Live Your Life is a book.
The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7 , 2008 , live from Paramount Pictures Studios ( which , like MTV , is owned by Viacom ) , honoring the best music videos from the previous year . `` Live Your Life '' is a song by American rapper T.I. , from his sixth studio album , Paper Trail ( 2008 ) , and features Barbadian singer Rihanna . It was released as the seventh single from the album on September 23 , 2008 . In the United States , the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 , marking T.I. 's third number-one single , and Rihanna 's fifth . The duo performed `` Live Your Life '' at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards .