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    'In times like these, we need Kendrick Lamar': MTV VMAs aim to capture the sociopolitical climate

    by By August Brown, Los Angeles Times Aug 25, 2017 3 minutes

    Inside the Forum on Wednesday afternoon, four days before this year's edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, engineers checked audio levels with a trap-music remix of the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey."

    One worker swung dozens of feet through the air, attached to rooftop scaffolding above a stage of silver mirrored panels. Others scrambled through a maze of placards denoting the celebrity seating chart.

    Amid the preparations, however, MTV has two problems still left to solve at the VMAs. One – declining TV ratings amid a spike in social media

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