On February 8 , 2015 , at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , West walked on stage as Beck was accepting his award for Album of the Year and then walked off stage , leaving the audience to think he was joking . After the awards show , West stated in an interview that he was not joking and that " Beck needs to respect artistry , he should have given his award to Beyoncé " . On February 26 , 2015 , he publicly apologized to Beck on Twitter . On August 30 , 2015 , West was presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards . In his acceptance speech , he stated , " Y' all might be thinking right now , ' I wonder did he smoke something before he came out here ? ' And the answer is : ' Yes , I rolled up a little something . I knocked the edge off . ' " At the end of his speech , he announced , " I have decided in 2020 to run for president . " At the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards , West was given four minutes to do " whatever he wanted " . He chose to debut his new music video for " Fade " , but first , delivered a speech in which he discussed recent shootings in Chicago , why he included Ray J and Donald Trump in his " Famous " video , the Taylor Swift situation , his love of Beyoncé and Steve Jobs amongst others
2016 MTV Video Music Awards
2016 MTV Video Music Awards
Kanye West