10 Best Kanye West Tweets on Twitter

Kanye West has never been known to shy away from the spotlight for too long. The controversial hip-hop mogul has a history of speaking his mind out of turn, starting with his outburst at the 2005 Hurricane Katrina live telethon and continuing on to his stage-crashing protests at the 2006 Grammys, 2006 MTV European Awards and yes, the infamous 2009 MTV Music Video Awards incident with Taylor Swift.

Off camera, Kanye doesn't stay silent either, as he is known to write rants and entries on his blog in all caps letters. So when the outspoken artist took his personality to the social network site Twitter, naturally the entertainment industry was eager to see what he had to say.

After only 10 days, West's Twitter account (@KanyeWest) has amassed nearly half a million followers. And the 140 character limit per tweet hasn't stopped Kanye from speaking his mind. Here we take a look back at the 10 most interesting tweets from Kanye during his first week on Twitter.