Jennifer Lopez is MTV's next Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient, the network announced Tuesday. She'll get the honor at the Video Music Awards in August.
Lopez is also set to perform at the VMAs, where she's twice-nominated this year for her single "Dinero," in the collaboration and Latin categories. She's also won two VMAs out of 21 prior nominations.
The star of music, movies and TV is sitting down Tuesday with Sway for a Facebook Live interview to announce her Vanguard status.
In recent years, winners have included Pink, Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. Jackson himself took home the honor in 1988, then known simply as the Vanguard Award, and in 1991 his name was added to the honor.
The MTV VMAs will air Aug. 20 from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
