The proceeds of the song’s sales more than $60 million benefitted humanitarian efforts in Africa.
It even inspiredKaty Perry and Riff Raffto pay homage to the pair at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
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These days, everyone is familiar withKanye West’scontroversies at awards shows.
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“I was definitely robbed,” West later told the Associated Press.
“I was the best new artist this year.”
It was very aggressive and obviously staged, making social media blow up with reactions to the awkward moment.
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If P!nk was terrified (and we wouldn’t blame her!
), she definitely didn’t show it.
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