Chris Brown and Rihanna: Kanye West Shocked!

“I was completely devastated by the concept of what I heard,” the rapper said Tuesday on Ryan Seacrest’s KISS FM radio show.

“I was completely devastated during the performance [at the Grammy Awards],” West said.

On Rihanna:

“Rihanna is so important to our culture … to pop music,” said West. “I feel like she is the most important artist in music and has the most potential. Her taste level and her age … she has the potential to be the greatest artist of all time.

“In that sense, I feel like that’s my baby sis,” he said of Rihanna. “I would do any and everything to help her in any situation.

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