Whether you love him or hate him, one thing is clear: everyone has an opinion on Kanye West. Some hail him as a genius of our times, while others think he’s a pompous idiot with nothing much to say. He is a very polarizing man, and someone like that is bound to court controversy for the duration of their career.
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Having been in the spotlight for a long time, then, it’s no wonder that Kanye is getting a reputation for breaking the internet. Together with wife Kim, he’s locked in a never-ending battle of who can break it fastest and most shockingly. The pair seem to have very little limits on what they are prepared to share with the world, and their joint empire is still steadily growing.
Kanye’s time as an internet breaker dates back way before he met Kim, however, and there’s plenty of examples of him doing even before we knew the phrase. In fact, one could call him a pioneer of internet breakage, doing so even when the internet was still in its fledgling days and you were as likely to hear of his exploits on MySpace as Facebook. Let’s go back before Twitter, before YouTube, to a time when Kanye West first learned how to break the internet – and begin a journey back to the present day.
15. Gretchen Wilson Exit – 2004
The first time Kanye really shocked the world, it set a precedent that he was set to repeat over and over. It was back in 2004 at the American Music Awards that we first got a taste of what was to come. He lost out on the Best New Artist award to Gretchen Wilson, and he was not what you would call a good sport about it. In fact, he showed himself to be a seriously sore loser, storming out of the auditorium in a rage as she was presented with the award. He later said, “I felt like I was definitely robbed […] I was the best new artist this year.” That was enough to make his first serious headlines.
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