According to sources, West has a trip to India planned, so that when he comes back from his break, he can spin it to look like he’s enlightened.

A close friend of West’s said, “Kanye might do some dumb things, but he’s smart. He knows he needs to come back from this break changed, and that isn’t going to happen at some rehab overlooking the ocean. He goes to India, he has a chance to come back seeming like he learned something from what happened.”

I expect an all caps rant, DISPUTING THIS RUMOR AT ANY MOMENT! Just sayin’, it’s bound to happen, if it hasn’t already.

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It all started at the VMAs, when he arrived at the awards show with a bottle of Hennessy. A source said, “His drinking is getting worse – and when he has too much, he can be mean and obnoxious. If he doesn’t get help soon, things could really spiral out of control.”

Reportedly, he will be checking himself into rehab after he wraps up his Fame Kills tour with Lady Gaga. The source added, “Kanye’s afraid to go to rehab, but her knows he needs help and is taking steps in the right direction.”

I hope he gets the help he needs, he seemed to really be chugging that bottle when he was at the VMAs.

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You know what happens when a douchebag gets in the ring, right? He gets his butt handed to him by someone a lot larger and meaner.

Kanye proved that he wasn’t a really nice guy when he hijacked the stage from Taylor Swift. But seriously, the WWE???

Check it out:

According to reports sent by pro wrestling insiders to MediaTakeOut.com, Vince McMahon and the WWE have offered Kanye close to $10 million to show up at 3 events two television appearances and one pay-per-view event.

Too funny. He should totally do it.

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Kanye West really made a douchebag out of himself when he hijacked her acceptance speech at Sunday’s Video Music Awards. He touted Beyonce’s video as the best of all time and left Taylor standing there, speechless.

When she talked to Ryan Seacrest this morning, she said that she might write about the incident, after she’s fully recovered from it.

She said, “Well, I think that in order to write a song about something, I have to have clarity and be completely sure and I’m not there yet.”

That would be funny. She should totally do that….and make it a pop song.

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Kanye apologized for it on his official blog, saying:

I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE’S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I’M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN’ THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I’M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I’M NOT CRAZY YALL, I’M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I’M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!

Then, that post disappeared mysteriously. He has since issued another apology:

I feel like Ben Stiller in “Meet the Parents” when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave… That was Taylor’s moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry.

It is not going to be enough, Kanye. You’re a fool. Obviously a fool that was drunk on Hennessy, but a fool, nonetheless.

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It’s a really good performance and I like how Brandy injected the song with her talent, as well.

Check it out:

I miss Brandy’s singing, I wonder when she’s going to drop another album. You would think she needs the cash since settling with the victims of that car accident she was involved in.

And I haven’t heard Kanye rapping for the longest time.

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When I think of Kanye West, I think “Flashing Lights” and TALKING IN ALL CAPS on his blog, but he wants us to think of him naked. Oh yay.

He talked about having less fans and having the freedom of having less money. He said, “It’s like Bjork. If she wanted to pose naked, you’d be like, ‘Oh, that’s Bjork.’ But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it.”

He added that in the next “however many” years, if he works out straight for two months, then he’ll take the plunge and pose nude for pictures. He’ll definitely be breaking some rules with that one.

Especially the one in my mind that leaves me wanting mind bleach after that thought.

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Say it isn’t so!

Apparently, Rihanna and Kanye West are hooking up! To record, that is. Get your minds out of the gutter! We all know that Chris Brown is really RiRi’s honey bunny.

We’ve heard that Kanye is having Rihanna help out on his single “Paranoid”. Thank God, after that craptastic un-vocodered performance on “Saturday Night Live”, we needed ear bleach! Maybe she’ll hook him up with some nice vocals, ya know, because he’s not used to that.

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According to Billboard, Kanye West is helping craft tracks for Jay-Z’s upcoming album, Blueprint III, but he’s also plotting the release of his own untitled album, according to his management.

The rumored titled for his fourth album was to be “Good Ass Job”, to follow the trend in album namings. He had “College Dropout”, “Late Registration”, and “Graduation”, but an official title for his next album has yet to be confirmed.

Sources reveal that his album just might make Kanye’s end of the year timeline for release. His first track off of the album is rumored to be “Love Lockdown”, and he’s rumored to be playing that song at the VMAs. Rumor also has it that the song will hit iTunes within a matter of days.

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Check out the tour dates for when N.E.R.D. joins Kanye West on his Glow in the Dark Tour:

With Kanye West’s Glow in The Dark Tour
4/16/08 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center
4/18/08 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
4/19/08 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose
4/20/08 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
4/21/08 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
4/22/08 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
4/24/08 Tucson, AZ McKale Memorial Center
4/25/08 Las Vegas, NV Red Rock Casino Resort
4/26/08 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
4/27/08 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
4/29/08 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
4/30/08 Austin, TX University Of Texas
5/1/08 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Centre
5/2/08 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
5/4/08 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center
5/5/08 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre @ State Fairgrds.
5/6/08 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
5/8/08 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena
5/9/08 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
5/10/08 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge
5/11/08 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach
5/13/08 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
5/15/08 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center For The Perf. Arts
5/16/08 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
5/17/08 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
5/18/08 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain
5/20/08 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
5/21/08 Toronto, ON The Molson Amphitheatre
5/22/08 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
5/23/08 Chicago, IL United Center
5/24/08 Chicago, IL United Center
5/26/08 Winnipeg MB MTS Centre
5/27/08 Saskatoon SK Credit Union Centre
5/29/08 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
5/30/08 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
6/2/08 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
6/6/08 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose
6/7/08 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
6/9/08 West Valley, UT The E Center
6/11/08 Minneapolis, MN Target Center

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