{"id":18,"date":"2005-12-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/the-award-for-most-humble-perf.html"},"modified":"2005-12-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-07T12:00:00","slug":"the-award-for-most-humble-perf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/the-award-for-most-humble-perf.html","title":{"rendered":"The Award for Most Humble Performer Goes to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>At yesterday&#8217;s Billboard Music Awards, rapper Kanye West was presented with one of the industry&#8217;s highest honors, the \u201cArtist Achievement Award.\u201d In his acceptance speech, the \u201cJesus Walks\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/bbcom\/news\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001615496\" target=\"_new\">superstar said<\/a>, \u201cWhen I first came out I was a hot head&#8211;I thought I was the greatest. 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