

The Golden 1 Center sent a tweet that guests should "travel home safely" after West ended his show, but have not shared any more information after promising to do so.

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