Kanye West Blames Voices in His Head for Beck Grammy Fiasco
Kanye West made headlines for nearly interrupting singer-songwriter Beck's Grammy award speech but recently explained the scenario by admitting that voices in his head told him to do so.
West, the 37-year-old rap mogul, spoke to radio host and entertainment executive Ryan Seacrest recently about his motivation for nearly interrupting Beck's acceptance speech for Album of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy awards. After Beck beat out West's friend and fellow recording artist Beyonce, the rap mogul visibly attempted to make his way halfway to the stage before making his way back to his seat.
During an after show interview, West told E! correspondents that Beck should respect Beyonce's artistry while ranting against the Grammys. Days later, the rap mogul opened up to Seacrest about his motivation for nearly interrupting Beck in a moment that made headlines.
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West decided to blame the voices in his head.
"You know, I felt like just the whole Grammys, right when that happened, everybody was looking at me and then people started screaming, 'Kanye! Kanye! Go do it!' Okay, that didn't really happen, these were voices in my head," West told Seacrest Wednesday. "So the voices in my head told me, 'go,' and then I just walked up like halfway up the stage."
Six years after interrupting singer Taylor Swift's MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech to grab the microphone from her and speak about Beyonce being more deserving of the award, West said he intended for the Beck fiasco to be a joke.
"You know, what I really wanted to do is just joke around about what had happened before, but I just really didn't want to take away from Beck's moment or the time he's having to talk because you know the Grammys, they play music really quick no matter who you are and everything," West told Seacrest. "So I didn't want anything to take away from his screen time. So I just walked back down because you know, it was kind of a joke, like the Grammys themselves."
The rap mogul also admitted he was mistaken when he commented about Beck needing to respect people's artistry while speaking to E! after the Grammy awards.
"When I said that thing about respect artistry, I think it came off the wrong way, and that was a mis-wording on my part because obviously Beck is one the most respected artists and respects artistry," he said. "But I felt that even though the Grammys sometimes gives awards to people who you wouldn't think should win in the category, as a respect to artists, we mention the other artist's name in our speech. And that was the point I was making about it. There's like many of times I gave other people my award, literally made them come up onstage. Maroon 5, when they won best new artist, [Adam Levine] mentioned me because it was the College Dropout and [it had] 10 nominations and all that."
Last year, West appeared on Power 106 FM where he defended comparing himself to well-known figures like Steve Jobs. However, he insisted that instead of calling him egotistical, people should focus on his intent for distributing his messages the way he does.
"You do not want to go against the power. I'm working on one mission, and that's a mission from God," West said on the radio show. "I'm gonna make it very clear exactly what I'm here to do."
West also insisted that he is here to help others.
"I'm here to help. I'm going to apply all the blessings I've got," he previously said on the radio show. "We're moving to the future. [And] I'm gonna be the anchor."
