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Kanye West’s ‘mic drop’ at the Pan Am Games leaves Twitter buzzing

Kanye West’s ‘mic drop’ at the Pan Am Games leaves Twitter buzzing

Performers typically drop the microphone before leaving the stage, but then again, Kanye West is far from your typical performer.

After weeks or vitriol and petitions aimed at preventing Kanye from performing at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony, it appears the Internet still has plenty to say about the outspoken rapper. But in the Twittersphere’s defence, Kanye pretty much tee’d this one up for us.

Last night, the rapper took the stage during the closing ceremonies at the Roger Centre in Toronto and his performance, even though it was cut short, left the internet buzzing.

His set was filled with classics like “Stronger,” “Power,” “Gold Digger,” and “All Of The Lights.”

West began the performance with a small spotlight on him, but eventually the house lights came on, revealing the lone rapper with his blue shirt and ripped jeans on the stage with no backup singers and no visual effects.

A fairly modest backdrop for the one who calls himself a genius, but it was at the end of his set that really had many talking.

The rapper appears to throw his microphone into the air before walking off the stage as it drops to the stage floor with a minute still left in the show.

According the Huffington Post, West’s microphone was cut off before he finished his last song, “Good Life.” In the Pan Am Dome, the audience couldn’t hear the rapper but people watching on TV were still able to hear Kanye right up until he threw the mic.

A technical issue caused the microphone to cut out in the stadium but the broadcast audio remained, reported CBC.

And of course, Twitter was there to make jokes about the epic mic drop.

You do you, Kanye!