We’ll be updating this post as the show goes on. Live video footage from backstage is at the end of this post…
And some more:
Keyshia Cole performed with Monica their single “Trust.” Interesting look for Keyshia. Monica rocked the song.
Queen Latifah hit the stage with Mary Mary.
Lil Wayne hit the stage with baby and Drake–who tore his ACL so he performed sitting down.
Kerry looked nice accepting her first BET Award.
And Ciara sang “Heal The World” to tribute Michael. Yeah….
More pics from the show:
Beyonce accepted an award. Looking hot in a multi colored mini dress. Even though it felt a little flnstone-ish. Her hubby Jay performed D.O.A. His official video for it that just aired wasn’t too shabby either.
Soulja Boy literally hopped up out the bed and turned his swage on…
KeKe Palmer flexed her pipes and belted out an MJ song. Loves it.
Chaka had Estelle and LeToya Luckett taking notes. Loved LeToya’s dress.
BBD and Keith Sweat brought the 90’s back! One of my fave performaces.
And Trey Songz and Tyrese and Johnny Gill performed a tribute to the O’Jays. A did a fab job.
11:37p EST: Janet Jackson just took the stage. Understandably shaken but still solid. She’s speaking about her family’s love for their son and brother. And how much pain the family is in. She also thanks everyone for all their love they’ve shown. “I’ll Be There” tribute taking place now with Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, and others…
11:05p EST: Usher’s reps just sent this statement regarding him not making it back in time for the BET Awards even though he was trying to:
“It is with regret that I am unable to participate in the BET Awards Tribute to Michael Jackson on June 28th. When the BET Awards producers and organizers reached out to me to participate in the tribute, I was extremely flattered and humbled by the opportunity to pay tribute to the world’s greatest musical icon. Unfortunately, I am currently overseas and would not make it back in time to the Awards show. I look forward to seeing the show and I plan to work on a tribute to Michael Jackson when I return.”
11:00p EST: We’re trying to figure out why Lebron has his boys sitting next to him on the front row while his fiance/mother of his children Savannah is sitting a few rows behind him. Congrats to him on winning Sports person of the year though…Diddy didn’t bring Assie to the event, but Dawn is sitting right next to him on the front row…We never want to hear Tiny or Toya speak again or promo their new show. Ever.
10:41p EST: SPOTTED: Alicia Keys in the audience sans Swizz Beatz. Kanye and Amber extra cuddly dancing to the O’Jays. And a BET producer who took the stage during a commercial break to propose to his girlfriend. Sweet…
10:09p EST: Keyshia Cole/Monica performed “Trust” and we’re wondering if Keyshia meant to look like MJ. We’re also wondering if Chris Brown decided not to come and pay tribute because Hov popped up on the stage. Wow @ Don Cornelius….
9:18p EST: Jamie, T-Pain, Snoop and Travis Barker’s “Blame It” performance:
Best of the night so far. Hot. And still LOL @ the Wanda/Shenanah Skank Robbers preview…
9:08p EST:
New Edition opened the show. I actually really liked the performance and “I Want You Back” tribute to Michael.
Lil Wayne won an award and brought all of N.O. up there with him as usual.
Ne-Yo performed his own tribute to Mike with “The Lady In My Life.”
Keri Hilson’s performance was ok:
The end had me in a *blank stare* though.
Jamie Foxx is killin’ it with the MJ tributes/impressions:
That’s true talent when you can make people comfortable laugh right after something so tragic. Loves it.
SPOTTED: Joe Jackson in the audience. Looking very touched by everything going on…
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:42 PM
I missed the beginning :( Who performed first?
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:42 PM
FIRSSSSST!
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:43 PM
The show is great so far! I peeped Papa Joe in the audience. I’m glad someone from the family came out to represent. WE LOVE YOU MJ!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:44 PM
New Edition opened the show. Even Bobby’s fat ass was there…LOL!
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:46 PM
If anything this show makes me even more depressed that this is the type of music we are stuck with now that MJ is gone. SMDH
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:46 PM
Damn I missed NE!?! I love them…even bobby LOL. Is this Ne-Yo’s first time going hat-less on tv? I saw Keri & Ne-Yo perform. Who performed before them?
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:48 PM
EEWWW @ Solja Boys song
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:48 PM
LOL he don’t have to write a song…just about what he did that day. Soulja Boy the 3, 4, 5 hit wonder. I’m so mad he gets paid.
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:48 PM
Looking like a nasty fool with a mohawk and his tongue out!! Yukkkk lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:49 PM
Keri needs to work more on dancing and singing without being so out of breath like she is running a marathon or something. Not a crazy Bey fan but for someone to claim she is better than her she needs to take notes from her on how to dance and sing without breathing all crazy.
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:49 PM
I so feel you. I live in ATL and this is all I hear as I flip stations :(
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:49 PM
After Ne-To and Keri it was Jamie Foxx and T-Pain perfoming “Blame it”
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:51 PM
good show MJ’s spirit lives on,thats not the last of tributes i bet
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:51 PM
Papa Knowles let LeToya come to the show. That was so nice of him…
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:52 PM
lol @ soulja boy…BET = mess.. give someone more deserving to perform…smdh
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:54 PM
LOL how can you call BET a mess!?! What other station has ppl wearing a “BIG ASS CHAIN” that weighs 10lbs around their neck??? BTW I’m being sarcastic ;)
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:54 PM
Joe Jackson should take off his belt and whoop Solja Boys @ss for that performance. SMDH!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:55 PM
Trey is looking goowd in that suit!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:56 PM
Joe Jackson should not be representing anything related to Michael. He singlehandedly destroyed him. Really, really disappointed he is there.
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:57 PM
Look… MJ did everything he could to hide his blackness. He bleached his skin, had tons of plastic surgery, he straighten his hair. Come on people, enough with the trying to make him a saint routine already.
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:58 PM
Neyo what’s up with that kiss?
Sun, June 28, 2009 8:59 PM
I never knew T-Pain was serious about that chain!! Wow….No comment!
Souljah Boy’s performance was kind of dry. WOuld have been better if he had some dancers in the back doing his signature moves….shrugs shoulders
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:00 PM
That’s ignorant.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:01 PM
Aww Beyonce looks pretty in her all white.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:04 PM
Bey wtf? Honestly wtf?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:05 PM
Bey’s performance is getting me super emotional… OMG, she looks like she’s been crying.
Just Beautiful… I’m speechless
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:06 PM
LMAO. I wanted to see her do the danm thing.Guess not!! She sounds beautiful though!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:08 PM
LOVED Beyonce’s perfomrance. I feel like a kid when I say this but I would love to have that costume. It reminds me of Cinderella :-) I liked that she FINALLY did a slow song as well.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:09 PM
OMG..I was holding out all hope that Beyonce would come in and save this show with a hot performance…I am too through. I sincerly hope that she comes back and pays tribute to Mike to redeem herself. It was a pretty song, but I dont need her to stand there and just sing…thats what we have Mariah Carey for…we need Beyonce to be bouncing around..bounce Bey..bounce!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:09 PM
Only Jamie could host this show and get away with some of the things he has said tonight.
I was LMAO when Anthony Anderson had the little put his earmuffs on when that little boy has had roles that were way more untamed than that song.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:10 PM
SOOOO MEAN!!! LMAO!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:11 PM
Whether you agree with whats going on in his personal life or not, the one person who could have performed an amazing tribute for Michael, is Chris Brown. Yet after BET gave him the green light, let him and his team create a special performance for the awards preparing everything, they then told him no. EVEN AFTER THE JACKSONS CONTACTED BET THEY STILL TOLD HIM NO. seriously, fuck BET. bunch of pussies and honestly i really feel like are just in it for the ratings now, if they ignore the wishes of Michael’s family, what kind of tribute is that.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:12 PM
OMG SHENEHNEH GOT A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:12 PM
WITH WANDAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! LMAO THEY ARE CRAZY!!! IM SURE THIS IS A JOKE
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:13 PM
*DEAD* and Shanea-nea and Wanda together!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:14 PM
Aww I’m missing it! I will be checkin this site/comments all nite long to see wat’s goin on! LOL!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:14 PM
LMAO @ Jamie and Martin!!! OMG that is going to be hilarious. Kind of glad Tyler Perry didn’t pick it up though!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:16 PM
Is this true? I read this somewhere else as well. Chris Brown deserves to perform on this show. Hell, he is probably the only one that could help it right about now. BET has their nerves…they stay promoting felons. Coon network. The only reason im watching the awards tonight is because they are honoring MJ.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:16 PM
WTF? Mary-Mary rapping about the God in me?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:18 PM
LMAO…. I know right! I can’t believe it. I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t be seeing the movie though!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:19 PM
im sorry but this show is garbage right now, did anybody go to rehearsals?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:19 PM
Oh please! She was TRYING to cry but she couldn’t even fool herself LOL same thing she did at the president’s ball. And what’s with the horrible bride get up? Esp since she’s so ultra private about being one? Seems that she went on a shopping spree of body suits and shiney beighe tights. I hate those damn nude shiney tights! Tired of all her silhouette shots…
However…I do love Bey. She def got vocals & I would kill for her body.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:21 PM
Girl that was the best part of the show so far. LOL!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:22 PM
OMG!!
They need to do skank movie for real!..
Shanea-nea and Wanda!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:23 PM
I would love Sheneneh and Wanda to have a movie. I’d probably piss my pants :) Hilarity!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:23 PM
Right!! Plus Keke is only like 16 herself, she shoulda had some too!! lol That little boy is a mess
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:23 PM
yeah ms keri wasnt gettin it and her lil tribute in the end of her set was like a take off of a part in the billie jean video….she needs to get in the matthew knowles camp to learn to sing and dance at the same time
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:24 PM
I agree! Best part thus far…
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:25 PM
damn @ that wig tareji (sp?)
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:25 PM
oh yeah….NEW HOST!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:26 PM
You aint never lied!! And i’m mad they just played the uncensored version of Kerri’s song!! lmao Honestly the show is a bit dry to me right now
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:26 PM
love Keri’s dress! and BET does play the same 12 movies all the time lol Baby Boy is the Friday night movie
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:26 PM
Regardless if Keri needs to step her stage presence game up or not…that girl is gorgeous and is very talented, she has written so many songs for people.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:27 PM
I understand Beyonce was trying to be deep with “Ave Maria” and all, but wtf. Her performance left me speechless, and not in a good way. It was spooky as heck, and I thought her costume was werid. Was she tryig to resemble an angel or Virgin Mary. No Beyonce, No.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:27 PM
I really wish Joe Jackson wouldn’t have came. This show is sooooo embarrassing. How many tributes have we seen for Michael Jackson? The clips that they have shown so far, I have been seeing that on regular news channel since Michael’s death. I know this show isn’t supposed to be all about Michael, but man they hyped it up like it was. Heck, even CNN was broadcasting live from the red carpet like this show was going to be the sh*t.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:27 PM
LoL… Ur post just made me laugh. I could definitely do without the body suits and tights. But that’s what I’ve come to expect when it comes to Bey. Her voice was nice, as usual.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:28 PM
This show really sucks.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:28 PM
LMAO @ how you said all of that then you said However.i do love bey!! lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:29 PM
What is Beyonce performing?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:29 PM
*NEVERMIND*
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:30 PM
SO happy Keri and Taraji won!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:30 PM
I see Kanye bought Amber, and lil Wayne didn’t know which baby mama to bring
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:30 PM
LoL… You ain’t lyin… C’mon BET, step it up!! Jamie is doing more performing than hosting, but I <3 Jamie so it’s ok. LoL
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:31 PM
I was hopint Bey would “do the damn thing.” But I guess she decided not to do Sasha Fierce on this show. I Loved the Skank Movie Promo! Jamie is doing too much singing. Hell, they should have let Chris Brown perform! I hate I missed New Edition at the beginning!!! :( Keri Hilson needs to do a little more practice. Why in the hell is Keith Sweat performing???????
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:31 PM
Beyonce wan’t the only one who was singing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:32 PM
hahaa…girl stop
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:32 PM
The show is dry…last year it was hot from start to finish…and honestly, Chris Brown would probably come in there and shut it down. I really hope that it is just a rumor that BET told him he couldn’t perform. I dont care about his personal life, he is paying his debt to society and he should be allowed to pay tribute to the artist that inspired him to be who he is.
If Chris doesn’t perform, then Chris should seriously be writing down names of everyone that has turned their back, so when he comes back he can say no to them….hell, they allowed R. Kelly to come on the show and accept awards in the middle of his child molestation charges…and Chris cant bust a move? GTFOH!! Ok, im done. LOL!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:33 PM
I love GUY!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:34 PM
Keith sweat and Guy some real music. Thank God. I’m only 23 but I was raised by real music not this bs out now
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:34 PM
Aaron “use to be sexy as all hell but he was a deadbeat daddy” Hall!! Ewwwww Hope he’s paying that chick now. I still love me some GUY tho
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:34 PM
OoOh… I just had a Love and Basketball flashback with Guy performing… Keith Sweat should have performed “Twisted” IMO LoL
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:36 PM
So is it just me or does it seem like they’re having sound problems for the performance… the mics too low or something
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:36 PM
where Chris Breezy? he betta come out bc i was suppose to go out to a BBQ tonite, i stayed home so i can see his MJ tribute. If he dosent come out, i’ll be very UPSET!
His da resaon im watching that Lame ass award show.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:36 PM
Or “Nobody”… Those were both my songs!!! :-)
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:36 PM
Girl you hit the nail on the head!! Ummm bcus this “old school” reunion is about to be my fave part. And Alicia actually sang with the ladies last year!! Ne-Yo WTF???
