At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards , Taylor Swift presented the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award to Kanye . She said that she first met Kanye at the 2009 VMAS when the incident happened . She also said that she is one of West 's biggest fans . She told the audience that the first album she and her brother Austin bought was '' The College Dropout '' by West . At the end of her presentation , she repeated West 's speech by saying : " All the other winners , I 'm really happy for you , I 'm going to let you finish , but Kanye West has had one of the greatest careers of all time . " During Kanye 's eleven-minute Video Vanguard Award speech , he seemed mad that MTV had kept talking about his speech at the 2009 VMAs . He said MTV had run the footage of his speech multiple times " 'cause it got them more ratings . " He also admitted that he fights for artists but somehow fights in a disrespectful way and did n't know how to say the perfect thing . He said that he did n't understand " how they get five people who worked their entire life … sold records , sold concert tickets to come stand on the carpet and for the first time in their life be judged on the chopping block and have the opportunity to be considered a loser . " After his speech , he decided to run for president in 2020 . The '' New York Daily News '' said that Kanye 's 2015 speech was " the most bizarre speech at the MTV VMAs . "
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2009 MTV Video Music Awards