Kanye West will be closing the MTV VMAs this year.

Despite a year-old vow to any media outlet that would listen that he would never again show his face on the backstabbing airwaves of MTVâ€"a proclamation made after being relegated to a small stage and shut out despite five nominations at last year's Video Music Awardsâ€"West has apparently forgiven and forgotten and signed on to perform at this Sunday's show.

West will join Britney Spears (whom the rapper previously claimed was exploited by the network at last year's wingding) in book-ending the 25th anniversary edition of the VMAs do, with the hip-hop star set to close the night's censor-ready proceedings.

Because I truly love you all, I'm posting the video of Kanye's rant again. So elegant. So unscripted. Screw 'I Want to Work For Diddy.' We need an 'I Want to Work for Kanye' show. His assistants must go through hell sitting through all the tantrums.