As he clutched the trophy in his hand, he said of the brunette beauty: “She’s someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old”. Keep it locked with XXL for more updates from the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. 2 Chainz. Jaden Smith. Bro.
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Most recently, Drake took to Instagram to post a sweet snap of himself appearing to plant a kiss on Rihanna’s cheek after presenting her the prestigious MTV Video Music Award.
MTV had no numbers, but said Beyonce’s performance was the most-streamed part of the show.
Completing a star-studded night of music were performances from Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears.
Traffic in NY on Sunday evening was a nightmare in midtown thanks to MTV’s Video Music Awards, but one of the artists was even caught in the gridlock himself – Aubrey Graham, aka Drake. Brown collaborated on Rihanna’s track “Birthday Cake” and she collaborated with Drake on “Take Care“. 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. “I’m gonna play y’all a piece of my art and I just hope you all have a good time”.
What was your favorite moment of the VMAs? “He’s so sweet!”, she added about rapper Eazy. And I have to thank you guys for supporting me over and over.
She was presented with one of her awards by four members of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team.
But it’s the presentation of the aforementioned award at the end of the night that everyone’s talking about. He talked about her music, her personality and her ability to stay grounded, and then publicly declared his long-time love for the worldwide pop star. Backstage at the VMAs, he took photos with his girlfriend’s grandfather Ronald Fenty and her mother Monica Braithwaite, and we’ve got to say that the “Hotline Bling” singer fit like a ideal puzzle piece. The 28-year-old singer was also awarded the Video Vanguard Award, honoring her entire body of work.
Bey sang a string of recent favourites at the awards, belting out everything from “Don’t Hurt Yourself” and “Sorry” to the award-winning numbers “Hold Up” and ‘Formation’.
The singer kicked off his performance with a lengthy speech in which he told the audience that he was going to show them his new music video and say a few words.
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MTV, this is such an wonderful night.
