VMAs 2023: Best and worst moments

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that’s how to make mo money.Lil Wayne has been around longer enough to now have elder-statesman status at 40. And in honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, it’s fitting that a rapper would open this year’s VMAs.But “Uproar” — a relatively minor hit from 2018’s “Tha Carter V” — and the new single “Kat Food” didn’t exactly take us back to the classic Weezy vibeology of “A Milli” (which he did return to perform in the hip-hop finale) and “Lollipop.”Thankfully, Olivia Rodrigo — who, 20 years younger than Wayne, would have made more sense as the opener in 2023 — swooped in to help save the opener in the end with “Vampire” and “Get Back.”Two years ago, Doja Cat hosted and performed at the VMAs back when she seemed a little green to be pulling double duty.

But a gig is a gig — and she stepped up when the pandemic was still making it problematic.But in 2023, the VMAs simply needed an artist with her star power and stage presence.

And she delivered with a medley of “Attention,” “Demons” and her new No. 1 single “Paint the Town Red” that brought some much-needed relevance to the VMAs.Consider her promotion duties well done before her next album, “Scarlet,” drops Sept.

22.The original Colombian sensation has seen many of her gente follow in her hip-shaking wake — from J Balvin to Maluma to Karol G.