--- title: Ariana Grande Helps Nicki Minaj With Dress at 2018 MTV VMAs description: Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj confirmed why they're music's dynamic duo when Grande helped Minaj with her dress during the show. canonical: https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-21T03:29:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:48.554Z og:title: Ariana Grande Helped Nicki Minaj With Her Dress at the VMAs og:description: A truly dynamic duo og:url: https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt635ced1348b5e8c2/69893835bc6cfc851b3e6be7/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ariana Grande Helped Nicki Minaj With Her Dress at the VMAs twitter:description: A truly dynamic duo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt635ced1348b5e8c2/69893835bc6cfc851b3e6be7/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ariana Grande Helped Nicki Minaj With Her Dress at the 2018 MTV VMAs and It Was Super Sweet ## Video: Celebrities Walk the 2018 VMAs Pink Carpet [Watch (HLS stream): Celebrities Walk the 2018 VMAs Pink Carpet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uNvctn9I.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2018-08-21. 2018 Video Music Awards Red Carpet_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 21, 2018 3:29 AM UTC  Getty Images (2)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 21, 2018 3:29 AM UTC [Nicki Minaj](http://time.com/5369448/nicki-minaj-vmas-2018/) and [Ariana Grande](http://time.com/5372525/ariana-grande-pete-davidson-2018-mtv-vmas-red-carpet/) are longtime collaborators and friends, sharing a bond that spans more than just their collection of hit collaborations. Their friendship was front and center on Monday night at the [2018 MTV Video Music Awards ](http://time.com/5347009/2018-mtv-video-music-awards-guide/)when Grande adorably assisted Minaj with her voluminous train. Minaj, who had just won “Best Hip Hop Award,” struggled with the sheer tulle skirt of her Off-White gown as she made her way to the stage. Luckily her pal Grande had her back and held her full train as Minaj walked up the steps. Minaj also made a sweet gesture of friendship while giving her acceptance speech for the award. “Ariana Grande, my baby,” Minaj said while giving thanks for her award. “I’m so proud of you. I’m so freaking proud of you, Ariana.” Grande most recently appeared on Minaj’s _Queen_ track “Bed,” while Minaj was featured on Grande’s _Sweetener_ song, “The Light Is Coming.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/"},"headline":"Ariana Grande Helped Nicki Minaj With Her Dress at the 2018 MTV VMAs and It Was Super Sweet","datePublished":"2018-08-21T03:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:48.554Z","description":"A truly dynamic duo","url":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt635ced1348b5e8c2/69893835bc6cfc851b3e6be7/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt635ced1348b5e8c2/69893835bc6cfc851b3e6be7/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-vmas-dress","caption":"Ariana Grande helps Nicki Minaj onstage as she accepts the award for 'Best Hip Hop Video' during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City.","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/","name":"Ariana Grande Helped Nicki Minaj With Her Dress at the 2018 MTV VMAs and It Was Super Sweet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Celebrities Walk the 2018 VMAs Pink Carpet","description":"2018 Video Music Awards Red Carpet","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uNvctn9I/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-08-21T03:08:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uNvctn9I.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5372771/vmas-2018-ariana-grande-nicki-minaj/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```