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:37 PM
UGH!!!!!!!! Why is Neyo performing every 5 minutes. This is not his concert. BET sucks!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:37 PM
Ohhh it woulda been over if he did NOBODY and had KUT-KLOSE come out!! lol That woulda made the show for me. lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:39 PM
Chris could be closing the show? Plus, I was hoping Bey was gonna perform EGO or Scared of Lonely. A bit disapointed with her song choice tonight.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:39 PM
ok ok we get it you and tiny have a show but why are they commentators? and they can barely speak english, some one help me out
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:39 PM
Now if beyonce would have done a dance song, you all would have been complaining but she did a slow song and you are complaining. LAWD……make up your minds
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:39 PM
I know!!! This show is dry. What other females are going to perfrom?! They only cater to about 2 black singers. If I see Neyo ugly self on more time…
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:40 PM
Beyonce–Hated it!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:40 PM
Ok…so why are the “old schoolers” out performing the “new schoolers”? Ya’ll when Mike died Thursday…music officially died :(
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:41 PM
Beyonce voice was great but she looked dumb as hell. WTF, everyone changed something about their performance to tribute to MJ! She still promoting that wack as tour with that same performace all over youtube in that same as tooth fairy dress!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:41 PM
The shit is beyond wack. I am SOOOOOO disappointed. MJ should have had a SEPARATE tribute show to do him te proper justice, because this shit right here is utterly disrespectful to his memory. Too much shucking and jiving, self promotion, and disrespect!! I’m done with BET… again.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:42 PM
The show is hella dry. They need Chris Brown to really pay tribute to Michael…cause the rest of it is bogus. And lets all thank Jamie Fox for his A & B selection!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:42 PM
I’M SORRY THIS SHOW SUCKS!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:43 PM
Look at LIsa Wu………. i wonder if Keith Sweat even looked at her tonight
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:43 PM
BBD was damn near the best performance of the night. BET needs to get the damn sound correct. Didn’t they do mike checks before the show began?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:43 PM
If her tour was so “wack” why are you looking for it on youtube?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:44 PM
Uh-Uh Ci Ci, we want you up there dancing and not singing!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:44 PM
lmfao!!! Not tooth ferry dress!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:44 PM
Ciara needs to sit down. Beyonce should have song that instead of that wack ish she did!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:44 PM
OKAY CIARA. @ LEAST SHE DID A DEDICATION TO MIKE UNLIKE THAT OTHER CHICK! WHAT WAS ALL THAT MAMMA MIA MUSICAL ISH!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:44 PM
Ciara I am not a fan, but I applaud you for tryin.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:45 PM
Are Taraji and Khandi (from Xscape) wearing the same black dress?
Speaking of the desperate housewives of ATL, where was Kim? She not into BET? And Why was Lisa wearing that bright ass blue (which was a pretty color) when her cast mates look like they decided to all wear dark colors?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:45 PM
C H R I S B R O W N is the only person who can do mike any justice he really needs to do the honors all these others are okay but not the greatest.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:46 PM
OMG….. CIARA SOUND SO HORRIBLE!! I CANT…
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:46 PM
LoL… Me tooo!! Oh goodness. Ciara just got a side eye from me. I hope Keyshia and Monica kill it cuz I’m getting bored.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:46 PM
LOVE MIKE EPPS! HE’S A DAMN FOOL!!!! KEISHA LOOKS GOOD HATE HER TATS THOUGH!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:47 PM
Ciaa atually sounded nice!!!
I think that since it was such short notice ,with him just passing, they could’nt really get it together. Ya’ll know nobody could get those dance routines down in 2days!! Hence why the dancers ie:Ne-Yo, Cici and Bey are singing slow songs
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:48 PM
Beyonce sucked and that wedding dress looked like a damn lampshade.
Guy, Jamie, Keith Sweat, and New Edition did the damn thing.
P.S. Now I know why Daddy Knowles did not want LeToya on the stage with Beyonce. He must have know she was going to sing this sing. lol Love Beyonce anyways.
Keisha actually sounds pretty good.
Hell, I have danced so much, off Guy and Keith Sweat, I tired. lol
Monica is all that!! She can dress and sind her ass off!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:49 PM
Nice to see Monica performing…did Keyshia always have her nose pierced? Real 90s.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:49 PM
They sound good. Lovin Keyshia’s shoes
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:49 PM
Keyshia looks the best I’ve ever seen her!!! And they compliment each other on this song. Monica always brings it. She needs to go ‘head and come out with her own album SOON
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:50 PM
LMFAO that would explain why Daddy Knowles didn’t want Toya performing tonight!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:50 PM
I think she just got it recently. She didn’t have it until the last few months or so
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:51 PM
uh ciara really? i mean really?
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:52 PM
Did yall see Bey jammin to Keyisha and monica. Bey need to take some notes and realize if she stop fucking with everybody in the industry she could have friends that’s want to do calabos with her.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:52 PM
lol I was thinking the same thing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:53 PM
DID ANYBODY PEEP TINY AND TOYA INTRODUCING THEIR SHOW???? O.M.G TINY I’M SORRY CHICK BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A DUMMO READING THE TELEPROMPTER.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:53 PM
You know what, I had to think about it and I feel you on that. I think BET could only do so much in such short notice, but even without the MJ tributes…the show still sucks, LOL! Beyonce isn’t really a technical dancer like Ci Ci or Chris Brown, so I wasn’t expecting her to bust a move like that but I thought she was going to do a more exciting song.
On a side note: Keyshia and Monica were decent
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:54 PM
he had identity issues which could be related to his childhood trauma and isolation from the world. Did you want him to be on drugs, was it okay to celebrate Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday, Ray, etc. People deal with life traumas differently and Michael did not deny his blackness publicly. Say what you want he broke barriers for black people.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:54 PM
That performance by Beyonce was beautiful as far as her voice. But doesn’t she know that the song is a tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary!!!
As a Catholic, that is so offensive to be half-butt-naked and singing that religious song (Ave Maria) in a wedding dress? A gown would be more appropriate.
She has too much talent to waste it on skanky performances and costumes.
Shame on you B!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:54 PM
THIS CRAP OF A SHOW IS HORRIBLE SO FAR?
Where is the tribute? I hardly saw anything but people mentioning his name. The hell at Ciara singing… told this chick do “Remember the Time”..just dance!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:55 PM
Monica was looking pretty fierce and was very on point with her vocals. Keyshia sounded and looked nice, too.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:55 PM
lol “am known as ti’s woman” lmaoo
wowwwww
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:56 PM
LOL!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:56 PM
You’re very ignorant. He was a PERSON. That’s why people are sad.
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:56 PM
Keyshia and Monica did Good!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:56 PM
this show is terrible…its like someone wrote what would happen tonight on a napkin.
MJ deserves better
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:56 PM
HAAAAAAA
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:57 PM
KEYSHIA AND MONICA KILLED IT DIDNT LIKE KE-KE’S PINK LEATHER CAPRI SUIT BUT HELL IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SO FAR
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:58 PM
Right!!! lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:58 PM
after watching beyonce sing/perform it really brings to light how bad ciara and keysha cole are (at both, singing/performing)
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:58 PM
B NEED HER A** KICKED FOR THAT I’M SORRY…… WHAT DID THAT HAVE TO DO W/MIKE OR HELL BLACK PEOPLE PERIOD?? HOT MESS… U AND JAY DONT EVEN ADMIT TO BEING MARRIED BUT U WANNA COME TO THIS SHOW AND PERFORM IN A WEDDING DRESS GET UP? WHAT KERI SAY.. GO SIT DOWN AND HAVE SUM BABIES LOL
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:58 PM
Honestly sigh @ Beyonce. Just sigh!
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:58 PM
LMAO, fa real though
Sun, June 28, 2009 9:59 PM
T-Pain look like a black ass Daffy Duck after Elmer shot his bill off! Effing clown with that big (dumb) ass chain. He makes me so sick with his ignorant ass!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:00 PM
Joe Jackson stood up for Bey, he should have tripped her ass
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:01 PM
JAY CUT IS HAIR!!!!!!! THANK YA JESUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:01 PM
Lol– What was she thinking?? She can not do just anything and get away with it. Let’s hope her hubby does better. I think since she had on white, she thought that would be enough.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:01 PM
Beyonce looks a HOT COUNTRY COLORFUL MESS!!! UGH….she makes me so mad with her dressing. Those shoulder pads…..I digress….
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:01 PM
Hey Natasha to help you with your blank stare about the end of the Keri Hilson performance.It was a ode to the “Bad” video.I don’t know if you have ever seen the complete video but at the end Michael Jackson did something very similar.hope that helps you…
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:02 PM
Oh hell… Jay just resuscitated the awards show!!!!!
Beyonce loves her hubby LoL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:02 PM
Good for BET representing the Doctors that made a pact together (Blacks can have money outside of music and sports!!!). Also Beyonce’s body is crazy!!! I need to tighten my workout routine to include spuats, sumo wrestler squats, somethin’!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:02 PM
Right!! Cus Ciara is definately like Janet.
On a side note did Jamie have to do all that just now for Jay-Z!! I was thinking Michael was about to come back from the damn dead just now!! And pop out the stage!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:03 PM
Hmmm what’s this I hear about Jay-Z being the reason why Chris Brown didnt perform? Supposedly his dancer posted something
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:03 PM
This is the first tribute i have watched for MJ because it’s just so painful. I was hoping that BET would really make a great one, the one thing that i can say that i have liked about it is that it has been upbeat. It is definitely not the best there has been i’m sure, but they are making me smile instead of cry. Michael Jackson’s music especially the early music represents to me the way life was when we were kids. Family picnics, playing on the block, having fun and not having to worry about getting shot, robbed or killed before you even make it to your teens! REST IN PEACE MICHAEL!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:03 PM
Jay looking good as f**k
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:03 PM
I don’t know who at BET is allowing this to happen right now, but this is the worst BET awards I have ever seen. This had to be throwed together in 3 days. BET must of heard about MJ’s death and thought they could cash in on it.
Where to start. They didn’t say any of the nominees, the sound is messed up, Neyo and Jamie foxx performed twice. I swear the awards are rigged. And half of the presenters can’t even read off of the telapromter (Tiny, and trey songs). And now I look up and see beyonces butt pads, I’m too threw. What is this? This is like a high school talent contest.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:04 PM
@ WHAT THE F***, why is that my all-time favorite Looney Tunes moment!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:04 PM
Jay did the damn thing. Hot performance.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:04 PM
My b-day twin Jamie is so funny. He said some of yall can’t even fill up a carl’s jr. bathroom! lmao (talkin about sellin out a stadium).
Where did they find GUY tho? lol….
New edition still performin!!!!
keri hilson… double no mam!
i wanted bey to do single ladies or ego, but oh wells. Ave Maria is my joint.
HOV!!!!!!!!
note: someone needs to pull t-pain to the side and tell him that big ass chain is not a good look at an award show honoring the king of pop…or for everyday wear….jeez!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:05 PM
Okay, Jigga came through for BET!!! There is no rapper greater!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:06 PM
*DEAD* I was thinking tyhe same thing!! Hell Beyonce was even looking spooked and scared as hell. Like “WTF? Is Michael here”?! LMAO!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:06 PM
who is that with lil wayne
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:07 PM
On a side note did Jamie have to do all that just now for Jay-Z!! I was thinking Michael was about to come back from the damn dead just now!! And pop out the stage!!
umm….why did i feel like that to? *sadness*
on a side note: jay z looked good. hell, even my momma likes jay z.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:08 PM
I actually wasted mt time watching this shit. I actually thought for one second that they would have represented. Bootleg ass shit. I was routing for a lot of the performers but they were all an embarrasment. Kerri wtf, Ciara????
This is what we have to look forward to.SIGH!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:08 PM
You need to know how to spell!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:08 PM
side note:
“the frankie & neffie shoooooow!!!!
in the words of dwight “how dreadful”!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
Aint he tho? DAMN BROOKLY STAND UP!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
am officially done watching this crap..
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
Where is Justin Timberlake?????
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
That is not true, Keyshia can sing her @ss off and one thing Ci Ci can do is perform and dance her @ss off. Beyonce is a really good performer as well..but those girls can hold their own in their own way.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
Only in Tallahassee Florida would the cable go out from the thunder storm we just had. I am LOL at some of the posts. Thanks for keeping the Floridians informed. I called COMCAST several times and they have a recored message for us. Out of all of the nights in the world the cable goes out when the BET Awards are on. HELL TO THE NAW….
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:09 PM
Sorry, was cringing while CiCi sang the MJ tribute. Jasmine Sullivan would have been a better choice, she has a stronger voice.
Soulja Boy, he’s was embarrassing. It that what black music has come to?
Neyo sounded wonderful on his MJ tribute.
Guy, Keith Sweat out of shape and terrible! They should have practiced.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:10 PM
bet sucks and why was jay-z performing that stupid song i hate bet they are such bejay dick riders and beyonce sucked i expected more from her but much like her recent album i am dissapointed at that wack ass bullshit she sellin fuck bet and ybf yall niggas suck and im done with this dick riden site and channel.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:10 PM
So Michael’s poor dad is sitting through this so called tribute… please let this get better..
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:10 PM
AND U NEED TO KISS MY A-S-S … HOW ABOUT THAT?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:14 PM
Don looks good!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:14 PM
Don looks good!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:14 PM
Whoa! It’s good to see Don Cornelius, but damn. I guess everybody’s having teleprompter reading issues tonight.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:14 PM
@ Only in Flordia. I live in GA and Comcast f**king up during the show. I’m callin them mf tomorrow
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:15 PM
Once again BET reinvents Wackness…
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
Don Cornielious looks like he need to be in a casket…
TEVIN CAMBELL!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
I agree right about now he’s thinking he should of stayed back at home with the rest of the fam… this show sucks!!!! Forgive them MJ RIP
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
Tevin actually looks and sounds good!! Good for him
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
TEVIN CAMPBELL! YES! A REAL singer in this place! Lookin and soundin good. Go on boy!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
Tevin Campbell!!!!!!
omg, my 4th grade crush :)
lmao!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:16 PM
Ok so tevin just saved the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where have you been?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:17 PM
BET has really gone into the woodwork now….TEVIN CAMPBELL!!…wow
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:17 PM
really? your really gonna say chris brown decided not to come because of jay-z? dont you mean BET and jay-z decided chris brown wasn’t going to come..seriously–why would you be on that bullshit..
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:17 PM
BBD HAD ME UP ON MY FEET!!! MAN I REALIZE IM OLD AS HELL!!!! LMAO!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:18 PM
Treyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:18 PM
AND RONNIE STILL FINE TO ME!!!! LOL!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:18 PM
Did BET save the best for last? Tyrese looks mighty tasty in that all-black ensemble.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:18 PM
I was like damn the O’Jays can still dance at that age and its Tyrese, Johnny and Trey
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:20 PM
Boooooooooo! I want a credit off my cable bill for this show! Damn that. this show sucks ass!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:20 PM
Yall goin hard on BET/show I mean they only had like 3 days to revamp the show after his sudden death!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:20 PM
LMAO!!! ROTF!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
Aww man, I wish Johnny could have performed “My,My,My” I woulda made another baby tonight! LoL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
Michael J. spent his entire life running away from the black community, yet BET and all the black celebs redesign the entire show and morph it into a Michael Jackson tribute? wow! All they needed was one tribute segment to MJ and the rest of the show should have gone on as planned. Are black people really so desperate for positive heroes in their community? the true heroes of the black community who spend their lives everyday defending the black cause will never get recognition. It’s truly a shame. What a hot mess of a show.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
Trey is really impressing me. He is really on-point.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
Hey Johnny…wheres Eddie?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
UMMMMM why Bbby Vjust looked like Emnuel Lewis waiting on Michael and Brooke Sheilds at the 84 grammy’s!! He is small as sh@t!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:22 PM
This award show has been redeemed they should have just had a few good performances.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:22 PM
hell for this shit they should have left it at what according to them “takes a year to prepare for”
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:22 PM
The Ojay tribute was very BEAUTIFUL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:22 PM
Im gonna need you to not be in my head for the second time!! lmao
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:23 PM
daaaaamn i forgot how good tyrese can siiiiing. ooooh thank u jesus on that one.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:24 PM
Leave the BET awards alone!!! Go find another awards show that is majority black that is not produced on BET…and hold your breath while you are doing it PLEASE!!! You Low Down Diiirty Backstabbers (in the words of the OJays)!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:24 PM
I VOTE A BIG ASS HELL TO THE F^&%^$^$ NOOOO!!!!!!
