Drake & Rihanna lead MTV VMA Nominations

Drake & Rihanna in their video "Take Care"

A round of applause should be given to musicians, Drake and Rihanna. The pair have racked up 5 MTV Video Music Awards each. Nicki Minaj also snagged 3 VMA nominations as well. The nominations all stem from the platinum albums "Take Care" (Drake), "Talk That Talk" (Rihanna) and "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" (Nicki Minaj).

Video of The Year:

• Drake: "Take Care"

• Rihanna: "We Found Love"

Best Hip-Hop Video:

• Drake: "HYFR"

• Nicki Minaj: "Beez In The Trap"

Best Male Video:

• Drake: "Take Care"

Best Female Video:

• Rihanna: "We Found Love"

• Nicki Minaj: "Starships" 

Best Pop Video: 

• Rihanna: "We Found Love"

Best Video with a Message:

• Lil Wayne: "How To Love"

Best Art Direction: 

• Drake: "Take Care"

Best Choreography:

• Rihanna: "Where Have You Been?"

Best Cinematography: 

• Drake: "Take Care"

Best Visual Effects:

• Rihanna: "Where Have You Been?"

Good job to Drake and Rihanna leading the nominations and everyone else featured and nominated. The 2012 MTV VMA's are airing live on MTV Thursday, September 6. Don't miss out!!

Drake - Take Care (Explicit) ft. Rihanna (Review)

 Not everyone was very fond of the Take Care video as much as they are the complete album but I love the video. I didn't expect Drake along with 50 African dancers and Rihanna in a mini skirt dancing to the song. I expected something sultry to show how slow and how relaxing the song really is supposed to be. Take Care isn't a fast song and isn't required to be as abstract as "Miss Me" or "Over" or even "What's My Name?". I enjoyed the mountains and the animals (that didn't portain to Drake, Chris Brown or Rihanna). The video was simple and I rather have simple videos for Drake's albums than no videos. I feel that Drake's videos with lights and colors and stories behind them are his way of interpreting his feelings about his songs and his outlook on certain content in his music, with his fans. I love it. I loved what Drake did for "Take Care" and a rappers video with just one girl, a mountain and some animals, shows a lot of maturity and his looking outside of the box.