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Drake, Ariana Grande, Cardi B and Childish Gambino are all up for video of the yr on the 2018 MTV Video Tune Awards, which take place at New York’s Radio City Music Corridor later.
It’s the most powerful line-up considering the fact that 2004 – while Britney’s Toxic went up towards Jay-Z’s incendiary 99 Issues. Each lost, alternatively, to Outkast’s irresistibly technicolour clip for Good Day Ya!
This yr’s contenders span an analogous gamut, encompassing the whole thing from searing political statement to Latin American melodrama.
Collectively, they illustrate how videos became an extension of the artist’s imaginative and prescient, basic to the message of the music as opposed to a throwaway piece of fluff.
Any of the shortlisted six songs may win – although Kanye’s most likely got his cash on Beyonce.
INFANTILE GAMBINO – This Is America
This video accommodates language and images some people might in finding offensive.
CAMILA CABELLO toes YOUNGER THUG – Havana
THE CARTERS – Apes**t
This video comprises language a few folks would possibly to find offensive.
DRAKE – God’s Plan
BRUNO MARS ft CARDI B Finesse (Remix)
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