. >> reporter: the raw talent that flows so effortlessly out of kanye west's mouth is perhaps only eclipsed number one human being in music. >> reporter: this past weekend the 34-year-old rapper hit another sour note. in an onstage rant in england, he exclaimed that he often feels as hated as adolf hitler. >> and i walk through the hotel, i walk down the street, and people look at me like i'm [ bleep ] insane. like i'm hitler. >> reporter: the singer's notorious self-pity, intentioned for feeling persecuted, wungs led to this depiction as a tortured messiah on the cover of "rolling stone" magazine. >> i think kanye is being true to kanye. i don't think that he thinks he's doing anything wrong. >> reporter: west has earned his reputation the hard way. >> thank you so much -- >> reporter: at the 2008 mtv video music awards, he stormed the stage and told a stunned taylor swift that beyonce should have won her award, instead. >> be happy for you, let you finish but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. one of the best videos of all time. >> reporter: in 2005, while raising money for h