“She is someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22-years-old”, he gushed. But some people really thought Drake was about to get down on one knee and propose to Rihanna when he gushed about her during his speech.
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Beyonce, who was nominated for eight awards, also went home with the prize for Best Female Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography. The label has fans in Drake, A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz and Kanye West.
She also performed during the show, leaving jaws on the floor after a 15-minute medley of Lemonade tracks.
After being “stuck in traffic” and missing most of the 2016 MTV VMAs at Madison Square Garden, the rapper, 29, showed up to present his girlfriend with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Beyonce has topped the winners list at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards scoring a string of top honours, including video of the year for her politically charged song, “Formation” and best female video. “I love you”, Beyonce said.
“So I was speaking at the Art Institute previous year and one kid came up to me and said ‘Three of my friends died and I don’t know if I’m going to be next.’ If you’re seeing people dying next to you you might think, what’s the point?”
“Now, later tonight “Famous” might lose to Beyonce but I can’t be mad because I’m always wishing for Beyonce to win”, he said referencing his infamous microphone grabbing incident from 2009 that started his feud with Swift. It’s hard to believe that 11 years later all three of us would come together for a visual for a song called ‘Work.’ Today, the world knows Little X as Director X. They know me as Drake and not the kid singing while you order pasta.
Other performers including Ariana Grande, who brought spin class to the VMA stage when she sang the reggae-tinged “Side to Side” with Nicki Minaj. “I’m gonna play y’all a piece of my art and I just hope you all have a good time”.
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Jimmy Fallon introduced the top nominees and dressed as Ryan Lochte, with platinum blonde hair.
