#MTVVMAs

[theroguequeenaniki]

It's the briefest of interactions, but Damiano & Taylor Swift during Måneskin's VMAs performance 😘🥰🥰🥰

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[tamapalace]

did you see Hypertchi at the VMA’s last night?

[blackgirlslivingwell]

2024 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS - VMAS Fashion Queens

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GloRilla Announces Highly Anticipated Debut Album "GLORIOUS"

GRAMMY-nominated rapper GloRilla is making major waves as she prepares to release her highly anticipated debut album GLORIOUS on October 11, 2024. Known for her fierce energy and hard-hitting lyricism, the Memphis native has taken the hip-hop world by storm with viral hits and high-profile collaborations. Fans are already buzzing, especially with the surprise release of her latest single, Hollon.…

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MTV VMAS 2023 : Here Is The Full List Of Winners Written by Kelechi Ofor

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Kelsea Ballerini. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MTV Kelsea Ballerini used the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards as a perfect opportunity to show off her new tattoo. Ballerini, 30, revealed her new ink on Tuesday, September 12, on the pink carpet when she turned around and gave fans a glimpse of the hummingbird artwork. The delicate tattoo is fea...

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Shakira's Resilient Rise: A Vanguard in Music and Life

Shakira's Resilient Rise: A Vanguard in Music and Life Read the full article

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POV Me n my bestie sharing secrets

[aaliyahunleashed]

#OnThisDay September 7, 2000

2000 MTV Video Music Awards is aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Aaliyah slays with a yellow and black zebra print dress designed by Roberto Cavalli. Rapper EVE would sport this same dress (a green and black version) a few days earlier at the 6th annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards on September 2, 2000.

When presenting Aaliyah's award, singer Ricky Martin mispronounces her name as "Uh-Lie-Ah" (which is what most Aaliyah fans today label wannabe look-a-likes).

This was Aaliyah's last appearance at the VMA awards before her death a year later in August 2001. She won her two (and only) VMA awards that night, for "Best Female Video" and "Best Video from a Film" for her #1 hit song "Try Again". Speaking with charm and grace, she closed her speech by dedicating her award to her grandfather and the memory of her grandmother.

Aaliyah and friend/Choreographer Fatima Robinson would also be nominated for "Best Choreography in a Video", but lose to N'Sync's "Bye Bye Bye" - Which Aaliyah (and friend Ananda Lewis) would grace the stage together and introduce during the taping.

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[ryandouglasjackson]

At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch gave a speech advocating against stereotypes of Arabs in the Middle East. He called for understanding and peace, highlighting the impact of negative stereotypes and the importance of breaking them down.

#BeastieBoys #MTVVMAs #AdamYauch #Advocacy #MiddleEast #Peace #AgainstStereotypes

[iammontewhite]

In this gripping video, we dive into the latest developments surrounding Jay-Z's extortion lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee. Allegations have emerged involving a woman claiming Jay-Z assaulted her at just 13 years old during a 2000 MTV VMAs afterparty. Jay-Z, along with his attorney Alex Spiro, is fighting back against what they call baseless accusations aimed at damaging his reputation for profit. With Buzbee threatening to unleash fabricated claims, the stakes are high. Tune in to explore the details of this explosive legal battle and hear Jay-Z’s powerful response. Don't forget to like and share this video! #JayZ #TonyBuzbee #ExtortionLawsuit #LegalBattle #MTVVMAs

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23 "Doo-wop (that thing)" - Lauryn Hill

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"We all sing along gladly to a song that, when you actually sit with the lyrics, it's deeply spiritual. She's dealing with self-esteem, integrity, self-respect … it's a sermon that's also a bop, even to this day." - Danielle "Queen D" Scott

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an album with lots to say, and says it efficiently. It's a manifesto about love, life, a hymn to a society still not addressing its foundational racism. And it's just about the only statement of Hill's belief: she's been more-or-less mute since 1998.

Lauryn Hill contains multitudes. They're all on the album. Most of them are on this single: exciting, vibrant, honest, raw, a slice of life as seen by someone with lots to say. Musically, it's drawn from Motown roots, a singalong chorus that could have fallen from decades earlier.

Emotionally, it's a lesson from your bigger and more experienced sister. It's a sharp retort to materialism, measuring your fellow man by the size of his metal collection. It's a critique of shallow relationships: love hard, or don't love at all. Lauryn chides women for hiding their brilliance, "being a hard rock when they really are a gem"; she tuts at men who claim to be "big men" and abandon their children without a care in the world.

And there are references to religion "sleeping with the Djinn, now that was the sin that did Jezebel in", dosh "all about the Benjamins", and ends with a plea "How you gonna win, when you ain't right within?"

The video is a work of art: the split-screen effect melds New York in 1998 with that of 1967, moving from one to another in the blink of an eye, and often appearing in the same shot. Deserved winner at the MTVVMAs in 1999.

Lauryn's stepped back from the limelight, and bring up her six children; she also suggests that others in the music industry were threatened by her success, and haven't been falling over themselves to release a follow-up. Which is a tremendous waste of talent.

"Doo-wop (that thing)" was the first Billboard number one single to be written, produced, and performed by one woman since the heyday of Debbie Gibson - I had her generational anthem "Electric youth" at number 60 in my top 50.