Newark Mayor at VMAs Announcement: 'People Still Watch MTV?'
The MTV Video Music Awards are heading to Newark, New Jersey, for the first time ever -- which prompted Mayor Ras Baraka to ask: “people still watch MTV?”
Baraka made the gaffe at a ceremony alongside Gov. Phil Murphy at the Prudential Center, which is set to host the VMAs on Aug. 26.
“The MTV music awards that I knew about was probably Run-DMC and Aerosmith, ‘Walk This Way,” he said. “That’s my age group.
He continued, “When they said the Video Music Awards were coming, I said ‘Is MTV still arou- people still watch MTV?’
The VMAs are typically held in New York, though it has also taken place in Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas.
Last year's show was at Radio City Music Hall.
Photo Credit: Getty Images for MTV
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Newark Mayor at VMAs Announcement: 'People Still Watch MTV?'
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