14 DAY TRIAL // 36-year-old rapper and self-proclaimed Jack-of-all-trades Kanye West had one thing to do during his concert last night in Florida: get through his whole set without throwing a tantrum.
He failed at that when he decided to berate the members of his tech crew, right before he got off stage, much to the displeasure of the approximately 7,000 fans who came to watch him perform.
Kanye is currently promoting his latest album "Yeezus" with an international tour and the event in Florida took place on Saturday at the Tampa Forum, where it took him just 3 songs to find something to complain about.
Right after the first seconds of his third song of the night, Kanye asked that the music be stopped as he began complaining to a technician named Laura that his microphone didn't have the “deep voice” effect he wanted.
But this wasn't the only complain the rapper had to make, as he went on to chastise his crew for making his likeness that showed on a large LED screen behind him in color when he wanted it to be in monochrome. All these events caused the Yeezus performer to stop the concert and go backstage, thus delaying his concert for a period of time.
Naturally, his fans weren't too happy about this, nor were they happy when Kanye returned to stage in a mask and began ranting and comparing himself to the likes of Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison and Nelson Mandela, in an effort to put an end to all the criticism he gets from “haters.”
Little mishaps during concerts are quite common for almost all artists, especially in the beginning of tours when things are still getting ironed out, but Kanye's tour is reaching the end of its projected life, being set to end in Toronto around Christmas time. It's also not a very common practice among artists to stop a concert, but Kanye will seemingly walk off the stage at even the slightest hint of trouble.
Video of him giving a speech while wearing a mask from one of his backup dancers has made its way online and, from the reactions of the public, it can be seen that his preaching was not very appreciated by some members of the public.
Check out the video footage from the concert below.
