West and Young Jeezy first performed "Amazing" live for BET's "106 &amp; Park" on November 25, 2008, where they segued from the performance into one of "Put On". West delivered a performance of the former for his February 2009 VH1 show, which was released as his second live album "VH1 Storytellers" in January 2010. A piano figure and finger snaps backed him for the performance, the latter of which the audience clapped along with. West spoke about the story behind the song and in the middle of the performance, he complained about being scrutinized by the media, before issuing an apology for "acting like a bitch at award shows". He stated the song's title directly after his separate name-drops of Michael Jackson and Michael Phelps; the audience responded favorably on both occasions. However, the crowd were silent when West said "amazing" after mentioning O. J. Simpson, with West directly questioning if he was amazing or not for "what he did". West also made comments defending Chris Brown that caused controversy, though these were edited out of the broadcast.