At the VMAs tonight, the audience was shocked when Kanye West stormed the stage to interrupt Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video, claiming that Beyoncé deserved the honor for her iconic "Single Ladies" video. (Which: true!) Still, West's meltdown shouldn't have been so surprising, as he's amassed quite the collection of interruptions and televised hissy fits during his career. We've got videos of the best ones (including tonight's) after the jump:
· Kanye West rains on Taylor Swift's parade at the MTV VMAs (2009)
· Kanye West goes off-script during a Hurricane Katrina benefit concert to announce that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" (2005)
· At the MTV Europe Music Awards, Kanye West is so irate when he loses Best Video that he hijacks the winners' acceptance speech and rants that his video should have won because it "cost a million dollars. I had Pam Anderson. I was jumping across canyons and shit." (2006)
· Interviewed later, West blames his rant on a "little sippy sippy" and challenges MTV not to censor his outburst. (2006)
· Kanye West loses it backstage at the 2007 MTV VMAs, unhappy that he had to perform in a hotel suite and still wasn't awarded adequately. "Give a black man a chance!" (2007)