Kanye West: "I Bled Hard" Over Swift Debacle

(CBS/AP)  Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year - and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

West has unleashed a torrent of emotions on his official Twitter on Saturday, acknowledging he was wrong for taking an award from the country music sweetheart at the MTV Video Music Awards.

But he says he "bled hard."

West wrote that he "cancelled tour with the number one pop star in the world [Lady Gaga] ... closed the doors of my clothing office.

"Had to let employees go... for the first time I felt the impact of my brash actions ... I felt the recession from an ownership side."

He once again apologized to Swift, and says he has written a song for Swift that he hopes she will perform.

"She deserves the apology more than anyone," West wrote.

He also thanked Biz Stone and Evan Williams, Twitter's founders, "for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."

West experienced tremendous backlash over the stunt - even President Barack Obama called him a jackass.

"People tweeted that they wish I was dead," West wrote. "No listen. They wanted me to die people. I carry that. I smile and take pictures through that."

"I'm ready to get out of my own way," West wrote. "The ego is overdone ... it's like hoodies."

West is working on a new album and due to appear at the VMAs again this year.

[lets_be_real]

you're entitled to your opinions about Kanye. But his craft and his art speaks for itself. he's made some of the most boundary pushing music of this generation. Yes his passion does get the best of him at times...but he is human. beautifully flawed.
Kanye, continue to follow your passion. you have your faults...but which person doesn't.
one love.

[sensiblysane]

He is the perfect example of a human being with no class. Swift's reaction to this cad, however, was ALL class.

[AlamoDoc]

Money talks, you listen. Right, West?

[JennaAnder]

He's only apologizing because he has to take responsibility. You can't take things back and he realizes that now.

[kamehagreat]

What a Jackass ! his career is in the Sales of Toilets seats! because My Album will be part of a Meldown Rally in Chicago ! Ciao Baby Cucuu !

[goffredo29]

It's like the kids on the basketball team that come into the library after school. They just won't shut up and work on something or read even though they know they're messing it up for everyone else trying to use the library.

[Henri_Rochard]

West doesn't feel pain because he's realised what he did was wrong.

West feels pain because of the financial impact. He doesn't actually care about the morality of the trophy grab from Taylor Swift.

[enaid3]

Kanye Who?????????

[Turbidite]

Kanye's PR department is working in hyper-warp speed. Sincere change is practically unknown among the super-egos of the entertainment world.

[RunsWithWolves]

He and Mike Tyson will be great roommates.