2014 MTV VMAs Open Post: Hosted by Iggy Azalea’s Cultural Appropriation

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This is your Open Post for tonight’s MTV VMAs. It’s going to be a good night, I hope. Our Open Post host is Iggy Azalea – these photos are from the SLS Las Vegas grand opening. Iggy was there with her new bestie, Rita Ora. They will be performing their new single “Black Widow” at the VMAs. Have you heard it? It’s not terrible. It not good or anything (Rita plucks my last nerve) but it’s not actively horrendous. Fingers crossed that Eye-gee-gee-why doesn’t fall off the VMA stage and bust her ass like she just did a few nights ago.

Last year’s VMAs were super-sad and really poorly attended. The biggest thing that happened – and it happened for, like, MONTHS – was Miley Cyrus’s tongue and her pathetic twerking, plus a side dish of Robin Thicke’s sleaze. Now, a year later, Miley is still a mess and Robin Thicke’s marriage is in the crapper and no one really cares. Miley is scheduled to attend this year’s VMAs, but I don’t think she’s performing. Robin Thicke isn’t on any of the lists I’ve seen.

The biggest story will likely be Beyonce – she’s nominated for a bunch of awards, she’ll be performing AND she’s picking up the Video Vanguard Award. Will Jay-Z be with her? I don’t know. Other performers: Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Usher, Maroon 5 and the tweens’ latest obsession, 5 Seconds of Summer. The show starts at 9 pm and MTV will be doing a red carpet show starting at 8 pm EST.

We’ll have a lot of coverage tomorrow and Celebitchy, Bedhead and I will probably be tweeting about it too, if you’re interested! Here’s CB’s Twitter, Bedhead’s Twitter and my Twitter. Enjoy!

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  1. QQ says:

    Im here for when My Twitter locks me out (qqbeans)

    But

    A) does Iggy not get a Makeup artist that does shading?

    B) Amber Rose Body is Aspirational as f—

    C) Nick Jonas looks VERY very Bae’d Up like several Levels ahead of the Gay and the Druggie one

    D) Ariana Grande wearing “my first slutty Halloween costume”

    • Gigi says:

      LMAO at Ariana’s get-up. I couldn’t get far enough past the My Little Pony hair to even see it!

      • atrain says:

        Agreed! My goodness girl, get yourself some better extensions.

        And what was up with Nicki Minaj? Did she not try on her outfit before she went on stage? She looked like she was holding it on for dear life.

    • M.A.F. says:

      I think this post so far has sum up the awards for me.

    • MsMercury says:

      I just saw what Ariana is wearing and I have no idea who is giving her advice (I think she has the same manager as Bieber ) but it seems that she always dresses like a Lolita. She also has some of the worst weaves/wigs I have ever seen. The girl needs a stylist badly.

    • Yolie says:

      Completely agree about Amber Rose. She’s beyond beautiful.

  2. Hiddlesgirl85 says:

    I’m excited to see Ursher’s performance! He was spectacular in 2010!

  3. Stef Leppard says:

    Did I miss something? Can’t a rapper be white without it being “cultural appropriation”? Please educate me, y’all!

    • MsMercury says:

      Naw it’s cool. Eminem and The Beastie Boys are pretty much legends at this point, people don’t like Iggy because everything about her is fake.

    • paula says:

      being white and a rapper is okay because of cultural diffusion but when you’re a white australian that puts on a shitty “black” accent and pretends to be ghetto then it’s appropriation and generally horrible.

      • manda says:

        Yes–she raps about being in the “murder biz”, which is so not the case. She comes from rural australia, she never in the murder biz. It’s insulting

  4. kami says:

    Is it me or are her legs, ankles, and feet different colors? Thought she was wearing leggings or something, but a closer look says otherwise.

    • Sumodo1 says:

      Mystic Tan machine malfunction if I ever saw one! Stay away from those messy, drippy automatic booths! This happened to me! I forgot to towel off and the orange drips were intense.

      • QQ says:

        Also No one will contour this child’s makeup

      • Bridget says:

        I tend to interpret bad makeup jobs as a sign that someone has pissed off the makeup artist. That’s why you always need to be nice to your hair and makeup people.

  5. AD says:

    Ariana Grande’s commitment to only showing one side of her face is so distracting!

