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Mariah Carey & Busta Rhymes receive their 1st Video Music Award EVER.. this is ridiculous! + Gunna does 1st ever VMA half time
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Listen to the super secret bestie Club on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's get to it. Time to do it. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. And everybody did that exclusive. You know, if you don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren Larosa this is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, exclusives, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, today y' all know I love it when we have some things that intertwine in between all of them. So today we're gonna be getting into like some pop culture things, entertainment news, But I believe that, you know, the conversations we're gonna have here will shake the room a bit. I probably will hear from you guys online, my low riders, you guys know I love to hear from you. So make sure you get in the streets and in the tweets if you have something you want to say in response to what we about to be talking about. So the 2025 VMA Awards video music Awards went down here in New York. Star studded night, as it always is. I mean, pulling up on the carpet, you had Ciara Doja Cat. Doja Cat actually had a moment on her carpet because she ate her lipstick and people are still trying to figure out how, but she looked good. You had Summer Walker pulling up on the red carpet with a new boo who is like a 60, 70 year old white guy. She said f her type. She told us that a couple months ago. And I've actually been told because I thought this was a joke. I thought it was something to like promote the song that she has. But I've actually been told that they are actually dating. It's only been a few weeks, but she's going, sugar baby, from here on out. She is tired. Okay. But we did hear some good news on the carpet because Summer Walker told us that the music is on the way now leaving the carpet and heading on into the awards. It was a night. Y' all know that there's always, like, when you do VMAs or, you know, whatever, Grammys, there's always some parts of the award ceremony where you're like, who the hell is this? But the crazy thing about this year's award are I feel like people were asking in the audience and online, who is this? To the wrong people. Like, y' all know here the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. We live, we thrive, all things black culture, hip hop, entertainment. But I mean, pop culture is my digest and hip hop is a popular culture, but that means we talk all things whenever it makes sense for us to do so. Yesterday when I was watching the VMAAs, I was just kind of like dumbfounded because I feel like whoever filled the seats, like the seat fillers themselves, you could tell them people did not know who the hell a busta Rhymes was. And it was. It was embarrassing to watch. So the night kicked off with, you know, opening performances. You had LL Cool J, who was hosting the awards, which is always like, you know, seeing LL Cool J anywhere is always epic. But you had LL Cool J hosting the awards. It makes sense. It's very New York. They were, you know, paying tribute to some very memorable names in hip hop and in music. Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, as I mentioned before. And LL Cool J opens the show. Now, as LL Cool J opens the show, Doja Cat, there's like, this, like, glitch. And at first, you really think, like, when I was watching, I really thought something was wrong with LL Cool J's broadcast. But I'm like, yo, ll, been doing this for, like, 30 years at this point. There is no way that a teleprompter is going to stop him from, like, continuing a whole show because he literally stopped mid sentence. But there's a glitch that comes on the screen, and Doja Cat comes up. Let's take a listen. That's right. We're making history. So let's get this party started right now. I want to bring it up. Not to be rude, but I'd just like to interrupt. Can everyone sit down? I doubt it. Not in that dress. I've got something really special up my sleeve featuring me and Kenny gg. So sit back, relax, and turn the volume up to full mouth. So then after this, Doja Cat goes into full performance. Now, here's the beauty of, like, pop culture. And when we get to say, like, hip hop is the popular culture, I feel like there's not ever really a box of things that you can put our artists into, because you have an artist like Adoja Cat who is extremely, extremely what some people would consider pop. And she did a hell of a performance and displayed all of those chops on that stage. But also, you could put sis on her. People will argue that Doja Cat is top female rapper as well, too. So watching her last night, I'm like, man, the way that the culture, like, you know, and hip hop and our artists are able to fit, mix, mingle, mold, and create the mold. And have been doing that for so long. Because I'm looking at LL Cool J, who was hosting the VMAs, who is now, there are people who don't even know LL Cool J as a rapper. Like, there are generations who don't understand LL Cool J as the rapper. They know him as an