Any show that gives Kanye West four minutes of time to riff on whatever he wants is bound to be crazy. And the 2016 Video Music Awards did have its moments. Click on to see…. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj offered up a duo early in the show. This was a fairly subdued VMAs, although there was plenty of bleeped-out profanities during some numbers. Early in the show, Alicia Keys came out and noted that it was the 53rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963. Then she began delivering a poem that evolved into full-throated song.
- 8/29/2016
- by Scott Collins
- The Wrap
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