NEW YORK – The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) return to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on the night of September 12-13. The spotlight is on hip-hop, which turns 50 in 2023, starting with this episode’s host, famed rapper Nicki Minaj. Performances will include such historical names of the genre as DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne.
Guests represent the new musical generation in the form of Doja Cat and the old guard in the person of Sean “Diddy” Combs. But the most anticipated stars are Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, who will perform their recently released hit “Bongos.” In addition to the main representatives of hip-hop, Fall Out Boy, Metro Boomin, Italians Maneskin, Shakira, Olivia Rodrigo, Demi Lovato, Anitta and many others will appear on stage.
Taylor Swift won the nominations this time around with 8, followed by SZA with 6, Miley Cyrus, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Kim Petras, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Smith with five, and BlackPink, Diddy and Shakira with four. Maneskin are nominated in the Best Rock category for their video for “The Loneliest” and will be one of the first to play.
For the first time, 35 artists received nominations, including hip-hop revelation of the year, American Ice Spice, Nigerian Afrobeat rapper Rema, who became famous throughout the world with the song “Calm Down,” and German singer-songwriter Kim. Petras, who scored a hit with Sam Smith on the hit “Unholy.”
In Italy, the awards ceremony will be available to watch live in its original language from 2:00 am on 13 September on MTV (Sky channel 131 and streaming on Now) and MTV Music (Sky channels 132 and 704), as expected in the pre-release . – show at 12.30.