Highlight: Rappers' Outfits
![Nicki Minaj](https://media.guestofaguest.com/t_article_content/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012mtvvideomusicawardsarrivalsxkt1jnt2pqbl-228x300.jpg)
![Riff Raff](https://media.guestofaguest.com/t_article_content/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/slide_249048_1483371_free-212x300.jpg)
Once again, this is a highlight I might have previously considered a lowlight based on rules of general taste and social acceptability, but over the years the VMAs have beaten my brain into such a mashed-potato-like sludge that I find myself at least appreciating the weird over the predictable. Nicki Minaj couldn't look any more like a WeHo drag queen if she was jamming down french fries at Hamburger Mary's, and I can't be sure if this is Riff Raff or
James Franco.