After talking about being a leader in music, Kanye presented his new music video “Fade”, which featured a woman named Teyana Taylor, dancing around in a gym, wearing a thong.
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Rihanna kicked off the show, performing a medley of her hit songs in a bright pink ensemble that matched her background dancers and the stage. His G.O.O.D. Music signee Desiigner chose to step out in a salmon-covered suit, leaving his shirt at home.
Later, he introduced Future, revealing it was the Atlanta rapper and singer he was listening to when making his now-famous Phelps face, a grimace before a race that went viral on social media.
Kanye took the stage at Madison Square Garden to share some thoughts going through his brain, followed by an announcement he was airing a brand new music video and song. The surprise performance by Beyonce?
Rihanna is expected to perform more times Sunday night. The audacity to put Anna Wintour next to Donald Trump… Award categories also include “Video of the Year” as well as the VMAs newest award, “Breakthrough Long Form Video”. Rihanna will open the show and is expected to perform a career retrospective marking her lifetime achievement award in the form of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard prize.
Teammate Gabby Douglas was in a hospital for treatment of a mouth infection from a previous injury, said her publicist, Lesley Burbridge.
He talked about his controversial music video, “Famous“, which has him lying in bed with other famous people, like his wife Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, and Bill Cosby.
In a heartfelt speech, Drake said: “She’s someone I’ve been love with since I was 22 years old”.
Kanye also brought up his ex girlfriend Amber Rose. “And that feels really great to say, especially this year”, West started, amid chants from the audience. But for people to understand just how blessed we are, it was an expression of our now. “Do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a amusing name to be president of the United States?” Well we might have come on different boats. You know, like, people come up to me, like, ‘Man, that’s right, tell Taylor this.’ Bro, like, I love all y’all. The music video, which shows him looking frail in bed with bandaged eyes, was released just days before the icon’s January 10 death.
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The pop superstars received the most nominations, with Beyonce leading the way with 11 compared with Adele’s eight.
