Drake, however, was intent on proving that he’s more than just an unrequited loverboy to his “Too Good” collaborator.
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Rihanna, 28, sang 13 of the biggest hits in her 13-year career, including “Rude Girl”, “Diamonds” and “Only Girl in the World”. Drake, who took home a VMA for Best Hip-Hop Video, had previously surprised Rihanna with an actual billboard congratulating her on the award.
Singer Alicia Keys offered another of the night’s powerful moments as she recited a poem she said was inspired by civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. who delivered his landmark “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington 53 years ago Sunday.
The sexy routine also saw G-Eazy get involved, with Britney placing her perfectly manicured hand on the rapper’s crotch at one point.
“I think the vision behind that was how wonderful Teyana is, and how she’s been on the rise, and how she’s working, and you are now seeing her blossom into this fierce lioness, this fierce cat”, she told Pitchfork. “You know, the lioness always protects her baby. It’s my family, my fans, my country … it’s women, it’s black women”.
On a night when women ruled, Britney Spears returned to the VMA stage for the first time in a decade, and Rihanna performed four times to mark her lifetime achievement award. Not only did she lip sync, in typical fashion, but she did so badly. “I made that b– famous”.
Kanye West has probably become the person that we most look forward to at every Video Music Awards. He talked about his “Famous” video, which features what appear to be naked images of himself, his wife Kim Kardashian, Swift, Donald Trump and others.
Kanye got onto the subject of his controversial track “Famous” and it’s music video, which, as you’ll remember is why West and Swift most recently fell out. You can watch the awkward interaction in the video below. The music video, which shows him looking frail in bed with bandaged eyes, was released just days before the icon’s January 10 death.
Louisiana, who have been struggling with severe flooding in recent weeks. “The rapper-singer-producer performed his hit “(Expletive) Up Some Commas”.
Finally, Jimmy Fallon impersonated swimmer Ryan Lochte, making false claims on his musical accomplishments – a reference to the accusation that Lochte filed a false robbery report while in Rio.
Alicia Keys announced the victor of the award after giving a passionate A Capella performance of a poem on the 53rd anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech.
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Adele was behind Beyonce with eight nominations.
