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Here Are The Funniest Reactions To Kanye's Odd VMAs Speech

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"Kanye's speech at the #VMAs sounded like pulling an all nighter on an essay before it's due in the morning"

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When someone at MTV decided to give Kanye West four minutes of VMA air time to do whatever he pleased, we're pretty sure they were a little nervous about what he'd come up with.  

The disjointed speech is hard to follow, not least because he jumps from talking about his now-iconic Famous video — "I put Ray J in there, bro!" — to comparing himself to Walt Disney and Steve Jobs, to touching on #BlackLivesMatter and the high murder rate in Chicago. 

As expected, Twitter is in a live-tweeting frenzy about Kanye's speech and his freshly-premiered Fade video — check out some of the funniest tweets below.

The internet has also been losing their minds about Beyonce's massive Lemonade mash-up, Drake declaring his love for Rihanna on stage and Britney ruining her return to the VMAs by slipping up while lip-syncing. Ah, pop culture.