Knowing Drake, he probably got out of his auto and ran to Madison Square Garden.
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It seems every MTV VMAs comes with a few staples: collaborations, cringeworthy moments and speeches from Kanye West.
As the leading nominee, all eyes were on her to prove herself as the biggest musical act of her generation.
Unfortunately, your only option for legally streaming the performance is to visit MTV.com, which hosts Beyonce’s full performance here.
Rihanna took control during her acceptance speech. He referenced his recently reignited feud with Taylor Swift, saying, “I love all y’all”.
Rather than focusing on Rihanna’s one-two-three-four (!) career-spanning performances, this meme encourages women to “Get over your Chris Brown and wait for your Drake”, because of course Rihanna’s mission since leaving an abusive relationship has been to attract a “good guy”.
Drake presenting Rihanna with the 2016 MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Drake said, before handing over the award and kind of going in for a kiss turned passionate neck nuzzle.
You won’t be asking that again.
Her politically-charged “Formation” beat Adele’s 2015 comeback single “Hello”, Drake’s “Hotline Bling”, Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Kanye West’s sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in “Famous” for video of the year.
In an homage to “Flashdance”, the athletic Taylor – dressed like a boxer – danced in a revealing outfit, shining with moisture among heavy weight machines and punching bags. And nearly as soon as she got it, she showed she was proud of her Barbadian heritage.
Following her essay on Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter, we weren’t expecting the uber talented vocalist and new The Voice coach to be all dolled up, but it was still refreshing to see her stick to her decision to forego makeup even during one of music’s most photographed nights. Those are some major workout goals. At the end of their performance, Grande and Minaj put their male dancers’ faces in front their crotches.
He said: “Now later tonight “Famous” might lose to Beyoncé but I can’t be mad”.
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Beyonce won best female video for “Hold Up”, presented to her by four of the Final Five gymnasts, excluding Gabby Douglas, who is hospitalized for a mouth infection.
