Busta Rhymes delivered a shot of surprise adrenaline to the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards when he took the stage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday (Sept. 12.) As Swizz Beatz teased before the rapper took the stage for a performance announced only hours earlier, Brooklyn native Rhymes is a “hip-hop icon behind some […]

Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker closed out 2021’s MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with a performance of their latest collaboration “Papercuts,” as MGK made his debut performance at the VMAs. The two musicians’ respective girlfriends, Megan Fox and Kourtney Kardashian, introduced the performance, referring to the artists as “our future baby

Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” took video of the year at the 2021 VMAs, held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday (Sept. 12). Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and Billie Eilish, among others, also won multiple Moon Person awards. Here’s a look at this year’s record-setters: Lil Nas X co-directed

ABBA’s long-overdue comeback has triggered a return to the U.K. charts. The Swedish pop legends score a 20th U.K. Top 10 single as “Don’t Shut Me Down” (Polar) blasts to No. 9 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published late Friday. The track was streamed 2.3 million times in the U.K. during the latest cycle,

Sunday’s (Sept. 12) telecast of the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards celebrated the channel’s 40th birthday by bringing out the hottest young talent and veteran performers on one stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Hot pink was the unofficial color scheme of the evening’s performances, from Chlöe’s booty-popping outfit during the debut television performance

Back in July, Lil Nas X joked on Twitter that he and Jack Harlow would perform “Industry Baby” at the VMAS “baby butt naked” for “charity.” He wasn’t totally lying. Turns out, the performance had a special element of activism. GLAAD tweeted out words of praise for the star after Mardrequs Harris of the Southern AIDS Coalition,

Sunday (Sept. 12) night during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, superstar Doja Cat pulled double duty as host and performer. To switch gears, Doja Cat changed up her placement on stage — hovering way above it. While levitating inside a glowing ring, the artist sang “Been Like This” off her acclaimed album Planet Her. For

Halloween has arrived more than a month early, and fans have Chlöe to thank for it. The singer took the stage at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Sept. 12) to give her first live performance of her brand new solo single, “Have Mercy,” and looked to horror movies as an inspiration for

When it came time for Normani to deliver her performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, she decided to pull out all of the stops with a show-stopping rendition of “Wild Side.” Opening up the song with a series of flashing reflections of herself and her backup dancers, Normani slipped into a white void,

Ozuna brought his singular flair to the 2021 MTV VMAs stage on Sunday night (Sept. 12), following choreo-heavy performances from artists like Normani, Chlöe and Doja Cat by… dancing with a group of giant teddy bears, in a charming (and charmingly family-friendly) showcase of new single “La Funka.” The setup for Ozuna’s performance was a