actor, but he's here, and he's hosted a VMAs. And then you have a Doja Cat, who. There are people who do not have rap conversations about Doja Cat. But you're looking at Doja Cat on the stage and she is giving super pop star, you know that she is. But the night carries along and then we get into the honoring of the artist. So Mariah Carey received the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award, which is the prestigious award of the night at the VMAs. Now, she received this award and she shared a few remarks. I'm going to be honest, and I think we have these conversations all the time with these award ceremonies. I was disappointed at the VMAs by the time this part hit because I learned that Mariah Carey had never received a video music award. Neither had Busta Rhymes, which it's sad that I have to explain why a Busta Rhymes not receiving a video music award ever in his career. Right. 30, 30 plus years of his career is insane. But we'll get into it when we get there. But let's take a listen to Mariah Carey. Thank you so much, mtv, for giving me the Vanguard Award. I can't believe I'm getting my first VMA tonight. I just have one question. What in the Sam Hill were you waiting for? No, I'm kidding. I love you, mtv. I love you. Love you so much. This is amaz. Being here brings back amazing memories. Like when I presented LL Cool J his Vanguard Award, or when Whitney Houston and I opened the show with a faux standoff and we were both like, had our dresses and we were like, try it on, man. It was a moment. Music videos are my way of life. Now, Mariah Carey, in the beginning of that clip, she's speaking to someone and saying, I'm so proud of you. She was talking to Ariana Grande because Ariana Grande presented her with the award, which Ariana Grande had talked about on the carpet prior to even getting in the venue, how excited she was to see Mariah Carey. Everybody was excited, you know, that night to it's Mariah Carey. Like, everybody was excited. Mariah Carey performed. She did a bunch of her different hits. Now, I thought it was fire that she opened up with the fantasy remix with ODB because it was very New York, very hip hop. And I think sometimes because, you know, again, we're talking about the ability of hip hop artists and, you know, R and B artists to almost be like chameleons and like, broaden their wings and explain and expand. People have this conversation about JLO all the time. Like, what odd or what nod does JLO owe to the culture? Because she began in a realm that was very hip hop, but now JLO is looked at as this huge pop culture artist. But when you talk about a Mariah Carey, the same can be said. Like, there she is. Huge. Mariah Carey is Mariah Carey. She is Miss Christmas Song. But when you think about her beginnings, Mariah Carey has always been a fan of rap. Like, always. Some of her biggest songs were inspired by, like, Wu Tang. I believe it was the Wu Tang. Wu Tang Cream. One of the very first songs she did with Jermaine Dupri was inspired by that song. But I thought it was fire that she opened up with the fantasy remix. And she let ODB's voice be heard on that stage. You know, recipes to him, because she didn't have to. She could have cut that part out. But I think it's her paying tribute to her roots here in New York, understanding where she came from. She also did. Honey. She also did. It's like that, y', all, we belong together. She did a whole ton of the things. Okay. And then after that, you know, show continues. But the next big moment, in my opinion, you have Busta Rhymes, who does a whole medley of songs. He brings out Papoose. He brings out Glorilla and Joyner Lucas. People were very surprised to see those two. But he also gives a speech, and in his speech, he remembers Ananda Lewis, who was a huge MTV vj, that there was no mention of her from the pre show to the carpet to the entire show itself. And they did a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. So it's not like they didn't want to do these tributes to, you know, people who have recently passed. They did a whole tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. There were a lot of people who felt like there should have been a tribute for Ananda because she was mtv. Like, she was the vj. She was the face. She ushered in so many, especially, like, the. That was ours, the black music, the hip hop. She fought for our music there, which is why Busta Rhymes took the time. Let's take a listen to Busta Rhymes. Thank you, King. 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I wanna take a minute because so this is what I've been trying to figure out, right? He says, the next time you'll take 35 years to give me, right? And when he said that, I'm watching a show and I'm instantly like, wait, I know Busta Rhymes ain't saying this is the first time he done touched a Moomin a VMA award. There's no Busta Rhymes career. I mean, the music is epic. The career span of his career is epic. The again we talk about the ability to move and shake. He's gone from music to acting to, like, you know, all of that is epic. But he is known for being the architect of the music video for his era. There is no it's him and there's Missy Elliott. And then there's so many acts to follow. Like, we wouldn't have Ludacris doing what he did. And Move get out the way. We wouldn't have. Look, people even talk about the baby's music videos and how over the top they are. We wouldn't have those moments without Busta Rhymes making it a normal thing for you to really see all of the effects and the big and the boldness of a music video. So I'm like, I know he is not saying what I think he is saying. And then I looked it up. Not only did I look it up, but I couldn't because, you know, Google gonna tell you anything. And now I don't even be trusting Google AI anymore. Google AI didn't stare at me wrong a couple times. But when I looked it up, it gives you a breakdown from 1996 all the way to 2005. And I saw. Nominated in 1996 for Wooha got you all in check. Then in 1998, Put yout Hands Where My Eyes Could See, he was nominated for Breakthrough Video, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video. And then Best Choreography. And then in 99, what's it gonna Be? Featuring Janet Jackson. Which is like, I can't even believe that I'm saying this out of my mouth, that these videos never won these awards. He was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video, best direction, best Special Effects. That is Busta Rhymes. The special effects, the art direction. Best art direction. Give me some more. Nominated, Best Breakthrough Video. I can go on and on and on and on. Nominated. And I didn't see one anywhere. And I'm like, yo, this is. It's no way. Like, Wikipedia and Google have to be wrong. So I hit Busta Rhymes team and I said, hey, I'm watching the VMAs right now. And Busta Rhymes just said, the next. And this is another thing too. He said, the next time. Y' all take the 35 years to, you know, I'm a talk as long as I want. Because Busta Rhymes does give his long motivational speeches whenever he's honored. And that's been a thing over the last couple years. But it was very jokingly about it. Mariah Carey. It was very jokingly about it. These are huge artists that careers have literally changed the way people do things and go about their music videos and their careers. I'm like, what? They hit me back and they say, oh, no, Lauren, you're 100% correct. That was his first time ever receiving an award on the VMA stage. He is nominated, but he never won before. This year in 2025, he took home the first ever Rock the Bells Visionary Award. And for those of you guys who don't know what Rock the Bells is, that is a. It's an organization, but it's also a whole music festival. And, you know, they have a platform as well across digital radio created by LL Cool J. And the reason why Rock the Bells is so special is because it was created to make sure that things like what I'm talking about don't happen. He is giving platform and continuing to help artists who come from time periods and certain eras be able to still work and get their just due. He gives them percentages of his festival. He has helped create, you know, radio shows for people like Roxanne. Roxanne. Like Roxanne Chate. Like there. He does amazing work with the platform. I wouldn't be surprised if, you know, at this point, LL Cool J has so much pull when it comes to VMAs and all the things that he fought for this award himself. Because I don't understand who over there at MTV has never understood why Busta Rhymes should be, you know, deserving of a video music award. But thank God that somebody got smart and listened to LL Cool J this year, because what in the hell are we doing if Busta Rhymes ain't ever got that award? Now, speaking of, what the hell are we doing? We're gonna take a little segue here because one of the final moments, or not final moments, but the other big moments of the evening was Gunna. I was surprised to see the Video Musical Awards throw Gunna so much. I mean, I'm a Gunna fan. I listen to his music. I know, you know, last one, his album is doing very, very well right now. But they censored a lot around him. So Gunna dropped an Under Armour commercial literally online, like a preview of it right before the VMAs begin. Then gunna walked the carpet of the VMA Awards. He looked amazing. And then there was a halftime performance that happened for the first time ever at the VMAs, and it was Gunna in Under Armour. Now, I say this because I think the timing is very timely for the VMAs, but it's ironic that all of this young Thug Gunna stuff is happening. And I Don't know how far out you plan a VMA award and something like what Gunna did, but a lot of this stuff is pre taped too. So I don't know what the timeline was, but I'm like, hmm, this is very timely. Another way to get us talking about the VMAs. Let's take a listen to Gunna's halftime performance. Halftime at the VMAs is bout to be a problem. But yeah, I thought that was really, really timely. I mean again, don't get me wrong, I know Gunna is great music artist. I'm not saying the VMAs needed the hype, but the way that they inserted themselves in that conversation because literally Young Thug just sat down with bank out of Atlanta and talked about how Gunna says literally nothing to speak his piece on their whole situation and explain what he did. And then the next time we see Gunna, he's literally saying absolutely nothing, acting like life is all good. I mean, and it's been looking all good. He just did the 5K raise. He's at the VMAs on the carpet with his girl, looking good. He got the Under Armour partnership right on time for, you know, this whole mental health and mental and physical wellness branding that he's been doing. He living life like it's golden right now. But I just thought it was like very ironic that the VMAs was kind of able to play into that whole, you know, Gunna ain't saying nothing conversation that we had been having because of the sit down interview, the exclusive interview that Thug had just did with bank for the Perspective show out of Atlanta. But that was the VMAs. You know, some honorable mentions. Kenny G performed when Doja Cat performed. He was, you know, the music accompan her Sabrina Carpenter perform as well. I actually love Sabrina Carpenter and I'm not like, like I don't really get into all of the girls. Like I can't really. Taylor Swift, I like her as a business but I would never just like turn on her music. But I actually like Sabrina Carpenter and when I watched her performance yesterday, she's just so cute. I like, I like to look at her. Lotto and Ice Spice came out as well. You guys know they have the new song Gat that they're promoting. We still don't even know how they link back up because they like fake hated each other forever. But they were on stage as well playing into that. And this was the first year ever that the show was on cbs. This was the first time Ever. You guys know that they just did that whole new merger with CBS and Sky Dance and all the things. So good show overall. I just, you know, I think that this show really screamed and echoed just how amazing we are as like black culture creators and entertainment and just how slow the world still is. Like, I still cannot believe that this was the first year that Busta Rhymes, Mr. Video, the architect of the music video storytelling, this is the first year that he receives a video music award. And it wasn't even, I mean, it was a video musical where he got a movement, but technically it wasn't even for like a video. It was for his whole career. Listen, I'm gonna just let it go. Cause I could go for a whole nother hour. This has been the Latest with Lauren LaRose. I hope you guys enjoyed the breakdown. If you watch the VMAs, if you tuned in, you know, let me know how you feel about it. I do think that it was a huge mission for the VMAs not to at least show a photo and take a moment in, you know, the venue for Ananda Lewis. I also think just crazy for artists like a Mariah Carey and a Busta Rhymes. I'm gonna say it's for the fifth time to be able to get on a stage and talk about what they have yet to receive up until this point in 2025. These are artists who've been around since before I was even freaking born. That was crazy as well. But I mean, maybe. Look, do we appreciate the inclusion in the finally of the moment? Like finally, 35 years later, Busta Rhymes is getting his just through on that stage. Finally, all this time later, Mariah Carey can say, hey, I have a movement. Do we care to, you know, give him the nod and say thank you? Or do y' all feel like it's a little bit too late? I want to hear from you guys. Make sure you go and find me. I'm Lauren LaRosa everywhere. L o R E N L O R O S A At the end of the day, there's always so much to talk about. And I tell my low riders, y' all could be anywhere with anybody talking about it, but y' all choose to be right here with me every single episode. And I appreciate you guys for it. I will catch you in my next episode. Short on time, but big on true crime. On a recent episode of the podcast Hunting for answers, I highlighted the story of 19 year old Lachey Dungy. But she never knocked on that door. She never made it inside. And that Text message would be the last time anyone would ever hear from her. Listen to Hunting for answers from the Black Effect podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The super secret bestie club podcast season four is here and we're locked in. That means more juicy Cheeseman, terrible love advice, evil spells to cast on your ex. No, we're not doing that this season. Oh, well, this season we're leveling up. Each episode will feature a special bestie and you're not going to want to miss it. My name is Curly. And I'm Maya. Get in here. Listen to the super secret bestie Club on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number. A New York state number, and we own you. Listen to shock incarceration on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, it's honey German and I'm back with season two of my podcast. Gracias. Come again. We got you. When it comes to the latest in music and entertainment with interviews with some of your favor Latin artists and celebrities. You didn't have to audition. No, I didn't audition. I haven't auditioned like over 25 years. Oh, wow. That's a real G talk right there. Oh, yeah. We'll talk about all that's viral and trending with a little bit of Cheeseman and a whole lot of laughs. And of course, the great beas you've come to expect. Listen to the new season of Dashes. Come Again on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. This is an I heart podcast.