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Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award winner Beyoncé was the grandest recipient of this year’s MTV VMAs. But Drake, Eminem and Ariana Grande won pretty big as well.

On Saturday (August 23), the Trillectro Music Festival invaded Washington D.C. for a third consecutive year (more on that later). Per usual, events like these are an energetic indicator of the current landscape of music–even more so, because this festival’s focus is Hip-Hop and EDM–and no act displayed this fact like surprise performer Travi$ Scott.

Ferguson police officer Justin Cosma was in the center of the drama that unfolded in the Missouri town during the Mike Brown shooting death protests. Additionally, Cosma is fighting a civil rights lawsuit after he was accused of hog-tying and choking a 12-year-old boy back in 2010.

The funeral of 18-year-old Michael “Mike” Brown is taking place right now as the family and supporters gathers at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in the city of St. Louis.

Iggy Azalea had a solid evening at the 2014 MTV VMAs on Sunday night, August 26. The Grand Hustle lady performed a live rendition of her Rita Ora-assisted “Black Widow” track and later debunked all rumors of beef with Nicki Minaj.

It seems that there is no end in sight to the Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim beef. Apparently K. Michelle was tuned in to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and called Nicki the Queen Of Rap. Of course fans of Queen Bee came to her rescue and eventually even Lil Kim put in her two cents.

Nine albums is no small feat for any artist. That alone is reason to applaud T.I. for his upcoming project, Paperwork: The Motion Picture, which we now know releases October 21 thanks to Billboard.

UPDATE: Shady Records is set to release Shady XV on November 24, not Black Friday. The two-disc collection will feature the label’s greatest hits, plus all new material.

Music Choice is proud to present the inaugural season of Chronicles, an avant-garde television series that delves into the lives and careers of today’s hottest recording artists. New York rapper 50 Cent is first on the list.

Nicki Minaj picked MTV’s grand VMA stage to perform her record-breaking single, “Anaconda,” for the first time. Needless to say that fans were in for a treat.

G-Unit have been very methodical in using the element of surprise to their advantage since reuniting at Hot 97’s 2014 Summer Jam concert (a surprise in itself). This trend continues with The Beauty of Independence, a six-track EP that seemingly dropped out of the sky.

DJ Khaled couldn’t get Jay Z for the official version’s video, so Remy Ma stepped in. That’s the case in the “They Don’t Love You No More (Remix).”