2002 MTV Video Music Awards

2002 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Thursday, 8:00 p.m. (EST),[1] August 29, 2002
Location	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Country	United States
Hosted by	Jimmy Fallon
Most awards	Eminem (4)
Most nominations	Shakira (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV
Produced by	Alex Coletti Salli Frattini Dave Sirulnick
Directed by	Beth McCarthy-Miller
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The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2002, honoring the best music videos from June 9, 2001, to May 31, 2002. The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the show, Michael Jackson accepted a birthday statue in hands of Britney Spears, which he believed to be an "Artist of the Millennium Award" due to a misunderstanding after which he joined her to present the Best Pop Video Award. Performers included Eminem, who won four awards including Video of the Year, and Axl Rose with a new lineup of Guns N' Roses. The show also saw the debut solo performance from Justin Timberlake, performing his soon to be hit single "Like I Love You" alongside rap duo Clipse. TLC members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chili" Thomas appeared, paying tribute to their fallen member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in a car accident in Honduras on April 25, 2002, four months before the event.