  6. AmeliaLynne says:

    Nicki Minaj preventing a wardrobe malfunction.

    Maybe I’d like Ariana Grande at least a little if I could understand what she’s saying because she has some good pipes.

    • Catriona says:

      Hahahaha!! +1000000

    • Mmhmm says:

      God I get aggravated when I listen to Ariana. Great voice but damn she’s never heard of constanants…she sounds like she has biscuits in her mouth because I can never understand her. How the heck did Miley win over chandelier? Hell I’d even accept drunk in love over her gross video. Seriously this world is doomed.

    • Sozual says:

      OMG, I just listened to her song with Nicki and Jessie and I had no idea what she was saying. Usually you don’t catch a few words with musicians, but the whole song is like…what. I think she is trying to sing above her range, maybe that is the problem.

  7. sunsetsnow says:

    Why did this little girl allow herself to get showed up by her guest stars? She looked like an amateur next to those two. Two sexpots and the little toddler who should be at home in bed.

  8. Bridget says:

    I just have to say, I hate “Black Widow”. Ora’s part is fine, but that much of Iggy’s rapping is just mind numbing.

  9. Hissyfit says:

    Lol at Katy Perry’s Justin and Britney denim outfit revival!

    • Laura says:

      I don’t know if I should lol or smh…

    • Adrien says:

      I bet she dated Riffraff just to pull off that Justin-Brit Brit denim stunt. Good job, Katy.

      • QQ says:

        In a Way you guys, if you think about it…they deserve each other…i mean this is extremely kismet how these two talentless assholes wear another culture like a bad dress

      • H2O says:

        In eight or ten years someone will put on a Katy costume to make fun and she’ll be home watching on TV and feel bad.

  10. Gigi says:

    Lol, they always have to have a black dude come out to do follow-up jokes. Last year it was Kevin Hart…why not just start having a host again??

    And geez, you guys weren’t kidding about Ariana not having any sort of enunciation. I had ZERO clue what any of her lyrics were!

  11. TheOneandOnlyOnly says:

    A few thoughts: Will actual rock music be represented?
    On this I defer to Adam Levine’s comment from a few years ago – this is the one night that MTV pretends that they are concerned with music.
    SInce MTV no longer shows vids, isn’t this show beside the point?
    How much of the “music” is actually live, and not lip synched and pre-recorded.
    This is an industry event to shill industry product, and since from what I’ve gathered many young millennialsl have no use for today’s junk pop culture, they won’t be watching this prefab event.
    Is MTV even relevant to music which is far more and goes beyond top 40 pop music and the latest nick at nite and Disney “star?”

    • TheCountess says:

      Although I see Levine’s point (hate myself for conceding that), I think the night is more about sex and spectacle (spextacle?) than music. The “music” could be anything, or nothing: MTV just wants its viral “moment” (the Madonna/Britney/Christina kiss, Miley and Beetlejuice, etc.).

      I’m sticking with “The Simpsons” marathon.

    • Sozual says:

      Everything you said I agree with 100%

  12. Jess says:

    Gwen stefani looks great! I swear she never ages. Katy looked decent but her outfit kinda reminded me of that denim outfit that Britney Spears wore once. Taylor needs to go back to doing country, this pop star act she’s trying to do is not working.

  13. Skins says:

    Swifty is starting to grow on me. Looked great, did some good dancing too, I didn’t know she was much of a dancer but she was working it pretty good. Song didn’t do much for me, but the rest was pretty good

    • SpookySpooks says:

      Yeah, Swifty was cool.
      For the life of me, I don’t understand what Ariana is singing. Maybe it’s because I’m not a native speaker.
      Snoop and Gwen were trying so hard to be cool. Gwen’s a little thick, isn’t she? I’ve seen her years ago at Jonathan Ross’ talk show and she didn’t pick up on his sarcasm at all. Same happened when Simon Amstell interviewed her at the Brits.
      I don’t recognize half of the people there.

  14. Nev says:

    JLO. Stunning.

  15. SpookySpooks says:

    How nice of them to give an award to a video that insulted Muslims.

    • Sooloo says:

      Madonna won plenty of acclaim for her own display/mockery of other religious symbols. If one religion is subject to imagery (also criticism, jokes, etc.), they all are. Islam should not be given a pass on that which is heaped upon other beliefs, nor should those who do the heaping be subjected to more vitriol than those who target other faiths.

