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Kanye West told an audience at a screening of his film, "Runaway," that he thought about killing himself, but now feels a responsibility to make a meaningful contribution to pop culture and art.

Just think, it was only 12 months ago that Taylor Swift became the nation's most supported underdog; Kanye West became, well, not; Katy Perry was first publicly propositioned by her now-fiancé (and last year's VMA host) Russell Brand; and Chelsea Handler was making waves by pissing off celebrities…in the funniest way possible.

Music's wildest party - on television at least - convenes Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles and the guest list couldn't be any more outrageous.

For those tuning in to the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, don't count on a Kanye West and Taylor Swift duet.

Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year - and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

File this one under We'll Believe It When We Hear It, but Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Raekwon are planning to record together, if the Twitterverse has anything to say about it.

Two hip-hop titans unleashed new videos on MTV last night: Eminem and Rihanna debuted their "Love the Way You Lie" clip and Kanye West finally unveiled his much-anticipated "moving painting" for "Power." In the 90-second-long "Power," the brainchild of Kanye and video artist Marco Brambilla, West — in his 15-pound ...

With an "Oh... hey!", Kanye West is back.

A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage. Elinor Burkett, appearing Tuesday on HLN's "The Joy Behar Show," said Roger Ross Williams' charge that she ambushed him is wrong.

Today, however, Kanye's own remix of his "808s & Heartbreak" track "Coldest Winter" gets an appropriately chilly video from Ye's frequent director Nabil Elderkin.