Kanye West might be the king of one-liners, but out of all the things that the rapper has said, there is one that has stood the test of time. During one of the worst hurricanes in America’s recent history, the ‘Donda’ artist shocked the world with one sentence that has now echoed through time. The moment may have been one for the history books, which is no surprise for the twenty-four-time Grammy winner, but it also became known as the worst moment of George Bush’s Presidency.

Back in 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, NBC gathered some of the biggest names in the music and film industry to spread awareness and help raise funds for aid. While most of the actors and musicians stuck to the script, Kanye West decided to voice his and the nation’s frustration.

Kanye West left NBC speechless during his Hurricane Katrina speech in 2005

According to a post by a fan page on Twitter, September 2nd marks the eighteen-year anniversary of Kanye West, who recently got a huge update on his Donda lawsuit, letting his impulsive thoughts get the better of him for the first time. During A Concert for Hurricane Relief, Ye was put along with the famous Shrek voice actor, Mike Myers. After the actor had said his piece, it was the rapper’s turn, which did not turn out very well.

Once the spotlight was on him, West looked a little stunned but stared directly into the camera and said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” At that moment, the entire audience and everyone on set seemed to freeze for a second without knowing what to do. But that is when the trust camera man snapped out of it and shifted the camera to Chris Tucker.

But what NBC did not realize during the broadcast was that the incident would still be looked back upon nearly two decades later. It is ironic how their worst moment became something they would always be remembered for.

NBC’s historic moment on live TV

While ‘A Concert for Hurricane Relief’, which was hosted by Matt Lauer, ended up raising $50 million for those who had been affected, that is not the reason NBC’s September 2 2005 broadcast is remembered by the viewers who saw the broadcast. But ten years after the fact, the senior producer of the show told Slate what he was thinking when it all went down.

Frank Radice, the producer and musical director of the show, revealed during an interview that he thought that “this is not going well” but right after that another one immediately popped into his head, “It was good TV.” He also revealed that the only reason that the network did not cut the seven-second tape was because the person on the job was supposed to be censoring foul language and did not realize that Kanye West had gone off script.

Needless to say, the incident became NBC’s most historic moment.

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