Does Kanye West Think He's Bigger Than Music?

Unsurprisingly, the world is abuzz this morning over Kanye West's antics last night and his outburst, this time, had nothing to do with Kanye West. In case you didn't catch it, West interrupted 17-year-old Taylor Swift as she was awarded "Best Female Video" at MTVs Video Music Awards.

I've seen Kanye act a fool plenty times before and sadly, he turned me off once he started feeling himself. I think he's an extremely talented dude and it's a shame that he wants to believe he's bigger than music... 'cause that's what it came down to last night.

Ironically, this tantrum wasn't as boisterous or dramatic as any of the ones he'd demonstrated before. It was calm and to the point. He went onstage - in the middle of Swift's speech no less - grabbed the mic, told her he was happy for her, then calmly expressed himself.

"Taylor, I'm happy for you and I'm going to let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of all time!!"

Slightly before the boos commenced, he repeated himself, "Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of all time!!" which undoubtedly incited more jeers from the sellout NYC crowd. It was if he felt he was the voice of reason... the almighty music man... God even.

Sadly, Kanye West will lose more people because of this incident. Some in urban culture may choose to defend him, but they shouldn't. What he did was completely inappropriate and he needs his ass whooped. What bites is the suburban demographic will almost certainly pull away from him.

See, it's one thing when you make an ass out of yourself in front of your own people. But when you do it to a 17-year-old blonde country singer, it enhances the idiodacy of your actions.

Maybe he doesn't care. Maybe he really thinks he's the savior of music. Maybe he's really missing his Mom. Maybe he lost his marbles. Maybe he has the ultimate confidence in his PR team, that they'll fix the error of his ways - no matter how juvenile he is - and maybe, just maybe he was drunk.