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August 11, 2022 - August 17, 2022 • 9
Nightlife Harlem hosts celebration of Life... MTV awarding video creativity Born Allah of The Five Percent Nation
Written by David Goodson
Family and friends honored Born Allah (Ralph Taylor) with a Five Percent Nation Home Going. The celebration was held at Unity Funeral Chapel on Frederick Douglass Blvd.
in Harlem. State Sen. Cordell Cleare spoke, Dr. Bernard Gassaway honored him, and childhood friend and jazz legend Bill Saxton played a special selection. The chapel was packed.
(Bill Moore photos)
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are only a couple of weeks away and news of the show is still pouring in. Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow not only represent various aspects of hip hop music, but by numbers of nominations they represent the best visual presentations in the music industry. The three rappers have racked up a total of seven nods, with both Lil Nas X and Harlow being nominated together with their smash duet “Industry Baby” in five different categories. Lamar has been nominated in Best Cinematography for not just one but for two of his music videos: “Family Ties” and “N95.” Behind them, both Doja Cat and Harry Styles tie for the second-most nominations with six each. Video Music Award veterans—Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd—follow with highlights in five categories. The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards will return to New Jersey’s Prudential Center in Newark on Sunday, Aug. 28. The ceremony previously hit the Garden State in 2019 when it was hosted by comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco; last year’s show aired from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Peep here for some of the highlight categories; and journey to vma.mtv. com for the full list of 2022 VMA nominees and be sure to vote for your favorites while there.
Jack Harlow – Generation Now / LVRN / Interscope Records Atlantic Records The Weeknd: “Out Of Time” – Lil Nas X – Columbia Records XO / Republic Records Lizzo – Atlantic Records Best Cinematography Best New Artist Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar: Baby Keem – Columbia Records “Family Ties” – Columbia Records Dove Cameron – Disruptor ReCamila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran: cords / Columbia Records “Bam Bam” – Epic Records Gayle – Atlantic Records / ArtHarry Styles: “As It Was” – Cohouse Records lumbia Records Latto – Streamcut / RCA ReKendrick Lamar: “N95” – cords pgLang / Top Dawg EntertainMåneskin – Arista Records ment / Aftermath / Interscope Seventeen – Pledis Entertain- Records ment / Geffen Records Normani ft. Cardi B: “Wild Side” – Keep Cool / RCA Records Best Collaboration Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (10 Drake ft. Future, Young Thug: Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO / Republic – Republic Records Elton John, Dua Lipa: “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – EMI / InBest Choreography terscope Records BTS: “Permission to Dance” – Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Bighit Music / Geffen Records Baby” – Columbia Records Doja Cat: “Woman” – Kemosabe Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa: Records / RCA Records “Sweetest Pie” – 300 EntertainFKA twigs ft. The Weeknd: ment “Tears in the Club” – Atlantic RePost Malone, The Weeknd: “One cords Right Now” – Mercury Records / Harry Styles: “As It Was” – CoRepublic Records lumbia Records Rosalía ft. The Weeknd: “La Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Fama” – Columbia Records Baby” – Columbia Records The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber: Normani ft. Cardi B: “Wild Side” “Stay” – Columbia Records – Keep Cool / RCA Records
Best Hip Hop Eminem, Snoop Dogg: “From the D 2 the LBC” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records Future ft. Drake, Tems: “Wait for U” – Freebandz / Epic Records Kendrick Lamar: “N95” – Video of the Year pgLang / Top Dawg EntertainDoja Cat: “Woman” – Kemosabe ment / Aftermath / Interscope Records / RCA Records Records Drake ft. Future, Young Thug: Latto: “Big Energy” – Streamcut “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO / Republic / RCA Records Ed Sheeran: “Shivers” – Atlantic Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby: “Do We Records Have a Problem?” – Young Money Harry Styles: “As It Was“– Co- / Cash Money / Republic Records lumbia Records Pusha T: “Diet Coke” – G.O.O.D. Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Music / Def Jam Baby” – Columbia Records Olivia Rodrigo: “Brutal” – Geffen Best R&B Records Alicia Keys: “City of Gods (Part Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (10 II)” – AKW Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) Chlöe: “Have Mercy” – Park– Republic Records wood Entertainment / Columbia Records Artist of the Year H.E.R.: “For Anyone” – RCA ReBad Bunny – Rimas Entertain- cords ment Normani ft. Cardi B: “Wild Side” Drake – OVO / Republic – Keep Cool / RCA Records Ed Sheeran – Atlantic Records Summer Walker, SZA, Cardi B: Harry Styles – Columbia Records “No Love” (Extended Version) –
Now comes news of the recipient of the BIG award for the night as it was released that winner of seven consecutive BET Awards for Female Hip Hop Artist, Queens’ own, Nicki Minaj will receive MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and perform for the first time since 2018. The 17x nominated and 5x “VMAs” winner, took home her first Moon Person for Best Hip Hop Video in 2011, and is nominated this year for “Best Hip Hop.” Said Bruce Gillmer, president of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and chief content officer, Music, Paramount+. “Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip hop with her versatility and creative artistry. She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genredefying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.’” Minaj’s next single, “Super Freaky Girl” will be released Aug. 12. Over and out. Holla next week. Til then, enjoy the nightlife.
