Entertainment, Teenage
August 16, 2016

Rihanna set to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award

The 28-year-old Bajan beauty Rihanna is set to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The ceremony will take place on the 28th of August at Madison Square Garden in New York City where she will be performing.

Fresh off the release of her eighth studio album

Anti, Rihanna follows the male artiste Kanye West as the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award. Past winners included Jackson, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé.

Rihanna is no stranger to the VMAs and this year, she has been nominated for two Moon Man awards for

Work featuring Drake and Calvin Harris’

This is What You Came For.

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