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Madonna paid tribute to Aretha Franklin at the MTV VMAs – but her lengthy speech didn’t pass down smartly with some audience who concept she was self-indulgent.
The Queen of pop was once asked to speak in regards to the late Queen of Soul at Monday’s award ceremony in New York.
She brought a 5-minute speech ending with her giving thanks to Franklin for “empowering all people”.
But she confronted grievance on social media for the reality such a lot of the speech was an anecdote approximately her personal profession.
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Symbol copyright Getty Pictures Image caption Camila Cabello dedicated her video of the year award to Madonna
Arriving on degree, she bowed down to Madonna and dedicated the award to the 60-yr-antique pop legend.
It was once certainly one of large awards for Cabello – she was once also named artist of the 12 months.
Journalist Ernest Owens wrote on Twitter: “Camila Cabello got on her knees and praised Madonna and dedicated her undeserved Video of the Year award to her… after Madonna simply gave a self-indulgent ‘tribute’ to Aretha Franklin.
“And that describes how #VMAs treated Black artists all the evening…”
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