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Nicki Minaj to be honored with MTV VMAs 2022 Vanguard Award, ecstatic fans say 'well-deserved'

Nicki Minaj would be the fourth rapper to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 Video Music Awards

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: The Queen of Hip-Hop, Nicki Minaj is set to receive MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 Video Music Awards. The Trinidad-born star is also set to perform at the awards show, marking her first VMA musical appearance since 2018. The five-time winner and 17-time nominee is nominated for this year’s Best Hip-Hop Video award for 'Do We Have A Problem' featuring Lil Baby. 

Nicki Minaj won her first MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop video in 2011 for her single 'Super Bass'. The following year, she won the Best Female Video for 'Starship', and has been pretty much unstoppable ever since. In 2015, she won Best Hip-Hop video for 'Anaconda' and "Chun-Li". Besides, she was nominated for a total of 10 Grammy Awards between 2011 and 2016. 

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“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+, in a statement. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.’” Others nominated in the category include Kendrick Lamar- 'N95', Pusha T - 'Diet Coke', Eminem and Snoop Dogg - 'From the D 2 The LBC', and Future featuring Drake and Tems - 'Wait for U'.

If Minaj wins the award this year, it will make her the sole leader in terms of the number of awards won in the category. She has already won Best Hip-Hop thrice, which puts her in a tie with Drake for the most wins in the category. Minaj would be the fourth rapper to receive the Vanguard Award, following LLCool J (1997), Kanye West (2015) and Missy Elliott (2019). Besides, rap trio Beastie Boys were also estowed wbefore they diverged into alternative. Minaj's fans and supporters were quick to congratulate the rapper and applaud her talent, saying she fully deserves the honor. All VMA fans can vote for their favorites in 22 gender neutral categories by visiting vote.mtv.com through Friday, August 19. 

One fan wrote on Twitter, "I always knew you would get a VMA Vanguard just based off of the performance you did at the 2017 Billboard Awards. I'm so proud. @NICKIMINAJ" Video Music Awards themselves tweeted on their handle @vmas, "COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED!" Another user wrote, "OMGGGGG so well deserved!!! Can't wait to discuss on #QueenRadio this Thursday."