Rapper Lamar bags 6 awards in politically charged MTV awards
The globally televised 2017 MTV Video Music Awards pulled no punches as it took potshots at racial and gender biases in star-spangled style
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RAPPER Kendrick Lamar dominated the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday as the glitzy gala took a political turn with impassioned denunciations of white supremacists in America. Lamar took the most prestigious award of Video of the Year for HUMBLE., his ironic look at his growing fame in which he dresses up as everything from the pope to Jesus in The Last Supper.
Lamar opened the show in Los Angeles with a martial arts-themed performance of the song with ninja dancers, one of which eerily appeared to set himself ablaze. One of the most acclaimed rappers of recent times, Lamar took home six statuettes - rechristened the "Moon Person" from "Moonman" to be gender-neutral.
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