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Serial shockers: they know exactly what they're doing

Rihanna, Kanye, Gaga and more - the stars who know how to get attention

 

  • Kanye West: No stranger to controversy, Kanye embraced it once again with his album cover for 'G.O.O.D.' today. The album cover features an angel topless and covering her breasts with her hands - a follow-up to the equally risky cover for 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' Kanye is used to flirting with controversy - after all, who could forget the famous Taylor Swift interruption at the VMAs? Now, we're going to let you finish, but...
  • Kanye West: No stranger to controversy, Kanye embraced it once again with his album cover for 'G.O.O.D.' today. The album cover features an angel topless and covering her breasts with her hands - a follow-up to the equally risky cover for 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' Kanye is used to flirting with controversy - after all, who could forget the famous Taylor Swift interruption at the VMAs? Now, we're going to let you finish, but...

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Friday 3rd August 2012 by Grace Carroll | Photos by WENN.com

Tags: Rihanna, Nine Inch Nails, Eminem, Marilyn Manson, Lady Gaga, Professor Green, Madonna, Kanye West

Kanye West's latest album cover for 'G.O.O.D.' is already hitting headlines with the religious imagery involved - yes, that's a topless angel covering her breasts on the front.

But this isn't the first time that the rapper has courted controversy, which leads us to believe that he knows exactly what he's doing. After all, there's no such thing as bad publicity, and Kanye isn't the first star to use the press to his advantage.

From getting naked to eating live animals, peruse our photos to find out exactly who did what (and then did it again and again) to get some attention...

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