Over the years, MTV has used its Video Vanguard Award, later rechristened the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, as a lifetime achievement award and a chance to secure an appearance by a legit celebrity on their show. They haven’t always handed out the award — it went dormant for most of the 2000s and, after resuming for most of t...

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Jhené Aiko, Ozuna, and Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals also play the Queens festival in AugustThe post Afropunk founder announces LETSGETFR.EE Carnival with Missy Elliott, Kali Uchis and more appeared first on NME.

LETSGETFR.EE Carnaval is a new music festival from AFROPUNK founder Matthew Morgan, partner Jocelyn Cooper, and creative agency Anomaly. Taking place on August 20 and 21st at the coveted festival location Flushing Meadows Corona Park, former site of the Meadows, the inaugural edition will bring Missy Elliott, Wizkid, Anderson .Paak, Ozuna, Kali ...

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