Kanye West Rants Against Beyoncé and Jay Z, Abruptly Ends Concert

Concertgoers on Twitter claimed the singer showed up late and only performed two to three songs -- amid his signature rants -- before exiting the stage as the audience loudly booed.
Things started on a positive note when West brought out rapper Kid Cudi, with whom he'd had an online feud earlier this year. Before performing together, the pair hugged on stage as the crowd
cheered.
But the uplifting energy quickly shifted when West began to rant about other artists.
"Beyoncé, I was hurt. 'Cause I heard that you said you wouldn't perform unless you won Video of the Year over me and over 'Hotline Bling,'" West said,
referencing this year's MTV Video Music Awards .
"Now don't go trying to diss Beyoncé. She is great.
Taylor Swift is great. We are all great people. We are all people. But sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forgetting who we are just to win. F**k winning. F**k looking cool. F**k being cool."
The "Famous" rapper went on to take a jab at Beyoncé's husband and his longtime pal, Jay Z, saying, "Jay Z, call me, bruh. You still ain't called me. Jay Z, I know you got killers, please don't send
them at my head. Just call me. Talk to me like a man."

Drake, Bieber win big, Selena Gomez gets emotional at AMAs

The 2016 American Music Awards featured a number of pop stars strumming their guitars, Drake making a rare awards show appearance, an
emotional speech from Selena Gomez and political moments about President-elect Donald Trump.
Drake, who has skipped his fair share of awards shows in recent years, was the big winner with four awards and debuted a new commercial for Apple Music.
"For our genre, I just like to keep things excited and keep making music. Shout out to everybody that's trying to do the same thing," said Drake, who broke
Michael Jackson's record for most AMA
nominations after scoring 13 nominations.
Bieber, who performed from his tour in Zurich, Switzerland, also won four awards.
Gomez, who lost artist of the year to Ariana Grande but won favorite female artist — pop/rock, gave a heartfelt speech onstage that earned a loud
applause from the audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
"I think it's safe to say that most of you know a lot of my life whether I liked it or not, and I had to stop, 'cause I had everything, and I was absolutely
broken inside. And I kept it all together to where I never let you down. But I kept it too much together where I let myself down," said 24-year-old Gomez, who recently took time off to treat depression and anxiety.
"I don't want to see your bodies on Instagram. I want to see what's in here," she added, pointing to her heart. "And I have to say thank you so much to my fans because you guys are so damn loyal, and I don't know what I did to deserve you. If you are broken, you don't have to stay broken."
Grande was shaking onstage as she collected artist of the year at the fan-voted show that aired live on ABC, beating Adele, Rihanna, Carrie Underwood and Bieber. "With or without this, I love you from the bottom of my heart," she said to her fans.
Green Day was one of many big-named acts promoting new albums at the AMAs, including Bruno Mars, the Weekend, Lady Gaga, Sting, John
Legend and The Chainsmokers. But Green Day got political during their performance of "Bang Bang" as band leader Billie Joe Armstrong sang "No KKK, no fascist USA, no Trump" during the show.
The show's hosts — former "Saturday Night Live" comic Jay Pharaoh and model Gigi Hadid — also mentioned the Trump family when telling jokes:
After Pharaoh impersonated Jay Z, Hadid acted like Melania Trump.
"I love my husband, President Barack Obama, and our children, Sasha and Malia," she said, scrunching up her face.
Strumming guitars while singing was one of the night's themes: One Direction's Niall Horan slowed
things down for his acoustic-folk solo single, "This Town": James Bay sang his smoky single, "Let It Go"; and Shawn Mendes performed his hit "Treat You Better" and switched to piano for the aching "Mercy."
But the best singer-guitarist was Gaga, who beautifully belted the lyrics to her latest single, "Million Reasons." She earned a rousing applause from the audience.
Sting also impressed, who performed "Message In a Bottle," ''Every Breathe You Take" and his new single, "I Can't Stop Thinking About You." He received the American Music Award of Merit, which was presented to him by Robert Downey Jr.
"American music lit the musical spark in my young mind," the English singer said after his performance. "My musical soul is all American!"
Other highlights included double winners twenty one pilots and Mars, who kicked off the AMAs with his groovy hit, "24K Magic," backed by his band
who matched his slick, upbeat dance moves.
Grande and Nicki Minaj got steamy during their performance of the reggae-tinged "Side to Side":
Grande's background dancers danced closely on her, and one male dancer even pulled up her skirt, while Minaj, who rapped from a chair, spread her
legs widely.
Other performers included Maroon 5 with Kendrick Lamar; DJ Khaled with Minaj, Future, Rick Ross and August Alsina; and Fifth Harmony, who won
collaboration of the year for "Work from Home" with Ty Dolla $ign.
Prince's 1984 "Purple Rain" album, which gained new attention after his death in April, won top soundtrack. His sister, Tyka Nelson, collected his
trophy onstage and cried as she spoke to the audience.
"We'll keep this for you at Paisley Park until we see you again," she said weeping and naming her siblings. "This is for you."
Other winners included Tim McGraw, the
Chainsmokers and Florida Georgia Line. Rihanna, who didn't attend, won three awards. Adele and Beyonce were also absent but both won an award.
Zayn, who has won a handful of AMAs with his One Direction bandmates, took home new artist of the year.
"Wow. This one just has my name on it, right?" he said. "This has been a crazy year ... I didn't expect anyone to vote for me, so thank you for voting for me."

Jay Z Says He 'Misses The Old Kanye' Following West's Recent Rant

Roc-A-Fella co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke revealed as much following Kanye West’s surprising rant against his idol last week. Kanye blasted Jay for not personally visiting him after wife Kim Kardashian got robbed in Paris , for never setting up a playdate with their
kids, and for Tidal politics preventing him from linking up with Drake, an Apple Music artist.
“I was shocked to hear what Kanye said onstage,”
Burke told Page Six at his Reasonable Doubt 20th anniversary pop-up shop on Saturday. “There was never anything rumbling . . . so when you hear these things in public, it’s a little shocking.”
Page Six‘s source previously said Jay Z couldn’t “stand” Kanye because of his crazy personality and that the mogul can only tolerate the rapper in “small doses.” While Burke doesn’t go as far to
confirm the source, he does highlight a change in Kanye’s personality that Jay Z isn’t at all fond of, telling the publication, “I’m not sure about the relationship at this point. I spoke to Jay [after Kanye’s rant] and we’re both just like, ‘We miss the old Kanye.’”
Burke went on to note that both men are too old to be rap beefing and that Kanye may have just been in his feelings at the time anyway. “[Kanye] is usually really honest. So it sounds like something
he’s going through right now,” Burke added. “He may [say] something like that, and then three weeks later he may be back to, ‘That’s my brother.'”
That sounds pretty accurate from what we’ve seen from Kanye in the past. In the meantime, both men can just go ahead, pop in that College Dropout and
think about the good ol’ days.