ScreenshotOn the afternoon of Feb. 24, Kanye West apologized for his onstage intrusion during Beck’s acceptance speech at the Grammys with yet another Twitter spaz. It involved both an apology to Beck and a dick-stroking of Bruno Mars. The event marked yet another public outburst from Kanye, who seems to whine like a spoiled child whenever things don’t go his way. His apology marked yet another instance of proof that he thinks saying sorry means anything to anybody anymore.
It seems like every year we get an outburst from Kanye, followed by two weeks of news coverage and a boost in album sales for everyone involved. After the hype dies down we get some sort of public apology, once again making news and inflating album sales.
It’s all just manufactured controversy created by Kanye West to maintain social relevancy between albums. It’s happened before with notables such as Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown. And it will definitely happen again. What never changes is the huge, annoying media reaction that stays at the forefront of conversation until the next beef.
Congratulations Kanye, you’re still an asshole.
Flop Culture is a semi-regular feature in which Gateway writers like dumb Jason get mad and bitch about things that have no effect on your life like mad celebrities and Twitter beefs.
