Drake received five MTV Video Music Award nominations on Tuesday. The rapper is up for Best Hip Hop Video, Best Male Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and the coveted Video of the Year for “Take Care,” featuring Rihanna. The song is off his platinum album of the same name and the MC told us how this album is different from his debut, Thank Me LaterThursday, September 6th at 8 PM Eastern on MTV.

Fans can vote for the winners by heading to www.VMA.MTV.Com. Voting for all VMA categories, except Best New Artist, will end on August 24th at 6 PM Eastern. Voting for Best New Artist continues through the show, live on September 6th. Verizon subscribers can vote on all categories via SMS by texting “VMA” to 22444, standard message rates apply. In addition voters that text “VMA” to 22444 are automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2013 Video Music Awards.

Drake’s Take Care album has sold over 1.8-million copies since its release nine months ago. His “Take Care” single, which features Rihanna, has sold over two-million copies.

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