Here's some lovely footage of Kanye West completely losing the plot at a gig last week in Melbourne when someone had the temerity to throw an item on the stage. His stage. His performance area. That sacred spot where nightly he performs a little bit of magic for the mortals - all spoiled by someone menial throwing something into his rarefied atmosphere.

It seems the item was thrown onto the stage rather that in the direction of the great man's ego, but nonetheless he was quickly angered by the act. No idea what was thrown - it might have been a love note, a pair of knickers or, bearing in mind the location, the thrower might have mistaken the backdrop for a barbecue and thrown a prawn at it *awaits stereotype police*. Sadly it wasn't a hand grenade. I'll bet that when Kanye was a child he didn't just have a tantrum and throw his toys out of the pram, he probably threw himself out as well and complained about the injustice of having to lie on the muthafucking pavement.

 

This clip just goes to show the genius that is Kanye at work. See how he seamlessly incorporates his rant into the song, almost as though the rest of his material consists of him just saying the first thing that pops into his head. To be fair, "Eat shit, die" is probably the best set of lyrics he's come up with in his whole career to date. And who the fuck (apart from Cher) uses a vocoder these days?

 

by Ian McShane