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Lil Mama, Kanye Set the Internet Abuzz With VMA Antics

by Terrence O'Brien on September 14, 2009 at 05:35 PM


The MTV Video Music Awards (or, VMAs) haven't really been terribly interesting or exciting over the last decade or so. But last night, thanks to a couple of crazed celebrities with no sense of boundaries, and an Internet thirsty for a new meme, the VMAs are once again a topic of conversation.

Lil Mama decided to crash the stage during Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's performance of 'Empire State of Mind.' She strode up unannounced and uninvited, bobbing along to the music. She even struck a pose alongside the performers at the end of the song. The Web, of course, latched on to this bizarre outburst. The #lilmamais tag has turned into a trending topic on Twitter, and Twitpic has been plastered with images of Lil Mama inserted into various scenes, including the Last Supper.

Of course, Lil Mama wasn't alone in her stage-crashing antics last night. Kanye West also stormed the stage, snatching the mic from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech and drunkenly shouting that Beyonce deserved the Moon Man. In a gesture of grace, when Beyonce did win, she allowed Taylor to take the stage and try again. He issued a swift, if strangely passive aggressive apology via his blog in all caps, then retracted it and posted a more conciliatory version. [Ed. Note: Rumors have been swirling that this was all staged, but our sources at MTV assure us that it hasn't.]

Check out the gallery below for our favorite post-VMA '09 reactions. [From: MTV and CNET]

Lil Mama and Kanye Storm the Internet

Tags: kanye, kanye west, KanyeWest, lil mama, LilMama, mtv, top, video music awards, VideoMusicAwards, vma, vmas

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