After the shocking incident at the MTV VMAs when he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, he has canceled the tour with Lady Gaga, rumored to have gone on a refuge in India and has returned with a bold blog post which has given the press even more fuel to feed on.

Oh yes, and somewhere in between all that, his long awaited clothing line Pastelle, which he was promoting at the 2008  AMA Awards, has closed down before it was even launched.

With all this commotion, it’s good to hear that Kanye has gone back to what he’s best at – making music. Music that helped to propel him to being the 3rd Richest Rapper of 2009.

So far, there’s progress on the new album with Australian Connie “Miss Connie” Mitchell from the Sydney band Sneaky Sound System recording vocals for it in Hawaii.

Here’s a funny video about President Obama referring to Kanye West as a “jack-ass” over the VMA scandal.

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He definitely makes some bold statements in the posting, although it could be a little easier to read – what’s with the CAPS.

Here’s the full text from the posting in case you can’t read it from the image.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR CONSTANT LOVE AND SUPPORT OVER THESE PAST 6 YEARS! I’M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE STUDIO MAKING NEW MUSIC. I WILL BRING YOU THE BEST I HAVE TO OFFER WITH THE SAME DEDICATION THAT KOBE HAS ON THE COURT. IT’S FUNNY HOW SO MANY RAPPERS GET WORSE AS THEIR CAREERS STRETCH OUT BUT TRUE POETS GET BETTER. WE WILL FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAYA ANGELOU, GILL SCOTT HERRON AND NINA SIMONE. THEIR WORK IMPROVED WITH TIME. THEY DOCUMENTED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN CULTURE. THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE MODERN DAY ARTISTS AND POETS, TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, SO THAT WHEN THE POWERS THAT BE TRY TO REWRITE HISTORY YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR WORKS AND FIND TRUTH AND SINCERITY IN A WORLD OF PROCESSED INFORMATION. LET US SOAK IN POSITIVE FORCES AND LOOK DOWN ON UPON THOSE WHO MASQUERADE AS TRUTH TELLERS AND OBJECTIVE FACT GIVERS WHEN IN FEALITY EVERYTHING THAT IS PROJECTED HAS AN AGENDA OF BRAINSTORMING US, THE “CONSUMER”, THE PUBLIC, TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT US TO. LET US LOOK PAST HEADLINES AND DEAL WITH JUST A BIT OF REALITY IN THIS NEW DECADE. WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN OUTLETS NOW. WE DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ANYMORE. NOW I’LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT RHYME LOL!!!

Anyone care to give Kanye West a hand in making that ryhme?

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See this TMZ post

Kanye himself apparently has been feeling pretty shitty about the whole ordeal and has been apologizing furiously. First, there was an ALL-CAPS apology on his blog which was later removed and replaced with a more coherent apology. Then Kanye also apologized to Swift on the Jay-Leno show.

Clearly, Kanye knows that he bit off more than he can chew here and has been trying to salvage whatever he can from this PR disaster. I personally doubt how much of the apologies Kanye has been peddling around are real and how many are just at the behest of his PR team.

I think this guy ought to retire from music for a little while if only to get some perspective. You’re talented, Mr. West, but you ain’t no Beethoven. Heck, you ain’t even no John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Or Tupac or even Eminem. There are a lot other, more talented people in music than you right now. Just ask the guys over at Black Eyed Peas whose every album sells more copies than all yours combined.

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Apparently, the rapper T (hyphen) Pain launched into an attack on Jay (hyphen) Z at a night club in Vegas during a deejay set.

As per tweets made by rapper Fabolous, the forever auto-tuned rapper, T-Pain was at the club Rehab in Vegas when he said, “fuck Jay-Z” and had a few more choice words for the Hard Knock Life rapper, which included the indication that Jay-Z was “old”.

Who in here wants to believe that this is just a result of the D.O.A – Death of Auto Tune – by Jay-Z? T-Pain has been known to make a throw in *cough* a *cough* few auto-tuned tracks in his albums. If refusing to use a shitty piece of software for fine tuning your voice makes you old, then I’m glad the is old and not resorting to such shit musical tactics.

Oh, and the kicker? The deejay at the club immediately launched into a number of Jay-Z hits as soon as T-Pain got finished with his rants, including, but not limited to D.O.A., Run This Town, etc. etc.

Bummer, eh?

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Oh would you believe the irony of this whole situation?

Rapper C-Murder gets life for…murder!

I guess it doesn’t come as a surprise when you’ve built your entire career, based your entire life on a demented belief that being badass somehow means being able to, well, murder.

If you didn’t know, C-Murder, i.e., Corey Miller, was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a 16 year old teenager. Steve Thomas, at a brawl in 2002 inside the Platinum Club in Harvey.

You know Corey “C-Murder” Miller, what’s worse than your stupid little stage moniker, is that you killed a 16 year old. Not so badass is it you twerp?

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Biggie -- Dead!

Eazy E -- Dead!

Tupac -- Dead!

…….

Flava Flav - Alive!

Vanilla Ice --- Alive!

WTF GOD?

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Over at The Source, there’s a story about rapper Willie D. getting bail.

If you didn’t know, Willie was charged with running an iPhone scam. Through a front called Texas One Wireless, he sought orders for iPhones from international customers which weren’t fulfilled.

I presume Willie must have pretty low ebay trader ratings.

Apparently, the terms of his bail limit his use of the internet. So don’t expect him on Twitter any time soon.

Also, he’ll be actively monitored by a GPS system.

Talk about bad luck. Rappers should limit themselves to violent crimes. White collar crimes like internet fraud don’t really cut it…

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Timbaland will totally kick your ass..

Perennial hit-generating machine Timbaland along with Nelly Furtado have been named in a lawsuit by Finnish record label, Kernel Records, according to The Source. The lawsuit claims that the duo used elements from the song “Acidjazzed Evening” by Finnish artist Janne Suni signed by Kernel Records in their song, “Do It”.

Its not as if this is the first time Timba has been accused of “borrowing” generously from others’ music. But with Nelly Furtado? Please…

Kernel Records (which apparently doesn’t have a website), here’s a piece of advice. No one will listen to “Do It” anyway, so why even bother?

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The picture is courtesy of Photoshop site, FreakingNews.com and has been done really well.

Just imagine Eminem rapping about helping out old ladies across the road, or rescuing kittens stuck atop a tree. How hilarious..har har!

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So the new album cover for the Plies album is out.

Read badass, isn’t it?

WTF was this dude thinking? Does it look badass? Nope. Does it make him look like a giant douchy weiner? Yup.

Too bad some people won’t learn..a ‘goon’ who looks like a ‘gimp’.

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