Kanye West leaves the stage after pretending to take Beck's Grammy Award for album of the year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (Reuters)
Rapper Kanye West reprised his infamous stunt at Sunday night's Grammy awards, unexpectedly taking the Staples Center stage as Beck was accepting the Album of the Year award.
The singer-songwriter's win was the unquestioned shock of the night, as his "Morning Phase" album beat out both the night's top winner, Sam Smith, and the category's expected winner, Beyoncé.
Smith, however, didn't go home empty-handed. He won four Grammys, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year.
Beck, who also won Best Rock Album, seemed as surprised as the rest of the audience when he won the award and appeared to be looking around for help.
VIDEO: Watch Kanye storm the stage
That's when West popped up on stage and moved toward Beck as if he was about to take the trophy. Instead, West turned away and quickly jumped down, but not before getting laughs from Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z.
However, West wasn't laughing after the show, ranting that Beyoncé should have taken the gong for her self-titled album.
Appearing on the E! network's aftershow, 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.
Kanye West storms Grammy stage, rants about Beck's surprise album of the year win
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, director, entrepreneur, and fashion designer.