This show aint doin nuthin but disgracin Michael. Starting at the foolishness which was the preshow to the actual show….what in the blue hell????
Where the real stars at..?? Come on man… To really hone MJ you need people like Whitney, Mariah, R Kelly, Lionel Ritchie, …hell i’ll settle for anyone that hold a note..and hum a melody longer then 2 bars….. I can’t even watch this non sense…
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:24 PM
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:25 PM
um…this show ain’t got ish to do with michael jackson. i know the white cnn people are gonna be like, “what….”
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:25 PM
LoL… Girl, that just means we know what good, baby making music REALLY is!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:26 PM
Girl you know the REAL talent is underrated. And HE IS ABOUT TO MAKE ME GO TO SLEEP!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:26 PM
Don Cornelius is straight tripping right now
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:27 PM
WHERE IS DON’S AIDE? HE IS RAMBLING LIKE HE IS OFF HIS MEDS
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:27 PM
Sit your old fossil ass down Don trying use slang and shit. This show is corny I want a refund off my cable bill seriously I’m about to call customer service for these 2 and a half hours so far
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:27 PM
someone pass the mic and get don off stage he been talking for 30 minutes.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:27 PM
michael stayed having beautiful black people in his videos. he may have spent his life running from HIMSELF, but it’s a damn shame that all you have time to do is sit up here and write an ignorant, pointless ass paragraph about it at this point.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:28 PM
all you Satan stans that’s always trying to find excuses to dog her out need to get prepared to burn in hell. Because none of you haters are anything but Devil stans.
I have never read so much hate for one woman. Even a tribute to a Legend like Michael’s death the Devil’s stans are in full effect whenever Beyonce’s name is mention. She could be drinking a glass of water and you hateful bitches will say something about that. Hell is waiting for you nasty asses. Many of you are so damn hateful and nasty I don’t see how your own families can stand the sight of you. You guys need a lot of prayer because you will be nothing but the losers you already are in life. I guaranty you will be the main losers on the street begging for food and water and people will ignore your hateful asses like the plague. Satan has really got control of your black cold ass heart.
Some of you Black people are their own worst enemies. Have the nastiest jealous hearts of any race out there. The white man has taught you full of hate and jealousy of each other. Especially the niggas that hate everyone including themselves. Nothing but the same old tired nastiness whenever Bey is in anything. I don’t see any of your nasty worthless asses bringing nothing to the world but hate.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:28 PM
Thank God Don finally gave the Award…he was putting me to sleep felt like I was getting talked to by my Grandfather.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:28 PM
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:28 PM
*DEAD* at the O Jays clowning Don Cornelious. for being slow as hell.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:29 PM
This must bE Steve.D again!! lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:29 PM
Comcast f’ing up big time. I would blame the “man” but now that the president is black……………..
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:29 PM
This O’Jays tribute is making me miss Gerald!! Awwww
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:30 PM
They shouldn’t have let Don up there without assistance, LOL. The O’Jays finally decided to just walk up there and take their award. *SMDH*
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:31 PM
3 words… Jody my Jody
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:31 PM
WTF?!? Solange is that you?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:31 PM
the bet show is bad, i would have liked more tribute to michael jackson. the guy is a legend. ok, three days is a short time to arranged stuff but the artists claim to be mj fans. so i expect them to know the lyrics of atleast one song. bet showed no respect for mj. and again our black community is going to leave it to mtv, or another white award show to give michael jackson the proper thanks he deserved. i bet even if mtv had a short time to do the show they would pulled a better tribute to michael then this.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:32 PM
10:21p: Looks like we may have been right about Chris Brown being scared to perform tonight since Jay-Z was hitting the stage. Chris’ dancer “B Shaw” just posted his on Twitter:
Jay-Z is mad childish. Never keep a person from paying there respect.
^^^^Man Fuck Jay-Z! Camel ass looking mother****!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:32 PM
@niki
i agree where are all the good singers. then again it is last minute but still this show is horrible.
where’s mary j., christina a, jasmine s, etc?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:33 PM
You ain’t never lied!!! lol Bcus I can’t get with some of this mess today!! Ummm boyfriend #2 for who!!!??? Boy stop!!! lmao
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:33 PM
Didnt Don Cornelius get arrested while back for domestic violence against his girl? Where is Chris Brown?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:33 PM
I was thinking the same thing…so I just *rolled my eys* and kept it movin.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:33 PM
jay-z is a hoe i htae that nigga he the reason chris couldn’t perform
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:33 PM
So true. BET has let us all down…again. They knew damn well only their dedicated fan base of 106 kiddies would be watching tonight had they not publicized a MJ tribute. This is so diappointing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:34 PM
Mine too! As Daffy twists his bill back and says of course you know now this means war! (LMAO)
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:35 PM
I so co-sign.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:35 PM
Did yall press info to see what the Tiny and Toya show was going to be about tonight. The episode is about Tiny thinking TI is planning a suprise wedding before he go to jail. I guess we know how that ended.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:35 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha :) Loves it!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:36 PM
It doesn’t matter how much time BET had…there was mad Youtube tribute videos they coulda stole…everyone should know his lyrics/dances. They made it seem like they revamped the whole thing…hardly seen anything but mentions of MJ in acceptance speeches & including Ciara to sing (she wasn’t on the roster before). This is horrible. Feels like they did it for ratings. No one asked BET to make statements saying they dedicating tonight’s show to him
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:36 PM
The O’Jays showing all these nuskool how to truly perform. Sad. We have lost so many musical greats and it seems as though no one will even come close to approaching the status of our legends like MJ, Gerald Levert, Luther Vandross, etc.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:37 PM
Ciara sounded good, but of course that makes the haters mad. They get so mad when Ciara does good it’s like they implode. I can’t take it it’s toooooo funny!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:38 PM
Papa Knowles are you and mama Tina getting a divorce?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:38 PM
?!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:39 PM
LOL!!!!! Are you serious?!?!?!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:39 PM
The O’Jays are doing the damn thing!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:40 PM
The O’ Jays killing it right now :)
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:40 PM
i love how many people dislike beyonce. it’s amazing, especially when she’s so far beyond her competition.. but for some strange reason those girls get a pass. hm… wonder why.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:40 PM
Kanye and Amber look cute dancing together
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:41 PM
sorry, ciara cant sing. but she sang an mj song and i like that.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:42 PM
It’s 10:42… wheres a back-to-back tribute? Ojays is the best thing so far…better than half the performers
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:43 PM
I wonder how much CNN got paid to hype this nonsense up… N n e body else find it strange how Poppa Joe hypin up his new Record Label on the red carpet??? N why when MJ left such good showmanship examples and left us with so many tools all we came up with is this…. So many questions so little time…
……
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:43 PM
lmao
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:43 PM
but you felt the need to respond…why does Ciara have you so pressed?
Like I said haters get so itchy when Ci does good.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:44 PM
The O’Jays made the show. Great performance. This is what BET needed. Old Heads represented.LOL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:45 PM
Maybe they lied about not getting married so they would actually have viewers for the series premier. I can’t lie, I’m gonna watch lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:46 PM
I am so serious, and it also says Toya notices that Tiny is more popular in public. SMH
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:47 PM
NOT 1 Dance tribute!!! BET should be ashamed. Chris should have performed. They have all these felons up on stage as well as R Kelly nasty azz every year. Even give one they own damn reality show. I’m so through. This is WHY I stopped watching BET years ago. I only watched this award show because I thought it was going to be some type of special tribute to Mike. This show is trash. The same lame people perform EVERY YEAR!!! The old school tribute is the best and will be the only good part of the show. Typical BET though. Riding the same OVER-HYPED people!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
oOoO… Idris lookin delicious!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
I like your attitude, your positive. I am gonna watch it too.LOL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
OKAY THE SEXINESS OF IDRIS ELBA SEXY CHOCOLATE
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
Me too!! I thought I was the only one who thought he was about to come out and suprise us all!!!-
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
Is that guy in the background of the site Jamie? I’ve been wondering all day…and all those colors are nauseating me a little. lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
Because I like to know what i am talking about before i make an opinion about something/anything. How can i make a statement about something i never seen? Inorder to critque something you must evaluate it. Dumb ass! Maybe you speak on stuff you never seen with your own eyes before. But I don’t! Follwers go on the words of others! Leaders go on the words of their own!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
NOOO DEBRA NOT HAVING A GREAT TIME
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:48 PM
Why is Debra Lee wearing grass?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:49 PM
HAAAA!!! You are killing me! I don’t understand why BET would like to promote Baby Mama’s like that. It’s not like they are successful like Halle, Angelina and others who are big stars with significant others. UGh
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:50 PM
LMAO… it doesn’t give me any info on my TV… Ugh!! Well WTF does Toya expect? Tiny actually had a career and popularity of her own before getting with T.I.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:52 PM
LoL… Thanks :-D
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:53 PM
Necole Bitchie posted this on her website, I thought I would share it:
“Beyonce put me to bed while performing “Ava Marie” however she is undeniably the mj of our time.”
Oh Realy Necole?
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:53 PM
Im sorry, can I say this…aren’t some of Beyonces fans hella annoying? I have always been on the fence with Beyonce…dont worship her but dont hate her either…but you can always count on some of her fans coming in a post messing it up with this garbage. This is about Michael Jackson and BET’s garbage award show (LOL)..not about who she is in competition with. GTFOH with all that.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:53 PM
Can we say angry? I don’t think all the Beyonce talk is “hate.” I think some of it is real. I myself don’t limit my hate to just Beyonce. I talk about Keri, Mariah, Ashanti, Brandy, Keyshia, and many more. I don’t exclude actors and actresses either. Hmmmm I suddenly feel the need to mention Beyonce’s lack of acting skills :/ haha! I’m not a celebrity but I do have a career and it doesn’t going hell…yet. I hope you Beyonce’s payroll cuz it would suck to go so hard for free.
*insert screenname here* you funny as hell. That’s not Solange though…she was one of the “Stans” LOL
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:54 PM
BET equals nonsense. I don’t watch it that much, but tuned in to see M.J.’s tribute, which I felt like it was not enough and good tribute to him, especially how it was been publicized, but i understand it’s last minute. It’s such a shame, disgrace and embarrassment that black people are so proud of a channel that depicts them in such a negative way, and also confirms all the stereotypes that people have about us, and it’s called Black entertainment television.
I have no respect for Hova, who indirectly calls himself God, whether god of rap or whatever way he sees himself, all i know is he talks too highly of himself, and i guess that’s what Bey likes about him, that’s a problem. The look on Bey’s face was priceless when Jamie wanted to introduce her hubby. Like, just tell me M.J. is not dead, and he’s coming next on stage to perform, i felt the same way too.
Honestly, i feel like Joe Jackson is not mourning his son enough. I saw his interview with Ron Lemon on CNN, and I can see the detachment, no emotions. His one of the reasons, Michael had so much problems, and a miserably life despite all he had. I just feel for M.J., and still can’t believe he’s gone. Someone mentioned on one of the comments, that he did everything to hide his blackness.
In response to that, if you grew up the way and went through what M.J. did, his childhood was stripped away from him, he was in the public eye at the age of 5, and became an iconic figure, tried to appeal to the public, had a disease called vitiligo, all of these things can mess someone up. I know there will probably be more messy things, that the press will bring up about Michael, and I don’t trust Joe Jackson at all.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:54 PM
What artist came out of the woodwork Debra?? U got me so daze n confused….lil’ birds flying around my head……That would mean there are people there that are creating s^%&^… All i’ve seen is folk hummin about…. I co-sign that comment about jamie creating hoopla for Jay-z…Lawd here I though the show was bout to get turned around…or Janet was in the building but dang Jay…are u serious? …This show makin me sound like a Hater…but I truly believe we can do better..didn’t the man were honoring prove that?..
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:55 PM
Alicia Keys is gorgeous to me!! I didn’t know she had 12 Grammys. DANG!!!! She still got more to get of course. LOL!!
I’m really proud of her and Wyclef though because a lot of celebs don’t take out time like that with these countries and even America. Their to busy trying to collect money!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:55 PM
I feel you!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:56 PM
I just want to see Chris Brown come shut the BET awards show down right about now, because this show kicks so many rocks right now!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:56 PM
Agree
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:57 PM
I think the problem with this show is that it’s trying to do too many things. There was the honoring of the O’Jays for their lifetime achievements. There was the party atmosphere for the 106&parkers with the likes of Soulja Boy. Now they’re trying to emphasize the humanitarian generosity of Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean. And on top of that, they are trying to acknowledge the recent passing of Michael Jackson. It’s just too much. A good show has a central theme, a tight focus, and entertaining acts is built around that. This is just too disjointed.
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:59 PM
KEEP A CHILD ALIVE ALICIA? HOW BOUT KEEP A COUPLE/FAMILY TOGETHER!
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:59 PM
LOL!!! They are annoying
Sun, June 28, 2009 10:59 PM
LAWD Necole needs to quit! Beyonce wishes the was the MJ of anyone’s time. When Bey sell 750 milli call me! I won’t hold my breath.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:00 PM
The central theme to this show is “who can be the hottest mess of all”
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:00 PM
I AGREE, IF THIS WAS A WHITE AWARD SHOW, WITH THE SAME TIME TO DO THE SHOW. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER. THATS THEY WAY SOMETIMES WE BLACK PEOPLE TREAT OUR LEGENDS. I CANT BELIEVE BET DOING THIS HORRIBLE SHOW, MJ DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER. MJ BROUGHT THE FIRST VIDEO THAT WAS DIFFERENT THEN ANYBODY. THE FIRST BLACK ARTIST THAT ALL KIND OF RACES LIKED. HE BROUGTH DANCING MUSIC VIDEO´S. HE WAS CREATIVE. SHOW THE GUY MORE RESPECT. WE WILL NEVER HAVE THIS GUY BACK. WE NEED TO SHOW HOW PROUD WE ARE OF MICHAEL WITH PERFORMCES THAT ARE BREATHTAKING AND GIVE YOU CHILLS HOW GOOD MICHAEL WAS. I DO LOVE ALICIA KEYS DECENT RESPECT FOR MJ.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:01 PM
Why is that white lady next to Alicia Keys (Alicia’s Mom?) looking so stank?
