Flo Rida Weighs In on his Nomination at the 2009 MTV VMAs

New York, NY – I think it’s safe to say that Flo Rida has been up on his game as of late, especially after the release of ‘R.O.O.T.S.’ several months back. The man sold over 700,000 digital downloads of ‘Right Round’ in one week’s time and continues to dominate the charts with every other single he releases; its official the fans can’t get enough of Flo Rida.

Last year, Flo was nominated at the VMAs under the category ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’ with ‘Low.’ This year, he will be back in the building once again this time taking his ‘Right Round’ video, nominated in the same category as last year, up against heavy hitters that include: Jay-Z’s D.O.A. (Death of Autotune), Kanye West’s ‘Love Lockdown,’ Eminem’s ‘We Made You,’ and Asher Roth’s ‘I Love College.’ With the heavyweight rivals he is up against this, you would assume that Flo would have a slight bit of worry, well according to the Miami MC; he’s actually taking everything in stride. He recently spoke with MTV News about the upcoming award show and weighed in on his nomination amongst his rivals.

These were his comments:

“I look forward to going [to the VMAs] and just enjoying myself. It means a lot to me. I can recall being in Las Vegas [where he once lived] and watching the music awards [in Miami] and seeing Jay-Z up for an award, and now here I am in the same category. I definitely look up to these guys. And even the newcomers you can learn from.”

The video was directed by R. Malcolm Jones and it depicts Flo being digitally transported from different clubs all over the world. The pivotally intensive record samples 80’s band Dead or Alive’s hit ‘You Spin Me Round.’ It has become Flo’s second blockbuster hit since 2008’s Low that featured vocalist T-Pain.

At press time, the 2009 MTV Awards has been scheduled to air on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm ET. Flo is set to be in concert in this year’s Summer Fest in Miami on August 22 at the American Airlines Arena alongside heavyweights like Akon, Plies, T-Pain, and Keri Hilson.

Flo has come a long way with his music to becoming that major international status that every artist dreams of. 24hourhiphop.com would like to extend our congratulations to Flo Rida for being nominated a second time in a row on the VMAs. We’ll be checking for you at the Summer Fest in the upcoming weeks. Be on the lookout for Flo performing at this year’s Miss Universe pageant as well.