Rare Photos From Behind The Scenes of the 2000s

Britney Spears, MTV VMA's, 2001

This was a defining moment in Spears' career. She took the stage to perform "I'm a Slave 4 U" with a tiger led by the famous tiger tamer Doc Antle. This all went down in September of 2001, just weeks after the September 11th terror attacks. Doc Antle later went on to be a focal point in the hit Netflix show, Tiger King.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.