Queen Bey ruled the VMAs as she took home 4 awards including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award which was presented to her by her hubby, Jay Z and her daughter, Blue Ivy.

The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in association with Sprite and powered by MTN, took place in California a few hours ago premiering across Africa on MTV Channel 130 early this morning. Don't miss the prime time repeat tonight at 21:00 CAT (red carpet special begins at 20:00 CAT).  We've also got a VMA takeover weekend, hosted by 5fm DJ Roger Goode coming your way on 30 August.
 

BEYONCÉ welcomed MTV and the audience to her world as she built on her VMA legacy with a medley of songs from her visual album “BEYONCÉ”. Always the trailblazer, BEYONCÉ celebrated where she is as an artist today and pulled back the curtain on her family life with poignant images from home movies showing her as a wife and mother.  

The backdrop throughout her performance reinforced messages of female empowerment and sampled a powerful quote and call to feminism from the prominent Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!