“So I was speaking at the Art Institute past 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?”
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The star-studded show at Madison Square Garden on Sunday saw Beyonce take home video of the year for Formation and best female video for Hold Up, as well as deliver a 16-minute performance of tracks from her hit album Lemonade.
“Everything that I do now is to (make things), I don’t want to say better because who’s to say if it’s better, but fresher or doper”. I guess Drake saying he loved Rihanna was cool, but, I don’t know.
On accepting the award, a smiling Rihanna showed her love for Barbados.
She was presented with the prestigious Moonman, previously awarded to big names like Madonna, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, The Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson, by Canadian rapper Drake with whom she has collaborated on several chart toppers.
“My success started as my dream, but now my success is not my own”.
Riri, as she’s fondly called by her fans is a Barbadian singer and songwriter.
I’m turning 30 this year, and I felt like watching MTV fucking die like this, and become a shell of its former self, really made me realize that not only am I not a kid anymore, but MTV’s glory days are long past. I know times for me, I sit down and talk to older, like, rich people, you know? A.K.A.
West told the VMA crowd: “I love all y’all”.
“My role models are artists, merchants”. Not only did she lip sync, in typical fashion, but she did so badly.
West also pointed out his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose in the crowd after he included a waxwork of her in his controversial video for Famous.
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Formation, the first single off her intertwined film and album Lemonade, was shot in New Orleans and inspired by the city’s Creole culture, its bounce hip-hop scene and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “Thank you #VMAs and thank you to my incredible fans!” “You have affected so many of our lives in the best way possible”, Drake captioned the post.
