Posts Tagged ‘2009 Video Music Awards’

Jay-Z on Obama, Kanye, and Herbie Hancock

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, History, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, TV on 15 January 2010 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Album of the Year, Barack Hussein Obama, Best Female Video, Beyoncé, Bill Clinton, Billboard Charts, grammys, Herbie Hancock, Interview Magazine, Jackass, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kanye West Outburst, MTV, MTV VMAs, music video, Rap-Up, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Taylor Swift, Video, Video Music Awards, Video Of the Year, VMA, VMAs, You Belong With Me with 1 comment

Aside from having elevated Hip Hop to entirely new levels both on the Billboard Charts and culturally, Jay-Z is also a well spoken man who can offer intelligent insights on issues surrounding Hip Hop, Popular culture, and race. In the February issue of Interview magazine, Jay discusses the now infamous VMA outburst, meeting the current [...]

Exclusive : Screenshots Making Janet Jackson’s Michael Jackson VMA Tribute

In fame, fashion, History, Internet, Janet, MJ, Music, News, R&B, TV on 19 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, B Free, Bad, Beat it, Brian Friedman, Christian Louboutin, Cris Judd, Dave Scott, Documentary, Gil Duldulao, Janet Jackson, Jeri Slaughter, King of Pop, Laurie Ann Gibson, Madonna, Mark Goodman, Mia Michaels, Michael Jackson Tribute, MJ, MJJ, MTV, MTV VMAs, Queen of Pop, Smooth Criminal Scream, Thriller, Tina Landon, Travis Payne, Tyce Diorio, Video Music Awards, VMA, VMAs, Wade Robson with no comments

Much thanks to Janet Media for the video. “I played the role that I‘ve always played in his life: his little sister that was there by his side, that had his back no matter what.

Jay-Z on Kanye West : ‘He Didn’t Kill Anybody’

In fame, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B on 18 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Alicia Keys, BBC, Best Female Video, Beyoncé, Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kanye West Outburst, MTV, MTV VMAs, Radio 1, Rap, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Taylor Swift, US weekly, VMA, VMAs, You Belong With Me with no comments

Jay-Z joined his duet partner Alicia Keys in trying to calm the hysteria surrounding Kanye West’s outburst at the 2009 Video Music Awards. Like Alicia, Jay is critical of the witch hunt against Kanye and states that even though the outburst was in poor taste it was undoubtably Kanye being the passionate artist he has [...]

Video : Janet Jackson on VMA Michael Jackson Tribute ‘I Was Trying Not to Cry’

In fame, History, Internet, Janet, MJ, Music, News, TV on 18 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, B Free, Bad, Beat it, Brian Friedman, Cris Judd, Dave Scott, Documentary, Gil Duldulao, Janet Jackson, Jeri Slaughter, King of Pop, Laurie Ann Gibson, Madonna, Mark Goodman, Mia Michaels, Michael Jackson Tribute, MJ, MJJ, MTV, MTV VMAs, Queen of Pop, Smooth Criminal Scream, Thriller, Tina Landon, Travis Payne, Tyce Diorio, Video Music Awards, VMA, VMAs, Wade Robson with no comments

MTV is airing a special making of the Michael Jackson VMA Tribute show on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 12:30pm . MTV.com currently has clips from the documentary featuring interviews with Janet Jackson. What is especially nice about the way that Janet is just now beginning to talk about her late brother’s death is that [...]

Video : Alicia Keys on Lil Mama ‘We Would Have Preferred She Did it From Her Seat’

In fame, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, TV on 16 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Alicia Keys, Best Female Video, Beyoncé, Bossip, Doesn't Mean Anything, Empire State of Mind, Gucci, hoda kotb, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kanye West Outburst, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lil Mama, Liza Minnelli, Los Angeles, MP3, MTV, MTV VMAs, NBC, New York, New York Post, People Magazine, Rap, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Snuggie, Taylor Swift, Today Show, VMA, VMAs, You Belong With Me with 1 comment

Turns out Alicia Keys has made a day out of surprise television appearances. Before heading over to BET later in the day, Alicia Keys stopped by the fourth hour of the Today Show where she begrudgingly addressed Lil Mama’s intrusion on her and Jay-Z’s electric performance of Empire State of Mind, or as Hoda Kotb [...]