Kanye West to get MTV lifetime achievement award

Kanye West will receive the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The rapper will be honoured for his "ground-breaking videos, legendary performances and continued impact on music, art, fashion and culture," according to BBC Newsbeat.

It's the ceremony's highest honor, known as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.

Previous winners include Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Rolling Stones.


Kanye sparked controversy at the 2009 ceremony, when he jumped on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift's speech, launching into a rant about why his friend Beyonce should have won best female video instead.

Taylor leads this year's awards, with nine nominations.
 

Ed Sheeran follows her with six nominations including video of the year for Thinking Out Loud.

Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and Mark Ronson each have five nominations.

Nicki Minaj was unhappy after the nominations came out and argued with Taylor Swift on Twitter.

Miley Cyrus, who won 2014's video of the year for Wrecking Ball, will host the ceremony on 30 August from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.