Watch Kanye West’s 5-word acceptance speech at the 2016 Webby Awards
He kept his speech unusually brief

Kanye West might be known for his tendency towards verbosity, but he kept it short and sweet at last night’s Webby Awards.
Often described as the Oscars for online, a Webby is an award for excellence on the internet, and unsurprisingly Kanye scooped Artist of the Year thanks to his thoroughly disruptive, unpredictable and ingenious social media-driven promotional campaign for new album The Life of Pablo.
His acceptance speech came via iPhone video with a decent gag (even if he annoyingly didn’t remember to turn his phone to landscape mode):
The video intro to the speech was really very well put together, a glitchy montage of the tweets he fired out over a period of months that stopped the internet in its tracks and ramped up excitement for the album.
Here are the key winners from this year’s ceremony, which was hosted by Nick Offerman:
Lifetime Achievement
THE ONION
Artist of the Year
KANYE WEST
Entrepreneur of the Year
JESSICA ALBA
Social Movement of the Year
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Break the Internet Award
KIM KARDASHIAN WEST
Special Achievement
LENA DUNHAM & JENNI KONNER
Best Actress
KRYSTEN RITTER
Film & Video Breakout of the Year
MAKING A MURDERER
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