VIDEO : MTV VMAs to Honor Rihanna With the Michael Jackson Video Award

NEW YORK (AP) ? Rihanna's work work work work work work is being honored at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV announced Thursday that the 28-year-old pop star, who released her first album in 2005, will earn the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the Aug. 28 show in New York City. She has won the VMA for video of the year twice. Past recipients of the Video Vanguard Award include Madonna, Guns N' Roses, Peter Gabriel, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West.