Kanye West blasts the Billboard Music Awards for censoring his performance

Kanye West blasts the Billboard Music Awards for censoring his performance
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Anyone who tuned in to see Kanye West close out the Billboard Music Awards with a live performance on Sunday was greeted with an entirely different spectacle: the sound of silence. For the telecast of the Billboard Music Awards, much of West's performance of the songs "All Day" and "Black Skinhead" was censored, resulting in multiple awkward, extended gaps of silence as West performed on stage:

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.