Rapper Kanye West was arrested outside a nightclub in England after a scuffle, but was later released.

The Press Association news agency and others reported that the 31-year-old rapper was detained early Friday after an incident involving a photographer outside the Tup Tup Palace bar in Newcastle, northern England.

Police said only that a 31-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of assault after an incident at a nightclub. They said he was later released without charge. British police do not usually identify suspects who have not been charged.

The Tup Tup Palace said West visited the club after his gig in Newcastle Thursday but could not confirm the arrest.

A spokeswoman for West did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

West was arrested last month at Los Angeles International Airport after he was filmed struggling with a paparazzo. He was not charged.

West is playing dates around Britain as part of his Glow in the Dark tour.

Celebrities live the high life because of the paparazzi, so it seems they could be a little more gentle about accepting their role sometimes.

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Rapper/egotist Kanye West was arrested and booked on felony vandalism charges after smashing a TMZ still camera and video camera at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

A still photographer was trying to take pics of Kanye at the American Airlines terminal. According to our guy on the scene, Kanye allegedly confronted the photog and smashed his camera to the ground.

Our photog then began videotaping the scene when Kanye’s bodyguard grabbed our camera — a struggle ensued and the bodyguard threw the video camera to the ground, breaking it.

When Kanye realized our camera guy had videotaped the incident, he rushed our guy and yelled, “Gimme that f**king tape!”

Alas, finally, the great Polo collar wearing Kanye actually gets a bit of street cred.  How long until he blames his arrest on racism and the cops not knowing who he was?

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OK! magazine is reporting that egotistical rapper Kanye West and his fiancee Alexis Phifer have broken up and called off their engagement.

A source close to the couple tells Us that “Kanye is possessed by the tour and everything going on and just couldn’t keep it going. They are still friends and have broken up and gotten back together before, so it could work out.”

West, 30, proposed to Phifer in 2006 while vacationing in Italy.

Sources close to the Grammy-Award winning rapper previously told Us that he would tie the knot with Phifer to honor his late mother Donda’s wishes that they make their relationship official.

Kanye, in a fit of anger, claimed that Alexis “doesn’t like black people” and then broke it off!

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Beyonce Knowles is the greatest ‘Connect 4′ player on the face of the earth after beating rapper Kanye West 9 out of 10 times.  West had been playing the game for hours in Europe while coping with the loss of his mother and thought he was pretty good.  He had heard how good Beyonce was and got his chance to play her at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas.

“I would play this game for hours and hours … It helped me zone out,” West, 30, wrote on his blog Wednesday. “But every now and then people would speak of this legendary Connect 4 champion … BEYONCE!!!”

“I had 2 play her,” he continued, noting that he finally got the chance on New Year’s Eve at Jay-Z’s brand new 40/40 Club in Las Vegas. “[She] beat me 9 times in a row!”

The makers of ‘Connect 4′ will be celebrating all day at the huge amount of free press and publicity that two of hip-hop’s biggest entertainers have brought to their game.

Kanye West performed to a sold out house tonight in Paris, France, less that one week after his mother’s tragic passing from plastic surgery complications.  West has two more concerts in Europe before returning to the States to attend his mother’s funeral in Oklahoma City.

Donda West went to high school in Oklahoma and her parents and siblings still live in the area.

Related: Kanye West’s Mom Dies

Kanye West’s mom, Dr. Donda West, has died prematurely at the age of 58-years-old.  She was a former college professor who retired to manage Kanye’s career as a rapper.

West often spoke about the close relationship he shared with his mother. Dr. West worked as the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to become her son’s manager.

Kanye’s mom was the CEO of West Brands, LLC at the time of her death. She was also Chair of the Kanye West Foundation.

May she rest in peace and Kanye use her life as inspiration in his own.