- Beck beat Beyoncé to Album Of The Year for his record Morning Phase
- Kanye stormed the stage attempting to interrupt Beck's speech in a nod to his notorious 2009 Taylor Swift moment
- While it appeared to be a joke at first, he later said backstage that Beck should have handed over the award to Beyonce
- He branded Beck's win 'disrespectful' and a 'smack in the face' to creativity
- Kim Kardashian endorsed Kanye but watched on nervously as his ranting escalated
- Jay Z's shocked reaction to Kanye's stage move was caught on camera
- Beck has responded saying he thought Beyonce was going to win
Beck has called Kanye West a 'genius' after he interrupted his acceptance speech for Album Of The Year at Sunday night's Grammys.
The musician, 44, has responded by agreeing with Kanye that Beyonce should have won the award following his epic on-stage rant in which he criticised organisers for awarding the gong to the rocker.
In the aftermath of the humiliating stage ambush - that follows West's infamous interruption of Taylor Swift in 2009 - Beck has said that he even aspires to be more like Kanye.
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Shocked to win? Beck has said that Beyonce should have won the award for Record Of The Year and praised Kanye West after he momentarily stormed the stage at the Grammys on Sunday night
Speaking to Us Weekly after the ceremony, Beck said: 'I was just so excited he was coming up. He deserves to be on stage as much as anybody. How many great records has he put out in the last five years right?'
And when asked if Beyoncé should have won the award, he responded: 'Absolutely. I thought she was going to win. Come on, she’s Beyoncé!'
'You can’t please everybody, man,' he continued. 'I still love him and think he’s genius. I aspire to do what he does.'
Pictured: The moment Kanye West stormed the stage as Beck beats Beyoncé to Album Of The Year at the Grammy Awards
Pushing him aside: Beck seem unfazed by Kanye's arrival on stage, and carried on with his speech
What just happened? At one point it looked as though Beck was inviting Kanye to finish what he started
Kanye delivered the on-stage rant directed at organisers of the Grammy Awards as Beck launched into his acceptance speech for his record Morning Phase, released in February 2014.
The rapper ran after Beck as he accepted his award for Album Of The Year to argue that Beyonce should have won with her self-titled album.
Back in 2009, Kanye hit the headlines when he stormed the stage at the VMAs, and told Taylor as she was accepting her award: 'Yo, Taylor. I’m really happy for you; I’mma let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best music videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!'.
The move prompted uproar from viewers and other celebrities, with Katy Perry complaining that it was as if Kanye had just 'stepped on a kitten'.
Bringing back memories: The moment in 2009 when Kanye stormed the stage at the VMAs to tell Taylor Swift that Beyonce should have won the awards
At the time, she responded with admiration for Beyonce instead, who invited her back up to the stage to finish her acceptance speech for Best Female Video which was rudely halted by Kanye.
Taylor told interviewers back stage: 'It was so wonderful and gracious of her.'
Asked how she felt at the stage invasion, she said: 'I was really excited because I had just won the award and then I was real excited because Kanye West was on the stage. And then I wasn't so excited any more.'
And when questioned about any hard feelings, Taylor responded: 'I don't know him but I was a big fan before, it's Kanye West.'
Causing trouble: Kim Kardashian was seen looking shocked and amused by Kanye's quick dash to the stage
Pleased with himself: The Yeezus rapper certainly had a naughty look on his face following the incident
Unlike his stage Video Music Awards interruption to Taylor in 2009, Kanye decided against addressing the audience in Los Angeles - which prompted many to think he was just poking fun at himself. But backstage, things became a lot more heated.
Speaking to Khloe Kardashian, the younger sister of his wife Kim Kardashian who was reporting for E!, Kanye launched into a scathing attack on Beck and organisers of the event.
'We ain't gonna play with them no more,' Kanye began. 'Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé.'
What could have been: Kanye walks away after attempting to interrupt Beck's speech
He continued: 'At this point - we're tired of it because what happens is, you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental music. You are disrespectful to inspiration.'
Kanye's wife Kim looked shocked as she watched Kanye rant backstage, and eventually interrupted telling presenters they were due to catch a flight to New York.
However, she agreed with Kanye and told presenters she felt that Beyonce should have been given the award.
THAT awkward rant: The moment Kanye West told viewers how he really felt about Beck's win backstage at the Grammys
Kim's face says it all: The Kardashian reality star appeared to be eager for Kanye to wrap up his rant
Khloe, do something! Kim glares at her sister who is interviewing Kanye
At one point Kim said 'I wish he had of said something [on stage]' and echoed Kanye's sentiments about 'fighting for creativity'.
She later showed her support by posting her own shock reaction to Beck's win.
Kanye then began to criticise the event organisers cutting speeches short to make way for commercial breaks.
'They run the music over the speeches because they want the commercial advertising - no we not playing with them no more,' he added.
In an interview last year, Kanye spoke about the incident and said he needed 'God, sex, and alcohol... a lot of sex' to get over it.
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