Kanye West claims God told him to interrupt Taylor Swift in infamous MTV Awards moment

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Kanye West has claimed he was moved by God to storm the stage and interrupt Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.The rapper has explained his motivation behind the televised moment, which has gone down in history, when he snatched the mic from a then-19-year-old Taylor as she won the award for best female video.Yes, we all remember the moment, when Kanye believed Beyonce should have taken the Moon Person for her Single Ladies clip, so he made it known to a shocked audience.The Heartless rapper famously ran on stage at the music awards ceremony over a decade ago while Taylor was accepting the award for her song You Belong With Me – and his speech still rings through the mind, as he told the crowd: ‘Yo Taylor, I’m really happy.