Singer/rap Kanye west has made bail after he and one of his bodyguards were arrested Yesterday at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation with paparazzi in which the rapper allegedly smashed a $10,000 camera on the floor. E! reports the rap star has posted $20,000 bail and had a court date set for October 2nd. Kanye was held for felony vandalism charge. The incident happened before West and his bodyguard passed a security checkpoint at an airport terminal that houses American Airlines. The pair were scheduled to board a flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. The arrest was first reported by TMZ, which posted video showing a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt, identified by the celebrity gossip site as West. The man throws a camera to the ground. Another man in a red jacket grabs the shooter holding the video camera. The next frames show security intervening. TMZ reported that it was its videographer who was attacked.
West closed the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, which was held at Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood. The singer has a history of flaring his temper. After not winning any awards at the VMAs in 2007 despite several nominations, West declared he would never return to MTV and yelling at reporters. The year before, he crashed the stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards and unleashed an expletive-filled tirade after his video "Touch The Sky" failed to win an award.
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