NEW YORK - AUGUST 7: (U.S. TABS OUT) Rapper Kanye West poses backstage during a special Video Music Awards nominee taping of MTV's Total Request Live August 7, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - AUGUST 7: (U.S. TABS OUT) Rapper Kanye West poses backstage during a special Video Music Awards nominee taping of MTV's Total Request Live August 7, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)