Kanye West, the quintessential walking ego of the 21st Century, the man whose arrogance once led him to quip, “I just think that when my confidence meets other people’s insecurity, that equals ‘Kanye’s arrogant,'” has taken to his Twitter account to issue an apology to those he’s wronged.

Following much criticism of his aborted attempt at rushing the stage during the recent Grammy Awards ceremony and his comments thereafter, West issued an apology to alt-rock icon Beck, who was on stage accepting a Grammy for Album of the Year when West ran up the stage stairs.

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In what many assumed was going to be a repeat of his infamous 2009 VMAs stunt, West refrained from interrupting Beck’s moment at the last second. West later claimed that Beck should give his award to fellow nominee Beyonce, saying, “Beck needs to respect artistry and he should’ve given his award to Beyonce.”

Despite the criticism lobbed at the outspoken rapper, Beck treated the situation with good humour, saying, “I was just so excited he was coming up. He deserves to be on stage as much as anybody. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?”

“I would like to publicly apologize to Beck, I’m sorry Beck,” tweeted West. Feeling extra contrite, West issued another apology, this time aimed at pop superstar Bruno Mars, writing, “I also want to publicly apologize to Bruno Mars, I used to hate on him but I really respect what he does as an artist.”

“I also would love for Bruno to sing this hook on this song 88 Keys / Puff and I produced… I even asked Tyler to shoot the vid,” West added. It didn’t take long for the tweets to receive thousands of replies, with some speculating if West’s Twitter account had been hacked.

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