Nicki Minaj performed at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards tonight (August 28) in Newark, New Jersey. She delivered a medley that included “Super Bass,” “Super Freaky Girl,” “Monster,” “Beez in the Trap,” “Anaconda,” “Chun-Li,” “Roman’s Revenge,” “Moment 4 Life,” “All Things Go,” and more. The Queen rapper also co-hosted the event and received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Watch it happen below.
After insisting her assistant bring her a phone with some detailed notes. She thanked influences including Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh, as well as artists who gave her opportunities: Britney Spears, Rihanna, Madonna, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, and Eminem. She also shouted out her fans, plus Drake and the Young Money team.
“I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here,” she said. “I wish people understood what they meant and what they were going through. I wish people took mental health seriously, even for the people you think have the perfect lives.” She said she wished the late Pop Smoke, Juice WRLD, and Nipsey Hussle were still with us, too. Watch her speech below.
Minaj last performed at the VMAs in 2018. That year, she played her songs “Majesty,” “Barbie Dreams,” “Ganja Burn,” and “Fefe.” She got nominated at this year’s VMAs in the Best Hip-Hop category for her Lil Baby collaboration “Do We Have a Problem?” (She won the award, too.)
See why Nicki Minaj was included on Pitchfork’s list of “The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years.”
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