Music’s biggest stars gathered Thursday night for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Who better to kickoff the annual spectacle than the Bajan bad girl, Rihanna?
RiRi set the Staple Center on fire by performing her “Cockiness” remix with her special guest A$AP Rocky and then she transitioned into her biggest hit “We Found Love” with producer Calvin Harris.

Watch Rihanna’s VMA performance…
And that hilarious moment when ASAP Rocky squeezed the hell out of her Charmin…
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