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Kanye West almost pulls a Kanye on Beck at Grammys (w/video)

 
Beck accepts the award for best rock album for Morning Phase at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. [Photo by John Shearer | Invision via AP]
Beck accepts the award for best rock album for Morning Phase at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. [Photo by John Shearer | Invision via AP]
Published Feb. 10, 2015

LOS ANGELES — Kanye West almost pulled another Kanye at the Grammy Awards.

West briefly popped up on stage as Beck accepted the album of the year award on Sunday for Morning Phase, beating out expected victor Beyoncé.

West smiled and quickly jumped down, but not before getting guffaws from Beyoncé and Jay Z.

Kanye famously got involved in an award presentation in 2009 when Taylor Swift beat Beyoncé at MTV's Video Music Awards.

Beck seemed as surprised as the rest of the audience when he won the award Sunday and appeared to be looking around for help.

Recording academy president Neil Portnow said the almost-Kanye moment was part of the excitement of a live television show.

"It's unpredictable," he said. "You don't know what's going to happen... That turned out to be a fun moment at the end of the day."

Later, West said he wasn't joking when he crashed the stage.

Appearing after the Grammys on E!, West said he was for real — and he went on a rant to prove it. Appearing with his wife, Kim Kardashian, West said he believed Beyoncé should have won in the category (as he said back in 2009). Upset that Beck beat Beyoncé in the category, West said, "I just know that the Grammys, if they want real artists, to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain't gonna play with them no more. And Beck needs to respect artistry and he should've given his award to Beyoncé."

He went on to say he and other artists were "tired" of being disrespected by the Grammys.

Beck seemed to take it all in stride.

"I was so excited he was coming up! He deserves to be on that stage," the singer-songwriter told reporters at a Universal Music after party.

But Beck also appreciates the talent of his fellow best album nominee.

"Absolutely I thought she was going to win," he said.

As for Kanye, Beck said, "You can't please everybody. I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to what he does. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?"