  16. Wow says:

    The cameras recording everything behind the scenes is better than the live show lol

  17. Naddie says:

    Damn, I’m getting old. As I read the list of the “artists”, I just rolled my eyes and felt glad I’m not watching.

  18. JessSaysNo says:

    Can I just say I’m sick to DEATH of big, fat, fake hips/butts. Am I alone in this?

    • MCraw says:

      No, you’re not alone. Iggy “1st thing 1st I’m the realest” Azalea and her fake butt, fake accent and bad attitude annoy me more than Kim K ever has. Diaper butts all over the place. JLO and her big natural booty has unleashed a generation of monsters when she made big butts acceptable.

      • Scarlett says:

        “…when she made big butts acceptable”?! Wow. That’s – rude. Bodies are different. Haters gonna hate. I have a best friend (white girl) with the biggest disproportionate real booty in North America. She just embraces it, normally ends up dating black guys cause they appreciate it. Shame on her for accepting her body! And everyone always gives praise to those who get plastic surgery, boob jobs, botox – Gwen Stefani cough cough. SMH.

      • Sooloo says:

        Agreed, Scarlett. And JLO made big butts acceptable?? I suppose Angelina made big lips acceptable? And Bo Derek made cornrows acceptable? Features natural to other races only become acceptable (and therefore, those races can only then start to feel good about the way they naturally look) when a celeb appears in front of the camera with said feature??

  19. Josefa says:

    Swifty’s performance was really fun. Usher rocked it, too.

    Miley’s crying made my month. Hilarious.

  20. Dani2 says:

    Flawless performance by Beyoncé, love her or hate her, she’s good at what she does and she brings it every time.

  21. Lady D says:

    Amber Rose did not disappoint.
    Happy to see Kesha looking healthy.
    Not bad for Miley.
    Kim K, WTF?
    No idea who Charli XCX is but she’s rocking the hell out that jumpsuit.

  22. Hissyfit says:

    Beyonce is killing it and Blue Ivy is so cute but damn! I don’t think she needs to see mommy dancing like a cheap stripper on stage.

  23. Nimbolicious says:

    Loved the shot of Jay-Z sitting in the audience during Bey’s performance, looking decidedly concerned. Guy looks like he’s sh$&@ing bricks.

  24. Shauna says:

    I think that’s the most real Beyonce has ever seemed.

  25. Adrien says:

    Tell me more about Sam Smith. I’m in love.

    • Camille (The Original) says:

      I think he is gay, but that’s all I know about him.

    • Ag-UK says:

      London boy done good. He sang on Disclosures Latch ( great song) and I just knew he was a black man as his voice is so soulful. Not eating all white singers can’t sound soulful but he almost has a gospel feel and that’s an entirely different ball game in The UK coming from a southerner living here. He can sing. His mom was managing his career and he is v young 23 maybe. He will do what Rita is so desperate to, crack the US as his record album high on the charts.

  26. Kim1 says:

    Mrs Shawn Carter#blacklove
    Flawless
    Bow down
    Love Blue Ivy’s hair #happytobenappy
    Sam Smith Usher Beyonce great
    The rest of the show was mediocre IMO

  27. Savanna says:

    Bey was so amazing. Musically, she can do no wrong for me. But DAMN was she try-hard smiling at the end there. If the breakup rumors weren’t true she wouldn’t care.

  28. Koji says:

    My Thoughts:
    Whomever ever decided that the camera should pan to Jay Z during the mention of the incident deserves to win ALL of the awards before the BeyGency tracks them down.
    Miley did not disappoint. I rolled my eyes before the guy started speaking, but for someone who’s made a name for herself humping things and trying to twerk for attention, to give up most of that attention for a good cause, is just remarkable.
    T. Swift looked fabulous, but I still hate Shake it Off. Mariah did it better.
    Anaconda is growing on me and kudos to Nicki for guarding herself to avoid flashing the crowd.
    Jessie J and Ariana were also great.
    I don’t like Black Widow live. Neither performer seemed any good (live) and Rita was a mess. I did enjoy the staging and the dancing though so yay for that.
    Lorde was….Lorde. I’ll chalk it up to nervousness, but 9 times out of 10, you just face the front of the stage like everybody else on the stage. Also, her jumpsuit wasn’t that bad. The fabric made it look like a cheap onesie for vampire though.

