Arrogant Jerk

To be honest, I am not sure how I have missed this guy for so long. Kanye West is perhaps the poster boy for the Arrogant Jerk blog, and for soooo many reasons. Let us count the ways…

Just last night, Kanye was all but completely overlooked by the folks at the MTV Video Music Awards. In true Arrogance, and with an extra dash of Jerkiness, Kanye began a tirade near the elevators after the show, complaining that he, of all people, had not an ounce of moonrock from the night’s awards table to place on his mantle.

He was heard loud and clear saying ‘That’s two years in a row, man, …Give a black man a chance!’

Um, Kanye; it’s about time you realize it has nothing to do with your color, and everything to do with your deprecative whining. It is a last resort for people who are really not that good, and it grows tiresome very quickly.

To add insult to injury, I am happy to report that of 184 photos posted by the Associated Press, 98 of them featured a black artist. I’ll do the math for you Kanye; that’s a full 53 percent of the limelight. Add Justin Timberlake and the numbers go up to nearly 80 percent. Time to start looking for a more credible reason why you are not getting any attention, brother.

(Someone please tell him it’s not President Bush, either. That bandwagon is still broken down on the side of the road back there in 2005.)

Before all this, West was throwing similar fits about walking home empty handed from the MTV Europe Video Music Awards. He just couldn’t contain himself as the award for best video was presented to another competitor, and Arrogantly announced that his video should have won because ‘it cost a million dollars to produce’. I haven’t seen the video he is talking about, but I will guess that it features Kanye spouting off about how The Man ruined his day and over-charged him for video editing.

The moment, by the way, looked awkwardly staged, leaving me wondering what kind of Arrogant Jerk begs the producers of a show to let him interrupt an award to make a fool of himself. His last-pitch bargaining chip probably sounded like this: ‘Come on, just let me do it and I promise I am the only one that will come off looking like an idiot.’

Last year I was astonished when Steve Jobs doted over him for an Apple special announcement. I thought ‘Steve, surely your PR team missed telling you what an Arrogant Jerk this guy is.’ But there he was. Kanye took the opportunity to trash president Bush and shout down The Man. What a great way to showcase your talent. Or emphasize the lack, thereof.

Steve’s crystal ball must have been in the shop that week; He is usually passing over the flash-in-the-pan for something with a little more staying power. ‘Heads are going to roll for this one’ I remember thinking. But I am not sure they ever did. Maybe Steve is human after all.

And who can forget Kanye West’s lame grab for publicity when he declared that he would be featured in the bible if it were written today. I cannot, for the life of me, think of a reason why. Even if his story were embellished with myth, I still would consider his contribution trite by any stretch in his favor.

So there you have it. Perhaps a bit obvious and expected, but I just couldn’t resist posting Kanye West as this week’s Arrogant Jerk for being such a sore looser, when winning should never have been his thing in the first place.

Enjoy the ride, you Arrogant Jerk; it’s is nearly over.

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