Musicians used their acceptance speeches and performances as an opportunity to address women’s rights and raise awareness about HIV at the 2021 MTV VMAs
, who was presented with the video for good trophy by Avril Lavigne for her song “Your Power,” also spoke about women’s rights in her acceptance speech. “We need to protect our young women at all costs,” the “Bad Guy” singer said. “We also need to remember that we all have power, and we have to remember to not abuse it.” ’s performance of his singles “Industry Baby” and “Montero ” raised awareness about HIV.
Before welcoming Lil Nas X to the stage, Billy Porter admitted that when he was starting out “the people were not ready for all this black boy joy.” Porter added, “But children, it’s a new day and I’m so thankful to have lived long to witness it.” Porter, who recently went public with his own HIV positive status in a cover story, then introduced Lil Nas X, who led a marching band onto the stage for his song “Industry Baby” with Jack Harlow.
Lil Nas X collected the moon person for video of the year for “Montero .” He began his speech with, “thank you to the gay agenda.”
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