Kanye West’s first major screw up came in 2009. Taylor Swift – a promising 19 year old ingenue at the time – was giving an acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards when West (now “Ye”) stormed the stage, commandeered the microphone, and declared Beyoncé a more deserving recipient of the award in front of the music industry’s great and good. Barack Obama called him a “jerk” in the aftermath; Donald Trump even suggested a West boycott. The rapper receded from public life, fled to Hawaii, and didn’t emerge again until he had a very solid apology lined up....
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