Kanye West threw another temper tantrum yesterday morning–but this one got him arrested.

The Grammy award-winning rapper was trying to check in for a flight in L.A. when he spotted a paparazzo taking pictures of him. In a fury, West reportedly grabbed the photographer’s camera and smashed its flash on the ground. West’s road manager, Don Crowley, then threw the body of the camera to the floor, breaking it to pieces.

A TMZ cameraman was at the Los Angeles International Airport when it happened, and caught the entire scuffle on tape. Crowley saw him filming, and ran over to rip the mic and viewfinder off of the camera.

West and Crowley then tried to board their plane, but were stopped by the cops.

According to TMZ:

“This is where it gets crazy. The cops asked [the cameraman] if he videotaped the incident and [he] said he had. That’s when Kanye lunged toward him and said, ‘Give me the fu***ng videotape.’ Cops had to restrain Kanye as he tried coming at Erik.”

West and Crowley were then charged on suspicion of felony vandalism and were taken into police custody.

The damages totalled to $10,000.

Four hours later, the two were released on $20,000 bail.

West is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 2.






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