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Kanye West Twitter Rants Earn Him MTV O Music Award

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Kanye West has won tons of awards for his music, and now his tweets are garnering him some trophy recognition. Going up against what he sees, in general, as his only competition: himself, West's insightful, angry and sometimes hilarious tweets garnered him an entire category for the MTV's O Music Awards.

Six of West's tweets were nominated for the Golden Kanye Award, but it was his post about water bottles that won the category. "I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle," read the winning tweet posted in October. Other morsels of knowledge that scooped up recognition included his thoughts on dating models, and his frequent spell check for the word "genius." This past January, 'Ye's tweets were also put into song by opera-pop singer Josh Groban.

The Chicago MC's latest victory is one of a few early winners at the inaugural MTV O Music Awards. Nicki Minaj snagged a trophy in the Favorite Animated GIF category earlier this week, for a moving graphic image of her twirling bubble gum around her finger.

Unlike some of their other awards shows, MTV's O Music Awards recognizes musicians solely for their online presence. The awards ceremony will stream live on OMusicAwards.com from Las Vegas Thursday night (April 28) at 11PM EST.

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kejavas

i thought he won RACIST and BIGOT of the year awards........but probably obama did

May 01 2011 at 5:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Trish

"O" for obnoxious??

May 01 2011 at 4:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SolutionGuy

He's such a hateful racist, he esentially killed his mother by insisting she had to use a black doctor (instead of the best doctor available)to do the cosmetic surgery she wanted.

May 01 2011 at 4:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
savelighthouses

He should win the award for asshole - period.

May 01 2011 at 1:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nancy

The award he should have won : The Most Ignorant Award. He needs to learn how to be humble. He thinks his S____ is ice cream.

May 01 2011 at 1:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
savelighthouses

He is one who makes American music suck due to his non-talent behavior. I would not go see him for free. What a jerk.

May 01 2011 at 1:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jennifer

Can't aol post better news than him?

May 01 2011 at 12:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Reggie Wagstaff

Didn't he get the "Super Douchebag Award"?

April 30 2011 at 11:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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pugz

he deserves the lifetime achievement award in that category!

May 01 2011 at 1:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VIRUS WARNING!!!

The only award this retard should win is the "stupidest mofo of the century award". What a waste of space and cells. Everyone hates him, so why doesn't he just go away?! By putting him back in the media, it makes him think he is still important!...or was he ever important?

April 30 2011 at 11:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ray

MTV doesnt much care about ethics or anything else, they continue to nurture bad boys and girls for their own profit. They are most dispicable part of our culture.

April 30 2011 at 10:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Escalonz

As As in negative culture? Birds of a feather flock together?

May 01 2011 at 12:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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