JUSTICE vs Kanye

Kanye West threw a shitfit when he didn't win Best Video at the recent MTV Europe Awards. He crashed the stage, grabbed the mic and blubbed about how his "Touch The Sky" video should've won because it cost $1 million, had Pamela Anderson in it, and featured him jumping a canyon on a motorcycle. Kanye later said his outburst was caused by him being "sippy sippy", rebutting onlookers who might've thought that the glaring eyes and egomaniacal tirade were triggered by another substance.

French DJ duo Justice, whose "We Are You Friends" video won the award, were on tour in the US at the time of the ceremony. But we caught up with Xavier and asked him what he thought of the whole kerfuffle...

Vice: How did you hear that you’d won?
Xavier: We were on the plane from San Francisco to Chicago. Right after landing we received tons of texts from our friends at the ceremony in Copenhagen. We were amazed that we won.

WTF was wrong with Kanye?
We didn't have a clue about his outburst until we went to the hotel and saw it on YouTube. It was soooooo funny watching the tirade of our new friend Kanye. Thanks to him the less famous band turned into be the biggest happening of the ceremony.

So what is up with all these anti-Kanye cartoons?
We never did that cartoon though we know the guy who did it. He is a Myspace geek and even though the drawing is not as good as So-Me's (the JUSTICE art director), it still is quite funny.

Here’s some more Myspace geekery, though not quite as funny:

DOM TUNON

Comments

[backpack rapper]

See the fear in Kanye's eyes. That's the fear of a guy who knows his time has passed.

[Steve PMX]

"If my video doesn't win, the Awards show loses....credibility"

Dude should get his jaw re-wired shut.

[Claire Germs]

So-Me is black belt in karate Kanye better beware!

[pete]

what an arrogant fuck; he didn't even see their video! kayne is clearly insane

[Stefano]

I actually think the Kanye video is better - the Justice is kinda lame. But Kanye is such a doofus.

[The Human Stain]

At least MC Hammer went out with some dignity.

[myspace.com/thescoobiebrothers]

I LOVE DOMINOS!

[Joel]

Just goes to show what an ass he really is!
Jesus walks?He would be in the bible if
it were written now?
Hmmm,delusions me thinks!
This also gives hip-hop a bad name,even though
what he makes is now so far removed from
what the culture is all about!

[fuck stefano!]

stefano, how can you think kanye's video is better??????? do you just suck every hollywood dick you see?? and swallow all the cum 1 million dollars can afford?????????you are an idiot! go watch mission impossible 3 for the ninth time!!!!!!!

[Dorian]

Sin of pride Kanye,sin of pride.

[derk]

the kanye video is better. we are your friends is 10x the better song, but the touch the sky video is crazy. i dont care if he was drunk or coked out, i like him even more for doing this. most pop artist dont give a shit about awards or lists, they just show up for their shows and video shots. kanye actually cares about what everyone thinks about him, and whats everyone to "know" that he's the best rapper/producer alive. it seems rare that there is a rapper that cares about all his little iconography as much as rock and punk bands. just because he's an ass sometimes doesnt mean he's wrong.

[misterCQNZR]

This is pretty much consistent with the "rappers are just big kids" statement presented in the past.

[JOE]

who gives a flying fuck.

[haff]

drunk, whiney, whatever, his video is better than the shitty justice one

[Kenny]

Who cares? MTV sucks in the past, present, and future. Anyone who doesn't get recognized by that half-assed network should consider themselves one giant step closer to being an artistic success. Do people actually watch that shit? Videos? Get a life.

[tick tock]

It's obvious. God just doesn't like black people.

[chris]

First the Christ Rolling Stone cover thing and now this....Kanye's a cockbag.

[daniel]

Did Kanye write that horn loop thing in his song. Cause I love it. IF he didn't write it then he's a fag to think he's so great for that song that was made hot by that horn thing that he may not have written.

[Kanyemyass]

Kanye´s song is a shameless appropiation of Curtis Mayfield (who would fucking care about that song if it wasn´t for the horns sample)he´s a fucking cry baby and looks like a retard everytime he opens his mouth!!!

[phlegm]

C`mon now...

I`m I the only one realizing that this stunt was a planned part of the show?

The fact that he already had an plugged microphone in his hands when the winner was announced, the fact he was allowed to continue speaking uninterrupted , and the fact that he hyped his own lame video (remember the "million dollar" plane crash, anyone?) all points to one conclusion. It was a scetch!

Maybe you thought it was a bad one, maybe a boring one, but still: It was a planned and rehearsed bit..

[TheCrumBum]

If the whole scene was contrived, it was nothing more than a desperate attempt by a mediocre and waning artist to revive a 15 minute career on the fritz.

[Nicholas Gayzor (is my Star Wars handle)]

Jesuuuuuuss. It seems like every time the cameras are pointed at a hip hop guy he's either trying to show you how rich he is or he's flipping over tables and throwing a tantrum.

[dapwell]

kanye is a fagiolo bastard who shamelessly jacked a famous curtis song and probably shamelessly jacked a penis or two in his time, ya dig?

[I hate you all]

man, kanye makes some mainstream hippity hop that sounds just a tiny bit different from the other mass produced trash floating around our polluted culture river and everyone thinks he's Jesus, including him. HE'S AN IDIOT, AND SO ARE YOU.

[modernalliance]

no, kanye did not write the horn loop in that song. it's from Curtis Mayfield's "Movin On UP".