  29. Bridget says:

    Someone needed to tell Ariana Grande’s people that Paula Abdul performed at the VMA’s wearing almost the exact same black onesie back in the Vibeology days. It didn’t work then, it doesn’t work now.

  30. QQ says:

    So:
    Beysus saved their lil award shows by giving you all the songs, glitterbutts, her baby doing “I woke Up like dis” and “getting emotional” about a routine and people she sees daily

    Sam Smith is everything live!

    My dogs took the opportunity to go poo during Adam Levine’s falshitty singing

    Ariana Grande continues hollering and trying to impersonate 90s Mariah

    MY ANACONDA DONT! (Im sorry that was too much fun! Wtf was that wardrobe Fail!?!)

    im not here for that Bang Bang situation or whatever those girls trying to song about FLOTUS were doing

    I went to eat something during Usher cause why not?!

    More money to the individuals doing backstage and reaction cameras especially during Swift’s horribleness!! That was worth every penny.. Someone said she looked like a single crab leg… Id add Bathed in sequins, cat hair and old lady hairstyle

    Hurts me and the ancestors to say that a-hole Miley Looked good… Doesnt hurt me to point out that she is still ridiculous

    Common taking a moment to do a Minute of silence for #Ferguson …awesome!

    • Sozual says:

      Usher is an AMAZING PERFORMER! Him and Lorde probably the only two there with real talent.

  31. Dommy Dearest says:

    Everyone called it. Miley’s urban thing lasted about a year if not a bit longer. Now she’s winding down and going a different direction. Still fake. Still dislike her.

    • Side-Eye says:

      Same.

    • Skittles says:

      Miley has pretty much lost any interest the general public had for her. She has not realized this yet though.She cracked me up acting all smug in the audience when the other girls like Iggy and Taylor performed.Last year she rode off of having an “edgy” image after being a Disney character for so long.She does not have enough talent nor ingenuity to sustain her music career, so the “reinvention” again won’t do much for her next go around.

      • Sozual says:

        True! The next “reinvention” won’t hack it.

      • Dingo says:

        I watched the backstage cams, and I don’t think she looked smug actually she did dance a little, a lot of the other girls just stared blank.

  32. Lydia Says says:

    This whole culture appropriation thing is so silly. She did not claim to invent rap music. Most foreign artists don’t sing with their native accents; it’s nothing new.Music is universal; musicians should be able to play music without being boxed in one genre because of their races.

    1)I have to give Miley her props for bringing awareness to such an important issue.

    2)Beyonce was so amazing. Love both of her dresses.I don’t care about the rumors; they are a cute family.

    3)Gwen Stefani can do no wrong. She looked amazing!

    4)Usher rocked it but Niki Minaj’s part was not necessary.

    5)Sam Smith’s performance was completely flawless.

    6) Jlo looked amazing.

  33. pretty says:

    Beyonce’s performance was so cringe-worthy.

    I had to pause several times because i can’t handle this much cringe in one-go.

    Beyonce getting all teary eyed and sh!t when Jay Z and Blue Ivy climbs up the stage… omg i can’t handle it. so cringe worthy and the audience act like Beyonce is some second coming of Jesus. I don’t understand this. i just can’t. Beyonce again makes this all about herself. ugh.

    And Miley Cyrus. LOL. At first, i didn’t understand what was going on with her. why is that dude going up the stage and she’s staying behind? I think her intention was good but seeing her crying was also too much for me. sooooo cringing.

    And Ariana Grande, seriously i can’t understnad what the heck she’s saying. and she looks like a fetus up there with other performers.

  34. Chris says:

    Can’t we set the bar a little higher that not actively horrendous?

  35. Jenny12 says:

    This heading made me laugh out loud.

  36. truthful says:

    I loved Bey’s performance and I am starting to really like Taylor Swift..
    Usher can do no wrong in my book, no feeling Izzy nor Ora’s performance.
    I hate that Anaconda song with all of my heart, smdh.

    I wish we had better female rappers

  37. taxi says:

    iggy’s implanted buttocks are uneven. One is sagging noticeably. Looks like beach balls in the britches. No muscle tone in her legs, either – near cankles.