He told the story of meeting Rihanna back in 2005 when she was shooting a video for one of her first big songs, “Pon de Replay”, in his hometown of Toronto.
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“This is such an wonderful night, it’s such an incredible moment in my career”.
And she sounded fantastic – as good as any performance of the night (including the fearsome force of nature known as Beyoncé). She’s a living breathing legend in our industry.
To close out the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, none other than Drake-the “Champagne Papi” himself-ascended the stage to bestow the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award upon Rihanna. Not that we needed any more after her performance.
Drake missed accepting his own award for Best Hip Hop Video becuase he was “stuck in traffic”, but neither hell nor high water could keep him from Rihanna’s shining moment at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night.
“It’s such an unbelievable moment in my career”. My success, it started as my dream. It’s my country’s; it’s the Caribbean as a whole. “It’s women’s; it’s black women.so many people feel like their little piece is such a major part of this puzzle, and I have to thank you guys for supporting me over and over.” .
The pair met 11 years ago. We love the videos which change their artistic vision from year to year.
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One of pop culture’s favorite spectator sports right now is playing “are they or aren’t they” in regard to Drake and Rihanna.
