Story by Matt Kivel

It was only a matter of time before the world "woke up" the immensely popular Mr. West with a dose of gold old fashioned backlash. After stepping onto the stage at an unseemly 4:30 AM (almost two hours after his announced set time) this past Sunday, the Bonnaroo faithful announced their displeasure with West via a series of boos and derisive chants. Port-o-potties and other surfaces in the Bonnaroo camps were vandilized with West-bashing insults and other derogatory remarks. A nice set of pictures chronicling the fan tirade can be found courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan.

Now Kanye - surprise surprise - is expressing his displeasure with the whole situation through a fiery blog post.

It's definitely worth a read -- he explains some of the reasons behind the performance delays with characteristic verve and tons of capital letters and exclamation points. A few highlights are excerpted below as well as Kanye's forthcoming tour dates.

The man has a way with words:

"I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much,  But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been... this is the maddest I ever will be.  I'm typing so f&^*king hard I might break my f^&ing Mac book Air!!!!!!!!"

"Call me any name you want.... arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of....  BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!   NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!  THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY  TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN!  LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING!"

"BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!!"

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