Beyonce Battles Rihanna & Jay-Z for VMA

The hardest working chick in the game, Beyonce will go up against Rihanna and Jay-Z this year at the MTV Video Music Awards. The show will be held September 9^th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The VMA favorite is leading the pack and keepin' it moving after her highly publicized fall while screaming on the track to Ring the Alarm at a performance. Beyonce and Justin Timberlake receive the most nods this year with seven nominations a piece.

Foreign born Barbados beauty and international favorite, Rihanna is trailing Beyonce with five nods for the explosively successful video Umbrella featuring her self-proclaimed mentor and boss, Beyonce's beau; Jay-Z. Rihanna credits the bulk of her success to Jay-Z who quickly signed her to Def Jam at the tender age of sixteen. Jay-Z has successfully shaped Rhianna's career and changed her life in the past few years.

Rihanna told Giant magazine that her childhood was spent watching her father battle crack addiction before he conquered the habit. Experiencing a lot as a child perhaps has made her the mature grounded person she is. Rihanna's careful about the decision she makes with the help of her mentor. She tells People magazine that Jay-Z is very protective of her. She confided that he (Jay-Z) screens all her possible suitors and "looks out for me." Rihanna's focus has payed off with the VMA nods as well as being a chart topper.

The catchy Umbrella is reminiscent of Jay-Z's heart-felt apology song, Song Cry that stated "We used to use umbrellas to face the cold weather...."
As usual, the creative president of Def Jam and king of subliminal metaphors made the hot line into a hot song for his budding starlet. Umbrella has broken international billboard records and become a worldwide "I'll always be here for you no matter what they say" anthem.

While Rihanna and Jay-Z stand under each other's umbrella; Beyonce holds her own- solo, garnering nods for the Neyo -penned break-up song of the year; Irreplaceable. The two singers will compete against each other for best female artist of the year and video of the year.