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She also won best female video and prizes for choreography, editing, and long form video in the awards that are voted on by fans.
Rihanna performs at the MTV Video Music Awards.
“Today the world knows Little X as Director X, they know me as Drake and not the kid singing as you order pasta”. She rolled up looking otherworldly with daughter Blue Ivy and also stood in solidarity with the mothers of gun violence victims.
Later, Rihanna performed a dancehall-inspired medley, featuring “Rude Boy”, “What’s My Name” and “Work”. Drake took their PDA to the next level when he kissed her on stage in front of everyone. The rapper missed accepting his own Moon Man trophy for Best Hip Hop Video earlier in the night.
Drake’s speech before he presented the Michael Jackson Vanguard award 2016 to Rihanna on Sunday Night’s Video Music Awards show revealed how much he is in love with the Barbadian singer.
Rihanna took control during her acceptance speech. She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. She mentioned Barbados several times, quipping “This is the first Vanguard to land anywhere close to my country”.
Ariana Grande brought spin class to the VMA stage when she sang the reggae-tinged “Side to Side” with Nick Minaj.
It was the scene of Kanye West’s now infamous rant where he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech in 2009. Where he talked about the controversy over his “Fame” video, and his feud with Taylor Swift, seriously, WHY are we still talking about this? “Bro, like I love all y’all”.
Rihanna kicked off the event by hitting the stage at New York City’s Madison Square Garden to deliver her first performance.
Within hours of the February 6 release of Beyoncé’s “Formation” video, The New York Times had co…
Spears’ return to the VMAs stage after almost a decade was cause enough for celebration, but her rockin’ body gave fans something more to cheer about.
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So Beyoncé must get up every day with the intention of slaying anything and everything in her way. With only “Make Me” to offer, the set felt more like a G-Eazy spot than one for Spears. Compared to Spears’ 2007 VMA performance, however, she showed a lot of progress.
