14 Sep 2012
Frank Ocean

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We're still all up ons Frank Ocean’s haunting, goose-bumps inducing performance at the VMAs for "Thinking Bout You." After his VMA debut, sales for his caught-up-on-a-crush anthem jumped by 373%! Oh and sales for his album, Channel Orange, were up by 60%! We're also pretty excited to see him sing his heart out on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" tomorrow. All this good news got us thinking ‘bout what we wish Frank was thinking ‘bout. Capiche?! If you’re cool enough to kick it prosocial-style, you’ll be down with our list of worthy causes that we’re putting on the breakout R&B star’s radar!
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12 Sep 2012

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Fun fact of the day: MTV Act is more than just a blog. Yup, we have a VMA category too: Best Video With A Message! This year, Demi Lovato won the coveted award for her will-definitely-make-you-tear-up tune "Skyscraper." Last year's winner? None other than Lady Gaga for "Born This Way." So we got on the 2012 VMA red carpet and totally geeked out about our category! We asked celebs about their all time favorite music video...with a message.

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7 Sep 2012
DrakeFeature

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Katy Perry kissed One Direction's Niall and Harry, Rihanna and Chris Brown hugged it out, but it was Demi Lovato's lip-lock with a Moonman that got us all inspired! We've got a photo of the liplock, plus other fave moments from DrakeFrank Ocean and more.

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RockyAliciaTyga-Feature

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So the VMAs red carpet is the perf place to ask celebs what they're wearing, what projects they're working on and about, ya know, music videos (YES, we still play them on MTV.) But with the election right around the corner, we decided to get political with Alicia Keys, Tyga, Rihanna booty grabber A$AP Rocky, Big Sean (WHO HUGGED ME. UH-HUH. TRUE STORY.), Mac Miller, Jersey Shore's Pauly D, Vinny and Deena and other stars.

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