Kanye West props himself on his toes during a gig in Bergen, Norway last night then starts to lose his balance
He's renowned for being gaffe-prone on stage, but instead of putting his foot in his mouth last night, Kanye West took an actual tumble.
The 34-year-old hip hop legend was performing to a crowd in Bergen, Norway when he hit the deck, and it was quite a fall.
It makes a change from all the many times that West has stormed off stage, been ordered off stage or had his microphone cut... yes, usually on stage, over the years.
But these incidents were at awards ceremonies, and West is less inclined to throw a tantrum when all the attention is on him.
The College Dropout star probably regretted having an audience for the first time in his life last night, however, as many captured the fall.
It all started when the flamboyant performer - who was dressed soberly in jeans, white shirt and trainers - undertook a patented performance move beloved of all stars, we think the technical term is 'showing off.'
Feeling the love from the crowd in Bergen, Norway, the rap star lifted himself up on his toes before starting to gently po-go.But when he attempted to become more vigorous, the star keeled over and slammed into the stage.
A host of flashing camera phones quickly added to the already impressive light show backing the talented star.
Kanye can console himself with the fact that he is not alone.In April, Lady Gaga toppled over in Houston, and just last month Shania Twain came a cropper at the CMT Awards.
Back in 2004, singer Ryan Adams actually fell off the stage in Liverpool and broke his wrist, though just like Kanye, he tried to go on with the show.
The rest of the week should be better for West, as his new video with Jay Z, premieres on MTV later in the week.
On Wednesday's RapFix Live, Sway Calloway sat down with New York's Power 105.1 radio host Angela Yee and MTV News' Rob Markman to discuss the just-released teaser for the Spike Jonze-directed video.
'You can see Jay-Z looks excited, doing things I never seen him do before in that one second — and Kanye as well,' Yee said of the brief clip.
'Well, Kanye is always a little excited, but I think it's good to see the two of them together too.'
The 15-second clip shows Jay-Z and Kanye West on set with pyrotechnics and not much else.
Viewers see Jay gripping his red cap low and then Kanye screaming with excitement while grabbing the camera with a huge American flag draped in the background.