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In August 2009, Kanye West decided to interrupt Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech after she upset Beyoncé at the MTV Video Music Awards. After Swift won the Best Female Video award for “You Belong With Me” over Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” West walked on stage, jumped in front of Swift and said, “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy…

Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. The 26-year-old actress has revealed she will be the host for the upcoming music awards ceremony, which will be held live on Aug. 30, 2020, at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, as well as from various iconic locations throughout the five boroughs in New York…

There are a multitude of legendary R&B and soul singers who could have graced the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin. But somehow Madonna was chosen by VMA producers to honor the “Queen of Soul” less than one week after she passed. Madonna was criticized after a lackluster…

Katy Perry has been announced as the host of the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The “Swish Swish” singer, who is nominated for five of the iconic Moonman statuettes at the upcoming ceremony, will front the annual extravaganza and also take to the stage at the Forum in California to perform on August 27.…

So here’s some truth: the 2016 VMAs were initially hailed as a victory lap of sorts for Rihanna, who was awarded the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. But Beyoncé took the stage and reminded everyone the she was still Queen Bee during a thrilling recreation of “Lemonade.”

Kanye West has reportedly been told by MTV’s VMA bosses that he can do whatever he wants during his performance. The “Stronger” rapper is due to appear at the ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 28 and show producers, who are expecting “something big,” have reportedly allocated him a four-minute performance slot. However, sources told TMZ he has…

Congrats are in order for The Weeknd, whose latest album, Beauty Behind the Madness, debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 album chart. With 412,000 impressions (326,000 pure album sales) made in the week ending Sept. 3, The Weeknd now has the second best album debut of the year behind Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (535,000…

Kanye’s gon’ be Kanye and that much we can always bank on. During his acceptance speech of this year’s Video Vanguard award at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Kanye West went on what can only be described as an equal parts mad and equal parts genius rant that touched upon everything from conversations about fresh juice to Justin…

Not only did Beyoncé steal the show on Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards as she danced and sang her heart out in a bedazzled leotard, the queen of pop music walked away with a handful of coveted awards. Yesterday, the “Bow Down” singer shared the above image, flaunting her coveted MTV Moonmen. Throughout the…

Sam Smith soothed our soul with his rendition of “Stay With Me.” Jessie J and Ariana Grande blew us away with their powerful new hit single “Bang, Bang,” featuring Nicki Minaj. And the Queen B single-handedly diffused rumors that she and Jay Z are headed for splitsville when she broke down in tears on stage in the…

The 2014 MTV Music Video Awards are here and stars are arriving in style on this year’s live red carpet. Already seen on the scene are upcoming stars Ariana Grande, who opted for a bold Moschino leather look; and veteran Jessie J, who showed us her softer side in a draped mint gown with her…

Dancer is bitten by snake during Nicki Minaj VMA rehersals A giant snake, believed to be an anaconda, has bitten a dancer during rehearsal for Nicki Minaj’s VMA performance of her new hit single, “Anaconda.” According to reports, Minaj was on stage performing her hit when a female dancer was bitten by the reptile. The…

2013 was a remarkable year in music. But famous babies, arrests and beefs took a backseat to performances and happenings that merged music and media

Chuck D continues to stand as one of the most important voices in hip-hop. During the 2013 “Made In America” festival, Public Enemy’s front man sat down with rolling out and shared his thoughts on Miley Cyrus twerking and the stealing of black culture. An excerpt from the interview is below: “Miley Cyrus decided to twerk after…

This is the ultimate twerk fail. Miley Cyrus caught fire from a legion of critics who lit her up for twerking in front of Robin Thicke at last month’s MTV Video Music Awards. But this anonymous Miley Cyrus-wanna-be really did catch fire from twerking — as in literally catching on fire. The woman was set…

Cyrus has finally broken her silence regarding the performance and the backlash–and if you were expecting an apology or even an explanation, you’d better look elsewhere.

In a recent interview with Shade 45s “Sway In the Morning,” Timberlake revealed that he and Kanye had run into each other at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards last week and there was no hard feelings. In fact, he said that he went out of his way to make sure Kanye knew just how much he admires his music.

MGK has never been known to bite his tongue when it comes to other rappers. And the rhymer–who has had issues with other white hip-hop stars like Yelawolf and Mac Miller, recently spoke about Seattle rapper Macklemore’s crossover success.

VMAs Instagram pictures Before and after the 2013 VMAs, a number of celebs flooded Instagram with photos. Rocsi Diaz posed for a photo with Drake at an afterparty. “It’s not a after party without @champagnepapi #vma #dayinthelife,” Diaz captioned the photo. Similarly, rapper Travis Scott posed with the Canadian emcee and later flipped a middle finger with Kendrick Lamar.…

Best and worst dressed at the VMAS The 2013 Video Music Awards have come and gone but fans are fans are still buzzing about the fashion hits and misses for the night. A standout couple was Big Sean and Naya Rivera with the Glee star gleaming in a black gown with cutouts and the…