And why does Kyla Pratt always look so broke? Jeans and a ten dollar tank top Kyla? Really?
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:05 PM
Nicole has lost all credability for that comment. Beyonce is not even the “JANET” of our time. LMAO!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:07 PM
OMG!!!!!!! Bany Boy Reunion Jody my Jody
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:07 PM
Yvette and Jody!!!!!! Heyyyy “Jody, my Jody”
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:07 PM
*Dead* at Taraji and Tyrese!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:08 PM
meant to say baby boy i got excited
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:08 PM
BET really needs to take out time to put together a REAL tribute show for Mike!!! It can air in January. That way the media will be then died down some. Get some real talent like Usher, CB, JT. Diana Ross, Mariah, and many of his other TRUE friends in the business. Even get nonfamous fans who can do Mike to a T. It’s understandable that they didn’t have much time to incorporate him into the show, but they shouldn’t have hyped this BS up like this. Pay the man some respect in a more appropriate way. They need to go all out for Mike. They got 6 months to put the show together if they do what I just said. BET needs to be more organized and stop catering to the same tired people in this industry. That’s why their show rating drop each year because it’s the same people on stage doing the SAME thing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:09 PM
Praying Tiny doesn’t make a speech!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:09 PM
OH GOD PLEASE DONT LET TINY ACCEPT THIS AWARD!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:09 PM
WHY DO TYRESE LOOK LIKE A BLACK ASS GANGSTER SMURF AND TARAJI PLEASE TAKE THE MULLET WIG OFF. DAMN SHOUT OUT TO TI IN JAIL. LOOK AT THIS TRICK ACCEPTING FOR HER BOO!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:09 PM
BET this is truly a HOT mess.. Alicia really? Where is Swizz Beats… Jody and Evette..cute but ghetto as hell
….And are they really so short on time that they cant announce the nominies…
Oh shit TINY IS LOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:09 PM
SHE SOOOOOOUUUUUNNNNDDDDDDD SO IIIIIIIIGGGGGGNNNNNNOOOOORRRRAAAANNNNTTTTTTT!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:10 PM
Awwwwww Taraji and Tyrese are too cute!!! Vinggggggggg!!! lol Now if Snoop come out………..lmao
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:10 PM
The BET awards is a bit of a let down. I understand they had 2-3 days to prepare a tribute to MJ but if MJ didn’t pass the show would be worse?? Because I don’t see much of a tribute and this is pretty boring.
I don’t think a lot of people hate Beyonce’s performance. It’s just you would expect more from her. If anything else is boring you should be able to count on her to do something more uptempo.
They better bring some major surprises out soon.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:10 PM
“And I wanna tank Rand Hustle…and to our famle and friendzs…” Tiny, T.I. baby mamma
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:11 PM
LOL LOL LOL LOL
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:11 PM
GUNS? what?
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:11 PM
WHAT IS THIS BABY BOY THE LIVE PLAY. THIS SHIT IS IGNORANT
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:12 PM
I don’t get Beyonce’s performance. Can anyone shed light – wedding dress?
I look at Alicia Keys so differently now. Homewrecker saying how empathetic she is & how she understands people”s pain?
What’s Kerri Hilson’s talent again?
As seen tonight, nobody will ever tough MJ in the music arena. I’m more entertained by his old footage clips than anyone I’ve seen perform so far.
The Babyboy skit srarted out funny but went too long
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:12 PM
Soooooooooooooooo embarrassed to be black right now!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:12 PM
OMG JAY and Beyonce showed affection on tv!!! Someone call CNN!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:12 PM
OMG BET YOU ARE DONE!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:14 PM
Correct!! I love that comment. I am a Beyonce fan and she is most definately BAD, but can anyone else get an award year after year other than her???!!!! She gets them for the same catergories and there are others qualified.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:15 PM
MAXWELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:15 PM
Like Maxwell but once again Jamie Od’ing on some not so hot whateverness!! Oh Jamie……
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:15 PM
oooooooh omg maxwell performing right damn now!!! pass the towel!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:16 PM
Throwing panties, bras, and condoms at my tv right now.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:17 PM
as tiny’s pig lookin ass kept referring to t.i. as “the kang.” umm…not to make a god out of mike or anything, but tonight was supposed to be a tribute to him, so…
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:17 PM
Please Maxwell save us… ugh… we added an extra 30 MIN for what? Folks cussin..promotin 50x..doing more than 1 performance…BAD JOKES… A MESS!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:17 PM
Girl, I thought I was the only one who thought Ving might’ve had a “line” or a sip backstage. His character was not that serious in the damn movie!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:18 PM
lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:19 PM
“the kang”!! just like when she said “the famlay” girl is country but I gotta love Tiny, I love me some Xscape! lmao
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:19 PM
U betta get it MAXWELLLLL!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:20 PM
keri hilson was bad, real bad, and ciara cant sing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:20 PM
Who gonna clean all them damn feathers up
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:20 PM
horrible…………..horrible………………horrible……………god I was expecting so much. I knew as soon as new edition opened the show the show was going to be horrible…dang…like wheres chris brown, usher, JT! Its a damn shame the ojs had to show the youngs how to do it.. lord the worst bet awards ever.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:21 PM
LMAO… It looks like our prayers were a day late and a dollar short… I guess we can be thankful she kept it pretty short, and she doesn’t look tacky as she usually does.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:21 PM
I willing to put money on the finale! I would not be surprised if JT and Usher and Beyonce and Ne-Yo and maybe CiCi come out and bust the show open!! Wouldnt be shocked.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:21 PM
I completely agree w/all who say that this is NOT the tribute that MJ deserves. I hope someone else does something bigger & better. I can not believe that CNN was hyping this all weekend so everyone thinks that THIS is what is meant by “big tribute”.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:21 PM
damn it i missed that
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:22 PM
I better not get some ghetto-everybody-on-stage “We are the world” song in the end!!! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:22 PM
They shoulda let maxwell sing the whole DAMN show…
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:23 PM
I hope not either girl.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:23 PM
This show is sad. Alicia and Wyclef’s award and Maxwell’s performance was the classiest part of this show.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:24 PM
The only thing that would save this awards show is if MICHAEL JACKSON would come out and moonwalk acrossed the stage himself.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:24 PM
This show was HORRIBLE!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:26 PM
So can we start a petition and get BET of the air.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:26 PM
Please don’t tell me Drake’s performance is the grand finale. I hope white people are watching hoping they’d see a MJ tribute.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:26 PM
Honestly I would’ve loved to have seen Jennifer Lopez come on there and burn a damn hole in that stage!! Not sing, but really DANCE HER ASS OFF!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:26 PM
Beyonce compared 2 Michael or Janet youll kidds on this site need 2 learn ur history please b4 u type dumb comment do that 4 me Beyonce record sells nt touching neither.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:27 PM
THEY END WITH THIS? Shoulda left it at Maxwell..he ain’t even singing
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:27 PM
Drake hurt his self. He walking with a cane. Thats why he in the chair.
I love Drake
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:27 PM
Not to hate, but what is the hype with Drake??? If I need to be schooled please school me!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:28 PM
LoL… just tell me where to sign the petition and you got my vote!!! SMH
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:28 PM
omg…drake and weezy are NOT performing this song!!!!!
smdh
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:28 PM
The producers or whoever are horribleeeeeeeee with the “bleep” machine tonight!! Did I just hear the word “dick”?? lmao Eddie said “shit” lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:29 PM
WHEN YOU GET YOUR SCHOOLED CAN YOU TUTOR ME RIGHT QUICK?
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:29 PM
Oh, God I’m done with BET. This show is a hot mess.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:30 PM
I MEANT WHEN YOU GET SCHOOLED CAN YOU TUTOR ME RIGHT QUICK?
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:30 PM
BET, LET OUR BLACK LEGEND DOWN. I AGREE WITH THE POST THAT THAT WE ALWAYS LEAVE IT TO THE WHITE PEOPLE TO GIVE MICHAEL A REAL TRIBUTE. THIS IS EMBARRING EVERY NEWS CHANNEL, MTV, WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRIBUTE ON BET FOR MICHAEL JACKSON. I LIVE IN FRANCE IT´S 6 HOURS LATER OVERHERE. I WANTED TO SEE HOW WE BLACK CELEBRATE MJ. BECAUSE I LOVE AND RESPECT THIS GENIUS SO MUCH. I THOUGHT THAT BET WOULD GIVE HIM AN AWESOME CELEBRATION. BUT I WILL WAIT FOR MTV (WHITE) TO PULL SOMETHING GREAT OFF.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:30 PM
I heard the hype but hadn’t taken the time to find out what Drake was about…So u wan tell me that a grown ass woman (Debra Lee) signed off on this mess right here…. lawd take me higher…
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:30 PM
someone please tell my why they on stage performing “every girl” and bet gonna bleep out every thing.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
Who cares if White people mad at this show, they need to watch it just to put money in our pockets. If I was runnin stuff at BET I would have hyped it to. BLACK MONEY GET LONGER ALL DAY EVERY DAY!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
Please tell me someone has escored Joe Jackson out the building already
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
In Charlie Murphy’s tone “Black people we’ve got to do better” why is Wayne’s daughter on stage and he’s doing all that cussing talking about f-ing every girl in the world.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
Damn this Drake performance suck.
I love Drake
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
Ok Debra Lee!! Get it, I see you!!! lol
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
Me too
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:31 PM
What kind of song is this with these young girls on stage.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:32 PM
UMMMMMMM DRAKE IS GAY…
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:32 PM
why would they put Drake and Yung Money after Maxwell, BET just fucked up the mood
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:32 PM
Yes Please shout out MIchael Jackson & talking about being strapped..BRING OUT V,…GUNS, GUNS!!
THE HELL?!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:33 PM
….with little kids on the stage!!!! effin shame!
MUAH: So can we start a petition and get BET of the air.
hell yeah, put me down for 10 sigs please!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:33 PM
This Bleepin show is the most Bleepin piece of Bleep I have ever seen. Bet you are offically joining the blocked channel list with the CW
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:33 PM
How they gone subject Mr Jackson to this bafoonery?!?!?! Where is Diana Ross, Barry Gordy? i know I’ve been falling asleep on this boring shit .. but did I miss the tribute???
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:33 PM
Weezy acts lke he has never been on an award show before. He know’s damn well his balls wouldnt have been big enough to go onthe VMA’s with all that cussing!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:33 PM
Are some of you people stupid or what?
They only had 2 days to come up with MJ tributes.
If you think you could have done better just in 2 days.
Maybe you should get your ass up there!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:34 PM
ARE YOU SERIOUS BET? I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED!!! I LOVE YOU JAMIE BUT YOU COULD HAVE DONE WAY BETTER. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU ALL LET LITTLE WAYNE AND DRAKE PERFORM A SONG THAT HAS TO BE BLEEPED OUT FOR THE MOST OF IT, SO INAPPROPRIATE! DRAKE NEEDS TO MORE RESPECTFUL(SITTING DOWN WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS STANDING WHEN THE OLD SCHOOL FOLKS CAME OUT), DRAKE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE HIT RECORD OUT, YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE,YOU ARE NOT THAT SERIOUS!!!! LIL WAYNE, BABY’S PERFORMANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE, IT WAS HORRIBLE!!! BET PLEASE DO BETTER MY GOD, WE JUST LOST THE KING OF POP AND THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN GIVE US, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:35 PM
*rolling eyes extra hard at the Lil Wayne/Drake performance*
Does Lil Wayne seriously have his daughters up there dancing to this nonsense? I.Just.Cant…and did they just dedicate that performance to Mike?! Too through!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:35 PM
@ WHAT THE FUCK, of course I will…but I’m still waiting!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:35 PM
This show was terrible,,,thank goodness for Maxwell, The O’Jay, BBD, Trey, Tyreese, Johnny and Jamie performances! All the rest was so WHACK…Bey, Jay, Keri, Ciara, ect. This show was WHACK on so many levels!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:36 PM
Why in the WORLD did Drake have little girls on stage while they were performing I would like to *uck every girl in the world…*DEAD*
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:36 PM
BET USED FOLKS FOR RATINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:37 PM
OMG JANET YOU HAD TO WATCH THIS???
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:37 PM
Awwww Janet!!!!!!!!!!! Now I have a tear
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:37 PM
Janet!!!!!!!! Tears
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:37 PM
ok, now i’m gonna cry! janeeeeetttt!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:37 PM
How many days do they need? Who doesnt know every single word of all of Michaels songs?
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:38 PM
JANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:39 PM
This show was BLEEPING MESS!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:39 PM
WTF…Why did Young Money…bring up those little girls on stage while rapping/singing about freaking/loving every girl in the world! OMFG…that is just awful on SSSSOOOO many levels!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:39 PM
They are recycling the f*ck out of entertainers tonight.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:39 PM
I’m a fan too!! Love B. But she is very over hyped! That’s one of the main reasons why her videos and routines look the same because she THINKS it is great. Like MIke said…..he want to give his fans something better each album!! It’s so many other talented artists out
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:40 PM
Keisha, Alicia – GoodNite!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:40 PM
Girllll………..
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:40 PM
This show suckeddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jamie & Neyo didn’t do justcie to Mike song! Janet got me teary eyed though!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:41 PM
I woud’v loved to hear Mariah and her back-up singer do this song like they usually do!! Jamie sounds good though.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:41 PM
A perfect ending with Janet coming out and Jamie and Ne-yo’s performace. Makes you want to cry
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:41 PM
OMG, Janet has me in tears!! And just when I was about to FINALLY turn this crap off…. Miss Jackson comes on…At least this wasn’t a complete waste of time. *Claps* for Jamie and Neyo. I knew hearing “I’ll Be There” would make me sad again.
God Bless You Janet and The Rest of The Jackson Family!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:42 PM
I AM SO SO SO FUCKING PISSS..WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT BET….NO REALLY WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT………..THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN CHRIS BROWN….
