Kanye West XXL [COVER PHOTO]

Kanye West on the cover of XXL

Kanye West graces the cover of the October issue of XXL in a special collector’s edition of the magazine.

Kanye is shown in a love/ hate situation, quite suitable for the controversial rapper who is generally either loved or hated by the public.

In the issue of XXL Kanye opens up (*sigh* again) about the Taylor Swift/ MTV VMA’s incident that happened last year when he stormed the stage. Just when you thought it was all over with…

Kanye West explains to XXL: “I stress that the incident wasn’t about Taylor personally. And it definitely wasn’t about race. Where I messed up is, at the end of the day, it’s your show, Taylor. It’s your show, MTV.”

“The relationship with the public and with your fans is like the relationship with your girlfriend. How could I not, at a certain point, be like, ‘I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have been at the awards show. I’m sorry.’ Not that I don’t deserve to get beat up or change who I am inside, to make sure that that doesn’t happen again.”

“I knew I wasn’t in a great spot publicly after the incident, but I would just block it out and work as hard as possible and let my work be my saving grace. In a way, I had thrown a Molotov cocktail at my own career, and it gave me an opportunity, for the first time, to go away and find out who I was. Because I felt very alone.”

Boo hoo.

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