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Jay z empire state of mind live interrupted12/17/2022 And you know, Alicia Keys is like ‘big lights will inspire you’ and really, I got emotional. So, Lil Mama, why exactly did you do it? “Well, I’m sitting in my seat, two rows away from the stage, and Jay-Z is walking through this tunnel, and there’s this whole adrenaline rush that’s just pumping, he comes onstage and he's singing ‘New Yorkkkk’. And she went on MTV News the following day to discuss the incident. She was unfairly and mercilessly mocked on Twitter and in the media following her little guest appearance on stage that fateful evening. ![]() What we all wouldn’t give today to feel something as hard as what she felt that night.Īt the time, Lil Mama's interruption seemed like a big deal, even amid the West-Swift drama of the night. ![]() Now is the time to relive, and cherish, Lil Mama's energy in 2009. And it's also one that feels so rare in 2020-a year of pre-recorded Zoom events that lack in any sort of spontaneity. It's a moment that with the hindsight of more than a decade is an entirely harmless and even fun moment of pop culture history. But what we are here to reminisce about today is the deeper cut interruption of the night: when Lil Mama was feeling Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s rendition of “New York State of Mind” so goddamn hard she just absolutely couldn’t help getting up on that stage herself and rocking out with them. ![]() It's a moment that would ignite a bitter, years long feud that would have ripple effects throughout the next decade of popular culture. And that's Kanye West taking the mic from a young Taylor Swift, giving his now-infamous “Imma let you finish” tirade. What do you remember? In the canon of collective pop culture consciousness, there is only one moment from the 2009 VMAs that anyone remembers.
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