LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Kanye West has been named the 2015 recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
MTV made the announcement Tuesday adding that "Yezzus [West] has more than earned this honor, after years of releasing groundbreaking music and accompanying videos that have always pushed the envelope. From Through the Wire, to Runaway and Bound 2, his creative depths have never ceased to amaze us, and some could argue that his videos are complete masterpieces in their own right."