OK THANK YOU JANET…….LOVE YOU
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:42 PM
FINALLY I CAN GO TO BED. THANKS FOR COMING OUT GOD BLESS GOOD NIGHT!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:43 PM
Awwwww Janet… but this show was horrible gotta be honest
RIP MICHAEL
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:43 PM
Loved the end but why couldn’t they do more of this? Wasn’t too hard to rehearse in 3 days?! BET still failed me
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:43 PM
Just finished crying!! That pic that was up behind Janet is my background on my laptop!!! I miss Mike soooo much!! Janet be strong
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:43 PM
Took the words out of my mouth. I’m hoping that in a year or 2 Chris Brown, in a very classy way, put some folks on blast!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:44 PM
Um actually…it was Nicole Bitchie (the blogger) who said that Beyonce was “our times Michael Jackson”…and it was US on this site that laughed at the notion. Thanks for playin’ :)
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:44 PM
yes mariah and her back of singer did an awesome job singing Ill be there. Ugh add me to the petiton to get BET off the air LMAO
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:45 PM
LMAO…..Girl yes
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:45 PM
I THOUGHT THEY WERE TELLING JAMIE HIS SHOW SUCKED AND HIS ASS CAN’T COME HOST AGAIN! LMAO
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:45 PM
Tell me about it…Other entertainers work hard too, spread the love..same shit with BET; same pple win/perform yr after yr..what a waste
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:45 PM
THIS SHOW SUCKED!!! The only thing worth watching was seeing Janet Jackson at the end and Joe Jackson been there. This might as well had been THE JAMIE FOXX show.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:48 PM
Alicia keys has been looking really really good lately, ever since shes been with swiss.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:48 PM
Co-signing – He messed that kid up, so tremendously that he’s not here anymore…
I wonder if he has ever shown (some) remorse.
That CNN interview… ughhh.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:49 PM
I hope folk don’t think now that we had this show that there shouldn’t be a proper send off for MJ… Come to think of it it might off been better that the “actual” artists didn’t cosign this SH^% ….If there was only a delete button for your minds memory…
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:49 PM
Ohhh girl CW can go straight to TV hell with the rest of em!!!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:52 PM
Well im going to bed. Very upset. Can we please get BET off the air.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:52 PM
Jay is WHACK….he just had to plug this CORNY ASS VIDEO!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:53 PM
BET was WACK. That ish was garbage. Ne’yo isn’t Michael Jackson whether they tried or not. Also where the fck was the tribute. Soulja Boy wasn’t needed. Lil Wayne wasn’t needed. Drake with his lameass performances wasn’t needed (Funny BET made him rehearse it twice LOL).
It’s a shame what BET did to CB. The way they played with him was wrong. Even having not to listen to the Jackson family when they asked to include him but BET is all politics and BS. How do you tell the Jackson that you can’t include Chris when they ask for him personally. SAD!
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:54 PM
Oh and everyone in this post has been very pleasant. I enjoyed reading your comments. I have enjoyed commenting with you. I hope yall have a blessed Monday. Yes tomorrow is Monday take yall asses to sleep.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:55 PM
Most INGNORANT awards show I’ve ever watched. This was not a proper tribute to MJ. Random Stories and pure foolishness is not the way to honor someone. From babymamas accepting awards to little girls dancing on stage with Cash Money…not a good look. It was def. entertaining though but could have been much better!! I felt like I was watching the Ozone awards
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:55 PM
I hadn’t watched the BET awards since Will and Jada hosted and I knew there was a reason, but they were trying to hype a M.J. Tribute so I decided to watch. I’m highly disappointed. I’m too through. The highlight of this show was Janet and the constant dialogue on this blog. LoL
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:56 PM
Debra Lee to Jamie Foxx:
Debra “Step into my office”
Jamie “Why?”
Debra “Cause your fucking fired!!!”
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:56 PM
i just ruin my whole plan for this piece of s***. Im so tight right now, is not even funny!
BET awards should have just stay with their regular program. they should’ve done the tribute for Michael another time. It would give them more time to put sumthing nicer together.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:57 PM
WOW I THINK ITS CRAZY HOW NEGATIVE EVERYONE IS BEING THESE PEOPLE R ON STAGE DOING GREAT JOBS ALL YOUNG BLACK & TALENTED AND ALL OF U R NOTHING BUT HATERS,NONE OF U CAN DO BETTER I BET U ARE ALL FAT,UGLY,NAPPYHEAD,BUMPY FACED LOSERS WITH NO LIFE & JUST SIT ON THE COMPUTER ALL DAY IN UR DIRTY ROOM WITH UR DIRTY SHEETS ON UR BED.SO JUST STOP BEING HATERS.
Sun, June 28, 2009 11:59 PM
Exactly. They had to change EVERYTHING in 2 days. I liked the show. Janet……….wow!!!!! I could not believe my EYES!!!!
Jamie was too funny…………the intro….Hilarity.
A.Keys…Beyonce…Tarajii..and most of the ladies looked GORGEOUS!!!!!
My fav performances were Mary Mary and Heyshia Cole/Monica.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:00 AM
my hubby said the same thing BUT I liked the show.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:00 AM
I f you callin this a great job…what do you call what Mike did then huh? I understand some of you aint got that much musical intellect but please keep it real…. U can’t call this BS great knowing what they were supposed to be honoring…
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:01 AM
I guess Jamie is blaming this show on the “alcohol”
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:02 AM
Loved Maxwell, Ojays, Jamie Fox was mad funny. That girl KeKe Palmer can sing better than some of these Artist that are out here. The Drake ft. Lil Wayne was ok minus the little children on stage but over all the BET AWARDS was good. BLACK LOVE ALL DAY EVERY DAY PEOPLE!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:05 AM
I know folks aren’t still complaining about Justin Timberlake now ..the hell
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:07 AM
NeYo was great. Jamie needs to sing only-no hosting! Don Cornelious is the reason NO BODY lets the old folk near a mike. Beyonce haters..hate on cause that gurl can sang but was in desperate need of a hot oil conditioner! Ciara, why? Its an insult to Mikes memory, cause you can not sing. Janet is beautiful and made me cry.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:07 AM
OK, Now that I had the chance to vent about how disappointed I was with the show it was not ALL BAD! Janet, oh how my heart aches for her and her your entire family, you are in my prayers and I love you! Keri Hilson please sweetie, you are beautiful, talented, but you should leave the diss of other beautiful talented females alone until you step up your live performances. Queen Latifah, you were awesome on the Mary Mary song, loved it. Bey, I love you much but the performance tonight did not work for me, I wish they would have asked you to do something for Michael,but you are still the best! The Ojays were great! Keith Sweat was funny! The after party is killing me as I write this (UGH). Sorry I missed the opening act, just saw a recap and it looked great. Jay-Z was AWESOME, loves me some Jay-Z. Tevin Campbell looks old, but he sounded ok. Maxwell was great!!! Jamie you are giving BET way too much credit for putting on a great show, NOT! Ne-yo is really a good performer! I though the tribute to the Ojays was good. I sure hope someone steps up and give Michael Jackson a tribute that is truly worthly of him, because tonight BET got a big fail! MJ, we love you and you will be missed!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:09 AM
BET IS THE WORSE SHOW EVER! THEY NEED TO BE OFF THE AIR…NOW!!!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:09 AM
Ok they needed alot of help tonight, I love me some Jamie Foxx he opened the show on point but he performed what 3 times Ne-yo to, Beyonce has a beautiful voice she looked stunning but I was thinkin she was gone come out rockin, they really did need Usher and Chris Brown for the tribute I was just waiting for a HUGE FINALE celebrating MJ! Janet’s appearance was a wonderful surprise and so was Tevin Campbell, BBD, GUY, and KEITH SWEAT. I guess they made due with what they had. But they hyped it up so much I guess I thought it was gonna be BIGGER than what it was. One thing is for sure MTV will show up BET on Michaels tribute mainly because that have more time and people that couldn’t make it tonight will be there in September. Overall it was ok I guess
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:10 AM
New Edition and Neyo have been the best part of the first hour of the show. Jaime, T-pain, Soulja boy learned nothing from Michael. And WTH is Beyonce wearing? And why is she singing Sarah McLaughlin Arms of an Angel song and Ave Maria. Does she not have her own songs to sing. She could have sang that weak *ss Halo song. I hope this show gets better. Oh kiki palmer was cute didnt know she could sing.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:11 AM
THANK YOU!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:12 AM
anyone know when the MTV tribute show is? BET was lame, I had to delete if off my Tivo..no way am I saving that..
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:14 AM
The BET Awards were a complete coon fest. There was no tribute and rap dudes shouting RIP Michael Jackson after cussing up a storm during their performance does not make a tribute. The highlights for me were Maxwell, The O’Jays, the New Jack Swing performances – even though Aaron Hall sounded hoarse.
Thank goodness Janet only arrived a few minutes before the show ended so she could say her thank yous to everyone.
I still can’t believe Joe Jackson was on the red carpet promoting his record label, WTF! Your son just passed away. I’ll be waiting on a proper tribute from another network b/c BET FAILED miserably.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:15 AM
Whoever was in charge of the awards should have had one special clip in honor of Michael Jackson’s life and career. It seemed much less meaningful coming from people like Soulja Boy yelling “Rest in peace Michael” right before he starts screaming “Hopped up out the beeeeeeeeed turn my swaaaaaaaag on,” lookin’ like a damn fool. (idk if he really did that but i did hear some MJ shoutouts right before/after rap songs – totally inappropriate).
Hearing rap on the radio is one thing, but we I see any rap artists perform live it just looks like one big joke. A bunch of unattractive men slurring their words, talking about nonsense, looking moronic….UGH…I hope rap dies out really soon.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:16 AM
all of you ciara fans shut the hell up. She sounded like shit and looked like shit. the only true tragedy of the show. suck it up! LMAO
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:16 AM
I’m lmao at some of these comments but I do agree with most. I think BET could’ve done a MUCH better job than this. The show started out strong with New Edition and Jamie Foxx and Neyo then it started going downhill. I really did expect more form Beyonce(not hating)and Ciara should’ve been replaced. Janet made me cry not the “finale tribute”. I know that when the AMA’s come on they will do a TRUE tribute to Michael Jackson. He deserves it. I’m not taking anything away from BET either because what they did was just okay, it just could’ve been better.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:16 AM
Ouch didn’t watch the show but this right here at theybf is rockin’
I love how you guys have given me a blow by blow.
Damn straight this is better than BET.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:18 AM
Im about to shut comments like this down…first off, its not no ones job that is here commenting to “do better” then them because as I can tell, no one in here is an entertainer. Im not, nor do I wish to be…that is not what im going to school for, majoring in and working towards. I am doing a damn good job so far in living out my dreams and continually working towards my own personal greatness..so therefor I have nothing to be upset about. I highly suggest some of you low self esteem people step away from the computer and stop worshiping phony gods and work towards your own person greatness instead of trying to live through someone elses.
Further more, I liked all the old school performances and thought Jamie was funny and also think its a damn shame that it took the old school musicians to bring this show a bit of life..if Michael Jacksons death has shown anything…its that he was truely one of a kind, and no one will ever be like him nor perform like him. He deserves every bit of respect he has gotten…because unlike the majority of the “entertainers” we seen in that room tonight, he dedicated his life to not only entertaining people but going outside the realms of entertainment to contribute to the world in trying to make it a better place.
So maybe before some of you low self esteem people come on the Internet trying to be mad at people for not caring for this show…maybe you should look back on the history of MJ as not only an entertainer…but a humanitarian and maybe then you would understand why some people are so irritated by BET promoting this show the way they did…instead of just taking their time and doing it right. BET Awards have been real decent these past few years…I dont know what happen this year, but something was missing to say the least.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:18 AM
What happen to Anita Baker!!!????
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:19 AM
Bey was horrible with her damn wedding gown on! Bey had the nerve to thank Michael for being her mentor and teacher…she is so country and needs to take a public speaking course! Alicia sounded so intelligent and Bey sounded like a country BAMA! This show had to be the most disappointing thing for Janet and her family to witness!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:20 AM
how come BET didn’t let anyone dance??? wtf kinda tribute was that!? only one who did anything good was ne-yo. “lady in my life” is my fav mj song :)
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:21 AM
I watched this show with a bunch of white folk in the room – honestly I was so embrassed I didn’t know what to do. I emailed CEO of BET and head PR person – the show was a disgrace. They also should have let Chris gone ahead and perform. I shouldn’t have had to explain to white folk, show should have been good enough to speak for itself. It failed miserably…
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:21 AM
Tasha, is there any way you can put the ENTIRE awards show as Foolywang of the week ’cause that was some mess. MSNBC, CNN, and Fox did a better job of recognizing and honoring Michael than the BET awards did and most of their material was done the day of. BET could have pulled something much better than this together in almost 3 days.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:22 AM
this show was a COLOSSAL failure…..i CANNOT believe that this garbage tried to pass itself of as a tribute to the greatest entertainer that ever lived!!!! soulja boy performing…turn my swag on??? BET, you should be ashamed of yourselves for this. this show was full of young, ingnorant, egocentric entertainers that couldn’t go one evening without performing one of their songs. i tuned in to hear michael’s music…not theirs. thank you ciara, new edition and neyo…for putting yourselves on the back burner to honor the king of pop. my sincerest apologies to the jackson family for tortuting you with 3 and a half hours of pure coonery and lack of showmanship. ONLY 4 SONGS IN THE WHOLE EVENING TO HONOR MJ??? I AM CANCELLING MY BET TOMORROW…UTTERLY FLABERGASTED!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:24 AM
CHRIS BROWN CAN DANCE LIKE MJ BUT HE DAMM SURE CANNOT SING LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON….. NEYO IS THE ONLY ARTIST THAT CAN SING LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON….. HIS PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:24 AM
Bey won Video of the Year and Best Female R&B. Her dress was hot and her face looked really fresh, loved how she looked and her performance was flawless, especially vocally.
