Taylor Swift Lives Out American Teenagers’ Rite Of Passage With T-Pain

As far as joke rappers go, Taylor Swift–who performed the above “Thug Story” with the ever-Autotuned T-Pain as part of last night’s CMT Awards–falls somewhere between Fred Durst and Rappin’ Rodney. Swift picked up two trophies for her actual “Love Story” clip, and the video’s director Trey Fanjoy also picked up the Director Of The Year award. The rest of the night… well, I’ll bet that even those of you with the most cursory knowledge of country music can probably ballpark the other artists who emerged victorious from the fan-voted proceedings. (One hint: Ginormous breakfasts!) Full list of winners after the jump. Video Of The Year: Taylor Swift, “Love Story” (Director: Trey Fanjoy) Male Video Of The Year: Brad Paisley, “Waitin’ On A Woman” Female Video Of The Year: Taylor Swift, “Love Story” Group Video Of The Year: Rascal Flatts, “Every Day” Duo Video Of The Year: Sugarland, “All I Want To Do” USA Weekend Breakthrough Video Of The Year: Zac Brown Band, “Chicken Fried” Collaborative Video Of The Year: Brad Paisley with Keith Urban, “Start A Band” CMT Performance Of The Year: Alan Jackson featuring Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and George Strait, “Country Boy” from CMT Giants: Alan Jackson Wide Open Country Video Of The Year: Kid Rock, “All Summer Long” Video Director Of The Year: Trey Fanjoy (Taylor Swift, “Love Story”; George Strait, “Troubadour”) 2009 CMT Music Awards [Official site] Taylor Swift ft. T-Pain – Thug Story [YouTube]