Nicki Minaj Calls VMA Pre-Show Set 'An Amazing Look'
'As an underground female rapper, that's the biggest accomplishment so far,' she tells MTV News.
'As an underground female rapper, that's the biggest accomplishment so far,' she tells MTV News.
Drizzy says the idea to channel the Rat Pack came from his earlier VMA promo.
'Performing in dress shoes for the first time' gave the 'Fancy' MC pre-performance jitters, he admits.
'Each piece of the performance tonight is slowly falling into place,' 'Ye tweets before Sunday night's show.
'Making the Band' choreographer backs up Young Money queen for pre-show performance.
Swizz is set to perform 'Fancy' with Drake and Mary J. Blige Sunday night.
'Jay had a little runner that was squatting between the chairs bringing us Ace,' Ross remembers.
'I wanted to get up there and look fly,' he tells MTV News.
'It's the best of music, it's the best of performances, it's the best host and the dopest set,' he teases.
The Toronto MC exceeded the hype, working his relentless grind from mixtape acclaim to chart-topping fame in an unforgettable year.
'All the hard work is paying off,' Tip says of his Grand Hustle artist and five-time VMA nominee.
Foxy Brown says that she thinks she can bring about a reunion of the Firm if she can get Nas and Cormega to work out their differences.
DJ looks back on 'one of the illest live hip-hop performances of all time.'
Plus: DJ Holiday is our Breakthrough DJ of the Year, partly for his work with Gucci Mane.
Plus, Clipse talk about incarceration of their manager, in Mixtape Daily.
Jay-Z and Ice Cube win big, but the performers steal the show.
Neither will comment on mixtape's apparent swipe at Jay-Z.
'To interrupt that moment for us, I don't think that was the right thing to do,' Jay says of his performance with Alicia Keys.
'It's one of the hottest mixtapes that's out right now,' Ross tells Mixtape Daily of Maybach Music 3: White Sand.
Rae says his Wu-Tang Clan bandmate 'pioneered' the art of bum-rushing the stage.
We debate what 'Ye should do next, in Off the Dome.
On 'Today,' Keys says she wishes Mama could have been 'overwhelmed and inspired' from her seat instead of the stage.
'I wish he would come take one of my awards so I can black his eye in front of everybody,' 50 says.
Plus: Trick Daddy is confident the 'thugs' will still pick up his leaked album, in Mixtape Daily.