Keri Hilson looked a mess with that ugly dress (face looked beautiful) and that out of breath Elvis performance…Keri! It’s MJ that ur supposed to b paying homage to, not Elvis.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:26 AM
I’m going to need you to do what they call” Shut the fuck up” Thank you!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:26 AM
I’m sorry to say but that was a total disgrace. Terrible…there were just a few moments to be proud of. And whether or not you want to admit it…they were in desperate need of Chris Brown. This show just made me miss MJ even more…no one there was even close to being entertaining. Sorry, Bey and Jay but ya’ll aren’t that fly that you can save a show.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:26 AM
lmao
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:26 AM
furthermore, this was a night for BET to shine. people around the world, who’d never heard of BET tuned in tonite to see how MJ’s own people would honor him, and this is what they saw…..this was truly embarassing!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:27 AM
dese ppl need to stop gassing Drake up!…..SERIOUSLY!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:28 AM
LOVE KERRI BUT HER PERFORMANCE WAS WHACK…SHE SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY TO FINISH PLUS SHE WAS GOING FASTER THAN HER MUSIC…SHE WAS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. MORE PRACTICE NEEDED. BE-GONE-CE :-0 WAS GREAT…HER VOICE IS WELL TRAINED, SHE IS AN EXCELLENT SINGER THOUGH THE SONG WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SHOW. I ENJOYED KEYSIA AND MONICA’S PERFORMANCE AND AS USUAL THEY ARE TWO TRMENDOUS TALENTS. JAMIE FOX IS SO AMAZING…HE MAKES US LAUGH WITHOUT TRYING. DID NOT LIKE THE NE SEGMENT. THEIR VOICES WERE OFF FOR SOME REASON. THE O’JAYS DID THEIR THING ‘SHE USE TO BE MY GIRL’ HIT THE SPOT. TYREESE IS STILL THE MAN..I LOVE HIM IN A SUIT..SO AMAZING AND HE CAN SAAAANG. BUT THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT FOR ME WAS RIHANNA AND TI WINING THE VIEWERS CHOICE AWARDS…THAT TO ME SPEAKS VOLUME FOR RIRI…ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY…AND I’M OUT..GOODNIGHT FOLKS
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:28 AM
where do i start. i was soo disappointed not to see chris brown perform. i thought he would have made the show more exciting and would have been the perfect person to pay hommage to mj since this was a tribute or was it really. the overall show was just a big disappointment and i only watched it because i thought chris brown was going to perform. i hope bet ratings go down for this, i was just a terrible show all together. they should have just did a show to tribute mj instead of adding it to the awards show. i am a very disppointed fan and bet has now lost a long time viewer.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:29 AM
We got to do better! =( BET guilty of being ghetto, unorganized, and wack… deserve 5 years probation and community service with Wyclef and Alicia Keys.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:31 AM
BEY WAS TERRIBLE!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:32 AM
oh my god girl you need god in your life i think your the devil and hateful msgs like this make me think that beyonce stans are devil worshipers
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:34 AM
Beyonce won video of the year not viewers choice, T.I. won viewers choice
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:35 AM
It would have been differently had BET not gassed it up and made it seem like they COMPLETELY re-did their show to honor MJ when clearly they didn’t. Having artists yell out “RIP MJ” is not honoring him.
And to people saying that they didn’t have enough time to put anything together, please stop. If you’ve ever watched any type of sports, basketball especially, then you know they have a highlight clip (with music) that sometimes plays at the beginning of halftime or before a commercial break. How long do you think those guys have to make that? Try about 20 minutes. BET had 3 days. BET NEEDS MORE PEOPLE!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:36 AM
and who in the hell said it was okay to wake DON CORNELIUS from his grave and let him present an award????
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:39 AM
OMG, Janet, my heart aches for her entire family, I hope they REALLY understand how much they are loved! I am listening to the BET after party as I write this (IDK why, too lazy to change the channel) but does Tigger annoy anyone else with that silly laugh? Jamie, is giving BET way too much credit for putting on a great show – umm how about NO! Anywho, the show was not all bad, Jay-Z was great, Bey- I love her, but tonight’s performance did nothing for me, wish they would have had her do something in memory of Michael. Keri Hilson, beautiful, talented woman, but please do not diss any other beautiful, talented woman until you step up your live performances! Love Alica Keys, she is a beautiful, loving spirit, and so is Wyclef, thank GOD for people like them! Queen Latifah was great on the MaryMary song. Maxwell was fabulous! It was good to see Travis Barker looking good and killing those drums after his horrible accident. The tribute to the Ojays was done very well! The Ojays were GREAT! Don C. was hilarious, I thought he would never stop talking! GOD, I miss Michael! I wish we would have appreciated him so much more while he was here, sometimes we get caught up in all the untruths about people and become very quick to dismiss them. I am a little guilty of that with Michael but I never stopped loving his music. Now that he is gone and they have been playing his music, I appreciate him even more, he was INCREDIBLE! Back to the show, Ne-yo is a great performer! Alicia Keys and Wyclef are GOD send – it is great to see them doing things that matter! Why was Diddy looking so out of touch? – Maybe he was reflecting about MJ that’s understandable. It was good to see Tevin Campbell, he looked old, but he sounded good. BBD, was great, Keith Sweat was funny and sounded not so good. Missed the opening act but saw a recap, it looked like it was pretty good. I hope someone steps up to the plate and give Michael the tribute that he so deserves because tonight, BET was a BIG FAT FAIL. Good Night all!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:39 AM
TASHA, BEYONCE DID NOT WIN VIEWERS CHOICE. RIHANNA AND TI DID. TINY ACCEPTED THAT AWARD
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:39 AM
I was horrified with Lil’Wayne’s performance. Why in the world would they bring little girls on stage performing that song!!! I was disgusted and had to change the channel.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:43 AM
SMH @ yo coming in all late no one’s even talking aobut Ci anymore.
…but thanks for being so compelled and pressed that you HAD to comment…and on top of all that you ONLY commented on Ciara. I love haters you’re like comedy!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:44 AM
I missed most of the show, but happened to catch Maxwell. Isn’t that man lovely? Wow.
Bey, missed her performance but caught it on youtube. Ave Maria has been one of my favorites since I was a child. I think she was trying to give her tribute by mixing in Angel (another beautiful song)…I was quite impressed with her vocals.
…but the costume choice…not so much.
Body was on point though.
Alicia looked beautiful as well.
Oh..TINY shocked the heck out of me coming up…I was laughing my arse off by the end of that one. Good luck to her nonetheless.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:45 AM
Where do I start, I was also disappointed in the show due to the media hype. I did enjoy maxwell and the old school people. I really enjoyed the babyboy skit(Hilarious).
Jamie did a good job and to be honest for the amount of time BET had they did what they could. I think they will do a honors show for Michael.
I do not understand why Lebron would have his boys on the front row and Savannah sitting in a couple of rows behind. I guess he was right when he said at the MVP conference she gets all of his stuff. He was dead wrond for that one.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:47 AM
Tasha love your positive coverage but this show was horrid. An Epic Fail indeed.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:56 AM
I am in total disgust over this show. Lil Waynes performance was by far the most disgraceful thing I have seen in awhile. To get up there and use such profane and vulgar language with young girls dancing on stage is uncalled for. This is what we call music today?!! It’s a shame a legend is gone and this is what we have today. I respect artists such as Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, and Kanye who actually write songs that have meaning and touch people. BET could have easily done a one song tribute with the singers they had available and be done with it. This was straight foolywag material and coonery at its best!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:58 AM
I completely agree with you! Lil Wayne owes everyone an apology…(not that we will actually get one); however, his performance was in poor taste!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:03 AM
I FUCKING LOOOOOOOOOVE JAY-Z HE KILL THAT
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:05 AM
everyone is going off…the awards were not that bad…there was some parts that could have been better but their is also a lot of talent that got up on stage…such as…beyonce, jayz, ciara, trey songz, drake, weezy…maybe it wasn’t thier best preformance but i would like to see yall do better- str8!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:15 AM
Jay is UGLY as HELL…stop hyping up the camel!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:21 AM
BEYONCE’S VOICE IS BEAUTIFUL! YOU MAY NOT LIKE HER DRESS, I CERTAINLY WASN’T IN LOVE WITH THE DRESS. BUT, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SHE HAS REAL TALENT. THERE IS NO COMPETITION.
I KNOW THAT TWO THINGS WERE JUST PROVEN ON LIVE NATIONAL TELEVISION. KERI HILSON CANNOT SING CIARA CANNOT SING. BEYONCE’S PERFORMANCE NEVER EVER DISAPPOINTS. GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
NOW WHAT HATERS???
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:22 AM
R u kidding me? She was FLAWLESS with her vocals…I think, considering that she did not sing a MJ original, she chose the most appropriate song of her own for the occasion and it worked well.
I think Lil Wayne and Drake’s performance was the most distasteful of the night…it’s best the entire performance was bleeped out cuz that song and Lil Wayne himself was totally unnecessary.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:25 AM
I am very upset with BET!!! If you are going to promote a tribute to Michael Jackson then how about we do that..coonery at its finest, RIP Michael Jackson :(
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:25 AM
Oh, and how could I forget? Maxwell tore it down…my fav performances of the night: Beyonce’s “Ave Maria” and Maxwell’s “Pretty Wings”…both flawless.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:27 AM
This was probably the worst awards show ever from BET. The king of POP/R&B died and this is all you could do for him??? The only thing they had was new edition singing a medley. Jamie doing a few quick moves, hearsay talk from a few celebs…for a legend??? My goodness. BET, I thought I was sitting through a lame boring movie. It was dry as hizell. I’m highly disappointed in Beyonce who came out in this big ridiculous bridal dress and sang ave maria. Couldnt she pay homage to MJ. Keri Hilson and Neyo did a lil somethin for mike, but I was expecting more coming from beyonce. But of course not….Monica and Keyshia…umm try again. Better yet don’t even try at all. I’m just very diappointed in this hyped up show that should have been wholly dedicated to MJ. They mustve did all that talk just for ratings. Jamie was there sayin “This is our Michael Jackson” (we as black people)and that was all they could do. I don’t care if they only had one hour to pull something together!!! Garbage! RIP Mike
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:29 AM
Trey Songz, Tyrese and J. Gill did the damn thing!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:29 AM
The fact is MICHAEL JACKSON is soooOOOo important that the show should have been ONE HUNDRED PER CENT DEVOTED TO HIM! PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE PAID MUCHHHH MORE TRIBUTE… THEY DIDN’T REVAMP SHIT… IT WAS AN UTTER EMBARRASSMENT! I’M SURE THEY GOT A LOT OF RATINGS BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT BET WATCHED AND THOUGHT WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? I HOPPPPEEEE… THEY DO A REAL TRIBUTE SOMETIME SOON… CUZ THIS NIGHT WAS A HOT ASS MESS….. Usher Chris Brown and Justin need to be involved in a real tribute!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:31 AM
TYGGA PISSED ME OFF WITH HIS DRUNK BEHIND!!! I MEAN BET HAS NO CLASS THATS WHY I DO NOT WATCH IT
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:32 AM
I concur
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:32 AM
I agree. It is a sacrilege.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:36 AM
That is exactly what am saying..HE IS THAT IMPOTANT…make the whole damn show about him, but ooooh no BET gonna have soulja boy and them ghetto that place up..
from tiny and the baby mammas, to lil wayne, to all the other wack ass guests/perfoemance…damn BET is just a damn shame
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:36 AM
I’m sorry, but y did they choose Ciara to sing “Heal The World”…it was horrible and painful to watch…SHE CAN’T SING! She’s more of a dancer! They should have paired her up with a male like Ne-Yo or even Jamie to perform “Scream”…that wud b more appropriate…BET fell flat on their faces with this 1…the opportunity was right there and they threw it away.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:38 AM
BET is soooo lame. I was looking forward to the tribute to MJ but the show was terrible. BET should have let Chris Brown perform becuz he is the only one that would have come close to imitating the King of Pop. If MJ was here he would be pissed off! R.I.P MIchael!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:39 AM
my goodness… couldn’t have said it better myself!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:39 AM
I have never seen anything more disgraceful than Beyonce is a leotard singing a song about the Virgin Mary. She should be ashamed of herself because this is so offensive to Catholics. She needs someone to do some research before she does something ignorant like that again. All of that money and so little sophistication…what a waste….
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:39 AM
i just wanna why did neyo and jamie foxx preform like seven times did they run out of performers seriously????
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:40 AM
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:41 AM
YES! Damn
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:42 AM
Keisha Cole looks like a sucked in, bedazzled bottle of pepto bismal. Who is her stylist? Frankie?
Ciara cannot sing and neither can Keri Hilson. I still can’t believe that Keri had the nerve to even attempt to talk about Beyonce.
There is a reason why Keri has stayed behind the scenes and will never be as successful as Beyonce, and we have seen it live tonight.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:43 AM
I was looking forward to the show but was heavily disappointed because of the lack of artists tributing to the late Michael Jackson. There were more artists singing their own songs than showing admiration for what he has contributed to not only to the world, but to our community. Jamie Foxx basically carried the show by making us laugh, while expressing his musical talents. I could count on my hand the number of people that sang Michael’s songs, and no one even attempted to embody the spirit of his performances. Yeah you had people singing ballads but he was a pop artist that danced! Where were the dances? Seriously it was a piss poor excuse for a tribute and honestly I would have rather BET wait for the opportunity to do a tribute the right way, than to do a rushed job of it. There’s all these megastars like Beyonce, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and none of them sing or rap any of his songs. Really? It was a better tribute done to the lifetime achievement recipients, The Ojays, than to Michael Jackson. I am not only disappointed but hurt by all of this. I’m sorry but the media was watching us and BET let everyone down. It was the worst.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:45 AM
Co-sign…Keri’s performance was a pure embarrassment…especially the end, when she was encouraging the audience to sing her song, she was out of breath, and the audience just looked at her in silence. She was horrible and was more channeling Elvis rather than MJ.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:46 AM
It’s very sad, that you can not differentiate between a real talent, and artists who have no talent. Since you can not, I will encourage you to go through all of M.J. videos to see what ” talent” really means. You don’t have to be a hater, to see that the show was a disgrace, a failure, and there are just too many artists out there who have no talent. I understand it’s tough, but i know even without M.J. tribute, it would still have been a failure.
Just because they are young, black and talented according to you, does not mean everybody supports all these artists who used such profanity in their songs, refer to their women as hos and bitches, talk about geting shot or it’s ok to be ignorant, just bunch of nonsense, if you call that talent, that’s pathetic.
Calling people who thought the show was a disgrace fat, ugly, nappyhead, bumpy, faced losers with no life, shows how ignorant and foolish you are, and I’ll say go get educated, because that’s not a good way to go.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:48 AM
The show sucked!!!
Beyonce was boring. SHE WAS NOT ON TOUR! That mess didn’t even go with the show.
Souljah Boy shouldn’t have performed!
Jamie did good!
Jay Z…..go home and retire ACTUALLY
Ciara actaully did good!!
Keri was good considering it to be her first award show
Drake did good could have done without Wayne!
MAXWELL TORE IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The old schoolers were good!!
Monica upstaged Keyshia!! Sad she hasn’t been on that stage in a decade. Typical BET coat tail riders!
Neyo did good , but HE SHOULDN’T performed that many times! Ugh…
Overall C-
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:49 AM
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:50 AM
I AGREE WITH YOU 150%. THE SHOW WAS BAD, AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT COULDN’T GET ANY WORSE…………..LIL WAYNE, ALONG WITH HIS YOUNG MONEY CREW GET ON STAGE WITH YOUNG LITTLE GIRLS AND START USING VULGAR LANGUAGE THROUGH OUT HIS PERFORMANCE. IF IT WEREN’T SO SAD, IT WOULD BE LAUGHABLE. HONESTLY, I MEAN…WHO DOES THIS? THIS IS CRAZY. THOSE GIRLS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY OLDER THAN 13 OR 14 YRS OLD. THERE WERE SO MANY LOW MOMENTS, BUT THIS BROKE THE CAMELS BACK.
