--- title: VMAs 2016: Beyonce, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Afterparty description: After a night of epic VMAs moments, several of the evening's biggest stars gathered at a nearby pizzeria for an intimate afterparty. canonical: https://time.com/4471248/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-afterparty/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T19:42:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:59.674Z og:title: Beyoncé, Jay Z, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Hung Out og:description: Alicia Keys and Diddy came too og:url: https://time.com/4471248/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-afterparty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb75422097d0fd8bb/6988a4122dce01354d9ea75c/beyonce-kanye-kim-kardashian-vmas-afterparty.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: &lt;&gt; on August 28, 2016 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé, Jay Z, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Hung Out twitter:description: Alicia Keys and Diddy came too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb75422097d0fd8bb/6988a4122dce01354d9ea75c/beyonce-kanye-kim-kardashian-vmas-afterparty.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé, Jay Z, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West All Hung Out After the VMAs and It Was Glorious > Sponsored content. 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James Devaney/GC Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 29, 2016 7:42 PM UTC After a night of epic VMAs moments that included a flawless [_Lemonade_ performance](http://time.com/4470188/vmas-2016-beyonce-lemonade-live/) by [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4470510/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-awards/) and a four-minute [Kanye West monologue](http://time.com/4470415/kanye-west-speech-vma-video-transcript/), several of the evening’s biggest stars gathered at a nearby restaurant for an intimate afterparty. The get-together was attended by an array of famous couples — including Beyoncé and Jay Z, Kanye and Kim Kardashian West, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, and Diddy and Cassie — and took place at Pasquale Jones in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Swizz Beatz posted a photo of the celebration to Instagram early Monday morning, officially ensuring that everyone not invited was left with a major case of [FOMO](http://time.com/4358140/overcome-fomo/). “Family Zone,” he wrote, adding several crown emojis. School Boy Records founder Scooter Braun also shared some pictures of the shindig, captioning one photo of the group’s men, “Celebration dinner with some legends. Good times. 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