This Article is From Aug 25, 2014

MTV Video Music Awards 2014: Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande Start Show With a Bang Bang

MTV Video Music Awards 2014: Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande Start Show With a Bang Bang

Nicki Minaj and Usher perform onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards 2014

Highlights

  • Nicki Minaj helped open the MTV Video Music Awards with a "Bang" as she brought her Anaconda video to life with a rump-shaking performance and had a wardrobe malfunction when she performed with Ariana Grande and Jessie J.
  • Nicki first wore a green top and shorts, rapping, dancing and exciting the crowd -- except Rita Ora, who stared blankly when the camera panned by. But when |Nicki performed Bang Bang, the rapper was far more subdued as she held the front of her outfit together after a long split appeared.
  • Ariana kicked off the show with a performance of her EDM hit, Break Free in a Beyonce-inspired leotard.
  • Katy Perry won the first award, best female video for the hit Dark Horse.
  • "We are gonna party tonight," she said.
Los Angeles: Nicki Minaj helped open the MTV Video Music Awards with a "Bang" as she brought her Anaconda video to life with a rump-shaking performance and had a wardrobe malfunction when she performed with Ariana Grande and Jessie J.

Nicki first wore a green top and shorts, rapping, dancing and exciting the crowd -- except Rita Ora, who stared blankly when the camera panned by. But when |Nicki performed Bang Bang, the rapper was far more subdued as she held the front of her outfit together after a long split appeared.

Ariana kicked off the show with a performance of her EDM hit, Break Free in a Beyonce-inspired leotard.

Katy Perry won the first award, best female video for the hit Dark Horse.

"We are gonna party tonight," she said.
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