NOW WATCH…………….THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS AND THE GRAMMY’S GIVE MICHAEL WILL GIVE MICHAEL THE CLASSY TRIBUTE HE DESERVES.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:52 AM
lol!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:56 AM
CONFIRMATION!!! (I know someone is eating their words right now)
ANYWAY! YES some of the most talentless, fame seeking, ulterior motive having, lame “celebrities/artists” showed up and showed out at the BET Awards this year. SHEER FAILURE!
Thank you Neyo (Honestly it sounded like Mike sung that song with you) and Keke very well done, Janet looked very sad but also mad, I hope she can find peace again.
Rest Peacefully in God’s Arms Michael… Even though this display didn’t show it, some of us really love you and will always miss you, this is not the best we have for you…
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:57 AM
I so agree!! You do NOT always have to be REVEALED!!! Be a lady
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:00 AM
Since alot of folks are upset about the criticism of the show (with some real unfortunate whackness – both production and performance), I’ll focus on the good stuff…
New Edition – For the choreography, they nailed it.
Travis Barker stole the “Blame It” performance…
I’m really proud of Trey Songz and Tyrese (JG needs to get in better shape)
Maxwell – The man can do no wrong when it comes to performing.
O’Jays gave the youngins a run for their money. Doing dance steps, singing from the gut and having 30+ years on them and still not winded…
Ne-Yo’s performance of “Lady in my Life” was fabulous
Keishia Cole and Monica – Monica really stole this performance but it was good overall.
Tevin “Lil Crackhead” Campbell – was not half bad at all.
So it looks like the fellas stole the show….
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:00 AM
joe jackson does not deserve to be michael’s father!! He said he hasn’t figured out the funeral arrangments for his dead son yet. Then why is he promoting his new record label on a lame BET Awards red carpet???? WHY?? Joe go home and greive properly instead of pimpin! You are a leech and only want Michael’s kids so you can control the money and estate and so you can beat his kids too. You don’t seem to be feelin bad you jus seem to want 2 make even more money off o Michael which you do not deserve anyway! You are 2 old 2 be takin care o any kids!! you would jus beat em and steal their money.
Michael hated you and was afaid of you now u wanna be soo compassionable 2wards his death.
SAVE IT. NOT BUYIN IT!
YOU SHOWED YOUR TRUE COLORS ON THE RED CARPET.
u r ugly and scary as hell with an ugly nose and face. u look like an old pimp. o, wait, u r
GODSPEED MICHAEL, GODSPEED.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:01 AM
ok..time to put in my 2 cents
i honestly loved all the old skool perfomances..including the opening act with new edition…
love that mary mary track..performance was good..
keri hilsin can DANCE!! i must admit..and she CAN sing..just not live..but just like beyonce has YEARS and YEARS of practice that made her into such a good performer , keri hilson will get there..she has the talent and is so much more beautiful than bey.
but i did think her performance was more on the elvis side than micheal jackson.
ciara sang well.. she has the soft voice to go with that song.. i was not disapointed. then again i never expect much out of her.
WHERE WAS CHRIS, USHER,JUSTIN, and even omarion at??? dem boys would have done a good dance tribute!!!
wat was wrong with keyshia’s outfit?? i see she tried to reserrect madonna’s cont breast..lol..sort of.
but other than that monica’s vocals was on point..keyshia wasnt too badd.but she could have dont better..safe performance anyway.
lord have merci with beyonce recycling her tour outfit and performance..she sang the same ‘arms of an angel’ she did on tour..guess she was too tired to think up another performance..
BUT…. her vocals were on point..the emotion was there..and though every expected more of her it was a fairly good performance..boring and ’safe’ but good none the less
souljah boy gets the side eye.. though i have to respect him for making it so far and having so many hits.. i respect him for that.. but he cant rap for shit
drake and lil wayne sucked tonight..why’d he sit down the whole way through??? looked kinda gay with all his hand movements.lol..but he a good lyricist
blame it on the a a a a a alcohol..SICK TUNE!! amazing performance..best of the night.check out travis barker..sick drummer!!
neyo’s performances were cool..he really can sing. very underated.seems like he dominated the show though..
who else..hmmm..cant remember anyone else..
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:03 AM
The show overall was ok. I really wanted to see Beyonce’ and Ciara get down. I was sure that Ciara was gonna jam. I guess it takes a long time to coordinate all of the dance moves. BET better redeem themselves. Although I wanted to see dancing to MJs songs (like the special), I thought that Beyonce’, Ciara, KC, Monica, Ne-Yo, FOXX, Mary Mary, Maxwell, and the O’Jays sang well. Beyonce’ sounded fantastic and so did Monica. I have never heard Monica sound so good. I don’t think people are aware of the fact that Marian Anderson sang Ave Maria on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at a time when black people were not allowed to enter through front doors. I was ….. (blank stare)….at Keri Hilsons performance. I don’t know what that was. If she is going to throw stones, I’m gonna need her to step her game way up. I had given her a third chance. No more, I will not be tuning in to watch her on anything else. I loved seeing Joe and Janet. I had the biggest laugh listening to Don Cornelius…he still speaks as slow as he did before. LOL! (I love it!) For a minute I thought I was watching Soul Train. I loved Jay-Z’s set as well. I so agree with him – no more auto tune! I always thought they should have left that to Zap. Ne-yo and Janet had a chick in tears. I had not cried yet. I guess there’s a time for everything.
- Peace, Love, and Soul
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:04 AM
haha @ ur first statement
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:05 AM
**madonna’s CONE breast..hehe
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:06 AM
where to start? One, I love YBF readers because I always find people who keep it real. That show started off good. I mean you really thought you were going to see a tribute type show, then they took a left turn and I just had a blank stare for an hour and a half. First, Beyonce, inappropriate song, stupid outfit, and she is not the best R&B artist(can we get Chrisette Michelle, India Arie, Jazmine Sullivan, anyone to win for once). Secondly, the song with weezy and drake, an embarrassement to black ppl. This was the show the world was watching because Michael was ours and they wanted to see if we could, with All of our musical talent, really send him off right. Mission NOT accomplished. The ghettoness that happened really made me mad. As I stated the other day, Michael, the biggest celebrity of all time, never had to use such foul language, and degrading remarks to be successful and he was the best. What was BEt thinking? I was just sorely disappointed. We have to many artist that could have gotten performances together and done more songs of Michaels and more tributes. This is what happens though. We get that shot and we mess up everytime. The show only came back to its purpose when janet came out which I pray she didn’t have to endure all that ghettoness. You know I know we must express ourselves and the life we live, but sometimes we are our own enemies. We paint these negative images of ourselves and then wonder why it is so hard to overcome in this country. Anyway, this was not what it should have been. Ciara can’t sing. i sing and my brother produces gospel music. My mom sings, so I know music. It is in my blood. However, that being said, Ciara did what Beyonce in all her perfectness didnt, she kept on purpose and paid tribute to Michael. Um Alicia Keys, don’t give me the I hate to see ppl hurting speech when you are sleeping with a man who was married when you started dating him, that’s gospel. No respect for her at all. The best would have been seeing Janet come out and dance her butt off for her brother. she was the one that could have represented well for him. But I am glad we got to see her, she and her family are going through a lot.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:08 AM
BET, I just wanna say FUCK YOU! for a show that’s supposed to be dedicated to Mr. Jackson, ya’ll surely fooled me.
New Edition: HORRIBLE!
Ne-Yo all 3 or 4 times: GREAT JOB!
Beyonce: I really hoped they forced you to sing Ave Maria. Of course vocally you KILLED it as always..BEAUTIFUL voice. But where was the tribute? and why are you rocking tour gear? It was boring..sorry, I still love you though
Keri Hilson: Sorry babes…not everyone can sing and dance @ the same time. You danced mad hard and it looked great, but you sounded a MESS! and the end was LAME (were you tryna do the extended scene from the “Bad” video?, if so you failed)
Ciara: WHO APPROVED THAT? COME ON BET!
Soulja Boy: BET, you can’t be fucking serious, Kanye was scheduled to perform from the jump…BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO ya’ll let Soulja Boy perform instead. I can’t…
Janet: You made me cry. Happy to see you tryna be strong for your family.
Jamie Foxx: I really thought that movie trailer was real, that shit had me rolling. Seriously, someone needs to put that together for real. As far as the hosting, it was funny here and there. Performances were GREAT!
Congrats to Ms. Keys and Wycleaf
Trey Songz and em: Good job! Johnny stop tryna out sing people.
Jay-Z: I don’t know, it was typical.
Lil Wayne and all them other people. I was so digusted, so digusted..I don’t even have the words.
BET you shud be ashamed of yourselves. I know ya’ll had 3 days, but the way ya’ll promoted the shit outta it being a tribute to MJ, you FAILED miserably.
MTV please, Michael has not recieved the tribute he deserved. Please do him justice @ your show. PLEASE!
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:12 AM
Ok so all of this hate for what? Such a disgrace to tear down BET after they changed the whole show to do what they can and tribute MJ!
1ST of all Justin and Usher couldnt be there, and Chris Brown is laying low after his verdict from court.
The show had me feeling proud to be Black other than the performance by Lil Wayne, and T-pain and his ignorant ass chain!
Didnt any of you haters hear Wyclef and Alicia Keys speech? So moving. If not u missed a good point fromt onights show.
MJ’s spirit was in that room, all the love was great, and seeing black star power even greater!
Much love to BET for trying, and to Janet for being so brave and representing the late and great MJ and her family.
STOP THE HATE PEOPLE!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:12 AM
Oh I forgot how Monice killed Keyshia just like I thought she wud.
Monica looked and sounded better.
Keyshia, how bout letting Monica style you up, and ask to borrow her make-up person too.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:17 AM
What really bothers me about this thread is that it’s only the urban blogs being negative. All the mainstream media that covered the show (ex: LA Times, Associated Press…) thought that Ciara among others were good. Of course the urban bloggers and commrntors can’t say anything nice.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:25 AM
You never know what the situation might have been with LeBron and Savanaah. She might have wanted to sit rows back from him so that after LeBron accepts his award she can take the kids back to the hotel room so they won’t have to sit through Lil’Wayne and other performed cussing throughout the night. The BET awards are no place for children.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:27 AM
sooooo disappointed..can’t believe there was no usher,justin or chris brown..like how can you have a tribute to michael jackson the king of pop,an icon,a legend and not have a performer who he heavily influenced and someone who will do michael justice perform?!I was waiting at the end for everyone to come out and sing and talk about michael..but instead it ends with jamie foxx and neyo singing..it was okay but to me it seemed like all they kept having on were jamie and neyo over and over again..I know that it was rushed but they could of had someone do a great dance performance in memory of michael..but no they had nothing..they better do another better tribute to him with people like smokey robinson,whitney houston,mariah carey,usher,chris brown,justin timberlake etc because this so called tribute and the whole show sucked so so bad..half of the time I felt like they were spending too much time on certain things and people that weren’t really important..the overall show was just boring,dead and dull,wished beyonce would of sung a mj song
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:35 AM
GIRL PLEASE, CIARA IS NOT A SINGER. WHY SHE WAS EVEN THERE PERFORMING IS A MYSTERY, BUT WHO CARES, THE SHOW WAS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED ANYWAY, SO HER HOWLIN WAS PAR FOR THE COURSE AT THIS POINT.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:37 AM
I have to say that BET punk’d our asses big time. I know they had less than 84 hours to get it together but I could have sworn that JT and Al Green did it in less that 2 hours due to that pre grammy chris brown rihanna episode. BET has proven to be the same channel that lacks effort when it comes to tributes. I mean wasnt this the same channel that had Gerald Lavert (God rest his soul) singing a Stevie Wonder tribute song several years back? What’s sad is the fact that they got MAJOR coverage out of this. It’s just plain old embarrassing.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:37 AM
yeah well everyone has their own opinions…wether it’s positive or negative
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:41 AM
I know MJ’s body is turning over in the Coroner’s office
right now, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
Most of the show wasn’t even geared towards MJ
all they did was throw in a medley, maybe 3 MJ songs.
who the hell thought it was ok for Soulja Boy to
perform? Why didnt Beyonce do more for MJ than use the lasers and light from the Rock With You video? Keri tried to create a scene from the Bad video, but fell flat honestly, she has a beautiful voice but needs to work on that. Speaking of flat, Ciara, why couldn’t she dance instead? i commend her for not completely butchering one of my fave MJ songs. Lil Wayne’s whole performance was disgraceful and in poor taste with all the vulgarities especially with his daughter and other lil girls on stage while he’s singing ” i wish i could fuck every girl…” BET needs to fire whoever was controlling the censors. my goodness. Shame on Joe for plugging his record label on the red carpet….i have no words for him. Man, if only Chris Brown and Usher could have been there to perform. Janet brought me to tears, and i just can’t believe this is the way we honored the GREATEST entertainer to walk this earth, who did a lot for ALL races of the world. I’m hoping they are doing a separate MJ tribute show.BET just used MJ’s death for ratings. This was some bullshit. Anyways, i thoroughly enjoyed Maxwell, KC & Monica, O’Jays, and Trey, Tyrese and Johnny Gill’s performances. There were some nice moments in the show but overall it let me down, I know they had two days but DAMN! I think they could have done better, Mike deserves way better. And while they’re at it, BET should just change their name to Black Exploitation Television, cause that foolery tonight was ridiculous. *cues for the MTV execs to show BET how a tribute should be done in 5…4…3…2..1.
ok. i’m done ranting!…lol.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:42 AM
Janet is so strong to get up there. My heart goes out to her and her family. BET could have done soo much better towards Michael. They couldnt at least get En Vogue to come and sing Who’s lovin you? We really only had 3-4 people sing Michael songs the whole night??? Chaka Khan couldnt sing a Michael song? There were hardly any clips. I feel bad Joe and Janet had to see this mess live.
Jaime needed to stop promoting his tour, tacky tacky. Alicia Keys gave best acceptance speech of the night. Maxwell, New Edition, & BBD gave good true R&B & hip hop performances. You can tell the seasoned performers from this other crap we were forced to watch all night from the so called current top of the charts performers. Why did lil wayne and Drake have those young girls on stage singing a song where all the words had to be bleeped out exept for the part “put yall hands up for Michael Jackson, n*ggas” Lol at our current best in R&B and hip-hop. Thank all of you for setting black folks back 30yrs. You knw all races tuned in to watch this show b/c of Michael Jackson.
