Rapper Jay-Z has defended "super passionate¹" Kanye West for his outburst at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.

说唱歌手Jay-Z力挺Kanye West在星期天举行的MTV音乐录影带大奖颁奖仪式上“超级热情”的举动。

Kanye West worked on Jay-Z's new album

West, 32, interrupted Taylor Swift's award speech to tell the crowd her award for best female video should have gone to Jay-Z's wife, Beyonce.

Speaking to Radio 1's Jo Whiley, Jay-Z said West's behaviour had been "rude" but added: "He didn't kill anybody".

West has since apologised to Swift, but President Barack Obama called him a "jackass" in an off-the-cuff（未预备的，即席的） comment.

Jay-Z did concede（承认，让步） the incident had been "inappropriate at the time". But, as West's former mentor²（导师，指导者）, he added: "He's just a super-passionate person".

The 39-year-old, who will support Coldplay at Wembley Stadium this weekend, said: "Of course it was rude because it was her moment but that's the way he really felt.

"I think it was rude but the way they're treating him... He's on the cover of every paper. He didn't kill anybody. No one got harmed."

Jay-Z and Kanye West recently teamed up on Jay-Z's new album The Blueprint³ 3.