Kanye "Gold Digger" Tweet Sparks Controversy on Twitter

Kanye West can't seem to keep his foot out of his mouth - even on Twitter!

We all remember last year’s escapade at the Video Music Awards, when rapper and producer Kanye West ruined Taylor Swift’s award-winning moment, snatching the microphone from the young Swift to say “Taylor, I’m going to let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!”

Later that same year, in a live NBC broadcast for the Red Cross that aired shortly after the disaster in New Orleans, Kayne surprised everyone, including co-host Mike Meyers, when he dropped this line: “George Bush does not care about black people.”

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