The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Thursday, September 7, 2000. The awards were hosted by the Wayans Brothers (Shawn and Marlon) and it was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. For the second year in a row, DMX was a no-show for his scheduled performance, but Eminem held it down, as well as Nelly, Aaliyah and others. Speaking of Em and Aaliyah, they both had big nights collecting multiple wins. Some of the presenters included Dr. Dre, Method Man, Redman, Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, D'Angelo, Lil' Kim, Wyclef Jean and more. For the sake of irony, it's also worth noting that the founder of Napster, Shawn Fanning, made an on-stage appearance sporting a Metallica t-shirt. For those who weren't outside at the time, Metallica v. Napster, Inc. was the first highly publicized instance of an artist suing a P2P software company, and it encouraged several other high-profile artists to sue Napster too. The outcome of that lawsuit was that Napster was forced to search its system and remove all copyrighted songs by Metallica. That was also the final VMAs appearance for Aaliyah; she was killed in a plane crash the following August. R.I.P. Y'all might remember Em's performance that started outside of Radio Music Hall as Em was followed inside by a pack of Em-lookalikes; he performed "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am." Watch below...