The Ojays tribute was better than the Michael Jackson tribute. The actual Ojays performing was the highlight of the show, Neyo, Beyonce, Jaime Fox, pls take note what it takes to become a legend. The I’ll be there finale song was too lil too late to save this show. Cant wait til see a sincere and real Michael Jackson tribute show. Im sure they will be able to get Whitney, Usher, Mariah, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Oprah and others. These celebrities were smart enough not to be a part of this.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:43 AM
Are you serious? Mariah is good and all… but I rather watch Beyonce sit there and sing over Mariah lip synching any day. I was also disappointed though that she didnt bring Sasha out :(. Could have been much better.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:43 AM
The BET awards was good for the most part…Jamie Foxx did his thang!!! Beyonce did really good too, she sounded soo beautiful and that dress she was rocking was HOT! SCARY Hilson was DREADFUL hated every BIT of that performance.She needs to do less dancing and more singing. Neyo did very well…Souja Boy was IGHT…Keyshia Cole was OK but Monica ripped that song! MAXWELL WAS THE BOMB and I loved The OJays performance too…Tyrese, Trey and Johnny were great too!!! R.I.P MJ
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:45 AM
OHHH and IM MAD THEY DIDNT LET MY MAN CHRIS BREEZY PAY TRIBUTE TO MJ SMH…Ciara sounded IGHT.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:46 AM
They are honoring his music and just because he did that whether or not he tried to be black he still is. MJ musically was and icon to people all over the world, he’s a saint musically so stop being so rude about someone who just died.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:47 AM
I know you were not trying to be funny, but… “I know MJ’s body is turning over in the Coroner’s office”……LMBAO. I am ashamed to say, I am in tears from laughing so hard…Lawd forgive me please
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:50 AM
WOW, what can I say that hasn’t been said already! But I agree with most of the comments. The BET AWARDS was a waste of time and boring!!!! I felt like I wasted 5+ hours of my life now I want it back, I should have watched True Blood on HBO! Really, BET? What the hell was that? That was NO Tribute to Michael legacy at all!!! Where was the dancing and the songs that everybody can sing and dance too? Most of the performance was whack and just dreadful to get through, I found myself not paying attention to half of them, let me break it down:
Drake and Lil Wayne, wth? Sorry but I don’t see the hype with Drake, he is alright to look at but some people at like he is the next Tupac or something, um…no. Sit down boo and be Jimmy a little while longer, as for Lil Wayne, how is cursing and bring your daughter on stage to dance is a tribute to MJ.
Solija boy…boo you shouldn’t been on there to begin with, you should have been on the pre-award show outside.
Ne-yo I actually like your performance and thought you sang beautifully but you shouldn’t been the only one to pay tribute to MJ.
Jamie Fox, you were funny but I can’t believe you said some fo the things you said this night, and love the performance but this show needs to be blame on the Al..al.. alochol
Kerri…You are truly a gorgeous and beautiful women but you need to practice more
Both Beyonce and Jay needed to sit down because that was boring as hell, I can’t believe people hyped that up. Um…why was you saying Sarah mclachlan song? Jay just retire and leave rap to the younger people, your ass is to old to be dissing T-pain and everyone else in the game
A.Keys, wyclef jean, the old school performers, Tyrese, the baby boy skit, Janet Jackson was only of the few highlights of the show.
BUT THIS SHOW EQUAL A BIG FAILURE, GET IT RIGHT BET AND GIVE MICHAEL JACKSON A TRUE DEDICATION, OH WELL I GUESS THE GRAMMY’S WILL DO IT RIGHT, AND HAVE CHRIS BROWN, USHER, MARIAH, AND ALL THE GREATS THEIR TO GIVE PROPER TRIBUTE
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:51 AM
Oh, I forgot…Tevin Campbell was good too. Glad to see him. I almost got out my Tevin Campbell CD out & listened to “Break It Down” – - – that’s going way back.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:52 AM
OK IM BOUT TO TYPE IN BIG LETTERS CAUSE IM SO IRRITATED WITH BET RIGHT ABOUT NOW. I SAT THERE AND WATCHED THE SHOW CAUSE IT WAS PAYING TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON AND CAUSE I WAS TOLD ALL OVER THE WEB INCLUDING BET.COM THAT CHRIS BROWN WAS GOING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL J. AND IM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT HE DIDNT PERFORM AND IM DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY HONORED MICHAEL JACKSON IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID. IT WAS A TERRIBLE SHOW AND BET SHOULD BE ASHAME OF THEMSELVES. THEY USE MICHAEL JACKSON DEATH TO GET RATING CAUSE THAT WAS NOT A TRIBUTE, AND THEN THEY LIED TO PPL TELLING US CHRIS WAS GOING TO PERFORM, SO PPL WOULD REALLY WATCH CAUSE ALL PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS O DANG CHRIS PERFORMING LEMME WATCH THIS AND SEE HOW IT GOES, AND SOME PPL WANTED TO WATCH CAUSE THEY LOVE CHRIS. BUT BET THATS WAT YALL UGLY HOES GET THAT YALL HAD A HORRIBLE SHOW BECAUSE YALL TRIED TO BE DIRTY AND GOD DONT LIKE UGLY AND EVERY WEBSITE I WENT TO PPL HATED IT. IT WAS TRASH ALL YOU SAW WAS JAMIE FOXX LOOKING AT THE CAMERA ASKING IF THEY ARE READY. AND EVEN MORE THE ONLY GOOD PARTS WAS THE OJAYS, JANETS APPERANCE AND TYRESE JOHNNY AND TREY. DAT WAS IT AND WHAT BEYONCE WAS DOIN I DONT KNOW , ALTHOUGH I LOVE HER SHE WAS WACK AND JAYZ WAS WORSER. LIL WAYNE IM EVEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE JOB U DID. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. LAST THING I SAW ON TWITTER THAT JAYZ AND AL SHARPTON IS THE REASON THAT CHRIS DIDNT PERFORM IF THAT IS TRUE , TO JAY AND AL YALL ARE SO CHILDISH AND ITS ASHAME THAT YOU BOTH ARE SO D**M GROWN AND YALL PLAYED A HATIN KIDS GAME, YOU DONT PLAY WITH PPLS LIVES AND FUTURE. ALL BECAUSE JAY YOU HATIN THAT RIHANNA AKA(ET) COULDNT PERFORM. CHRIS WAS THE AND IS THE GREATEST MIMIC OF MICHEAL AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES CLOSE TO WHAT MIKE DOES, AND IT WAS WRONG FOR BET TO DO WHAT THEY DID. AND I WILL NEVER WATCH THEM AGAIN CAUSE THIS SHOW WAS A DISGRACE TO MICHAEL AND CHRIS AND ALL THE FANS AND VIEWERS. I THOUGHT I WAS BOUT TO WATCH THE BIGGEST AND BEST BET EVENT, AND I DIDNT. ATLEAST IF YALL WONT GOING TO HAVE CHRIS U COULD HAVE HAD USHER. GOD BLESS ALL AND MICHAEL J. RIP! I LOVE YOU AND CHRIS YOU WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER WITHOUT BET DONT LET ANYONE TAKE YOUR JOY. U WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE CAREER EVEN IF THEY DIDNT WANT YOU TO PERFOR. GOOD NITE TO ALL
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:53 AM
Right…I was thinking the same thing! The rest of the world seems to be happy about the show.
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:58 AM
There is like a million things I disagree with. First the BET Awards was being planned a long time before MJ died so they didn’t plan everything. Secondly the BET Awards isn’t to honor MJ it’s for honor other artist of the year. Young Money didn’t even say “fuck” on stage they said love, and it’s not like kids haven’t heard those words before. Of course nobody singing any of MJ’s song is going to do it perfectly. Damn people these days ask for so much I bet MJ is happy in his grave. And wow what did MTV besides showing his videos? Please! BET did a great job tonight and for all the people that did sing one of his songs. Especially Keke Palmer!!!! I mean I love NE-YO his performance was hot but Keke Palmer omg for that short part she killed it!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 2:59 AM
How we gone have a MJ tribute with no Usher or Chris Brown? Ne-Yo’s vocals where superb.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:00 AM
And Monica was awesome, I love to hear her sing, come out with another CD girl because your performance was great. and the Martin Lawerence and Jamie Fox trailer had me rolling on the floor laughing, it would be funny if that was really a movie…hehe. I’ am outtie, I need to sleep this night off, such a poor perfermance and show all around. I understand the time limit but y’all are suppose to be entertainers and have your stuff on lock weather you knew about the change an hour before or a day or two, come on!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:00 AM
@ Stop.
I was about to say “turning over in his grave”
but he isn’t even buried yet…
i’m still heated over that bull they called a tribute
BET may have gotten ratings but they have definitely lost
some respect.
I already hated BET and i honestly wouldn’t have tuned in
if they weren’t doing a so-called tribute to my idol.
I CANNOT wait, for someone to give MJ a fitting tribute.
This man was and is the King of Pop, give him the honor he
deserves…sheesh.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:03 AM
You want to know why the rest of the world is happy. Because they love when we make fools of ourselves. think about it. If we accomplishh great things there is little coverage. Oh, they are gonna play this mess over and over. Everyone smiling at you is not smiling because they are happy for you. Seriously, we gotta be smarter than this. Mainstream media is not ran by black ppl and they are happy that we did this to ourselves, because they can’t be blamed for it. We do so many things to ourselves, crime, degrading of one another, ignorance, ghettoness, and the media world loves it. They can sit there and say nice things while showing all the evidence we give them. Don’t be so quick to fall for what you see on the news. Urban people keep it real. that’s why we are so hard on BET. You see, for once, there were people that would not normally watch “our” station, watching our station, because of the death of Michael. Now we played into their stereotype of how we act, talk, and think. Now, it may not affect you, but somewhere there is a young lady or young man that won’t get a job or promotion they want because of mess like that. Everytime we are represented like that mess wayne and drake did, we set one of our black brothers and sisters back and make it harder for them to get that management position or CEO position and that is reality. If you aren’t trying to have a successful career and be educated, you won’t get that, but if you are, then you know exactly what I am talking about.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:03 AM
I DON’T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE! THE BET AWARDS IS NOT FOR MJ THEY JUST HAD TRIBUTES TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS RECENT DEATH THEY DIDN’T PLAN TO DO THIS ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SO STOP COMPLANING OF THE “TERRIBLE” JOB THEY DID. I WANT TO SEE YOU HAVE A PERFECT TRIBUTE ON AN AWARDS SHOW THAT IS PLANNED MONTHS BEFORE!!!! I DON’T THINK YOU CAN.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:04 AM
@ Nique…Yes, Kiki Palmer did killed it. I would have perfer hearing her sing that song as apart of the show as oppose to Solija boy. She may be young but she can sing! So on that part I agree with you
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:06 AM
monica know she aint got nann hips
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:11 AM
Whoa he performed amazingly so it doesn’y matter. Twice was for tributes and then there was “She Got Her Own” then he brought people on the stage right after that so he wasn’t on the stage that much, damn.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:15 AM
I feel like Jay-Z and Beyonce tried to steal the show….TRIED. So selfish. This night should have been more about Michael. I AM SOOOOOOOOO OVER BET.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:18 AM
SOULJA BOYS IS A DISGRACE ALL AROUND. THE SAGGIN PANTS, SHOWING HIS DRAWLS, THAT BULLSHIT HE CALLS RAP IS ALL WRONG, IS ALL WRONG.
LIL WAYNE, ANOTHER DISGRACE TO THE BLACK RACE. WHY DID HE PERFORM? THEY BLEEPED HIS WHOLE PERFORMANCE. HE WAS SO UNNECESSARY.
WHAT IS EVEN SADDER, I SEE SO MANY YOUNG MEN TRYING TO EMULATE THIS COON.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:22 AM
DAMN!!! I WATCHED THE SHOW AND TIVOD IT. I JUST DELETED IT. IT IS NOT WORTH WATCHING AGAIN. IN FACT, I’M PISSED, I CAN’T GET BACK THE 3 1/2 HOURS I SAT THERE AND WATCHED THAT SHIT.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:25 AM
They will give it again Monday or Tuesday at 6h30
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:28 AM
Co-sign at with Meek said, thanks for dropping knowledge for that tragedy of an award show
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:46 AM
THIS IS SO SAD TO SEE THIS IS THE MUSIC WE HAVE TO LOOK FOWARD TO………..IT HURTS TO SEE WE WILL NEVER HEAR GOOD MUSIC LIKE MICHEAL JACKSON MUSIC EVER AGAIN. SOME OF THESE YONGE PEOPLE MUSIC REALLY AND TRULY SUCK….
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:49 AM
Amen to all that you just said. Also it was said that he had anxiety problems and having anxiety issues myself it is very difficult living day to day life let alone the life that he lived.
It is just sad that he will never get to see or feel all the love that is just flowing around the world for him.
His sister sang it best by sampling Joni Mitchell…You don’t know what you got ’till it’s gone.
R.I.P. Mike
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:55 AM
@ MEEK…THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. SAD TO SAY BUT BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET THE PICTURE.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:01 AM
lets all contact bet we want them to know how most of us feel. i going to phone somebody later today. i dont think they showed michael the respect he deserved. bet can fuck off.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:10 AM
LOL I guess I didn’t come in too late, b/c everyone else is discussing how horrible she was. Quit kissing her ass long enough to listen to her howling.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:10 AM
i was saying the same thing before , white mtv, will do a great job. jamie foxx said yesterday michael is ours. but damn give him a tribute he deserved. now the white mtv have to give a good tribute for him. he´s ours but when saluting him we let him down. this black guy is a legend and we are so proud that he´s black.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:12 AM
I totally agree on your comment. And I am hating with no shame! I thought their performance was very disrepectful. And did my eyes deceive me or was some of the girls dancing look like they were about 12 yrs old. Soulja Boy…Oy…
This was disappointing. BET should not have hype this mess up if they couldn’t put there money where their mouth is.
The Ving Rhames fiasco! making people repeat Guns is Michael Jackson!! Negro sit down.I already wasn’t a fan of his. But he was so ignorant on CNN and was worst at the awards. You ain’t a gangster, you old fart!
I actually felt like it was more fitting to have the old schoolers singing. It felt more right. This was not a good tribute…no correction this was not a tribute. No real singers that actually worked or sang or danced with him like
Diana, Mariah,Quincy Jones…hell I would have settled for some videos via satellite from their living room!!
This is what was presented to the world as black people’s representation of what Michael meant to us…Not a good look.
Janet Jackson is a strong woman I appreciate her for speaking,because no disrespect,Joe Jackson wasn’t doing it for me as a spokeperson (he was plugging his future projects).
So to sum my rant up….BET fails, let’s see what other folks will do.
(Sorry for spelling mistakes…English is my third language)
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:13 AM
BET has really managed to outdo itself again!! BET pimped Michael’s name out for RATINGS, touting that they would pay tribute to him! Jamie Foxx was an ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT and a DISGRACE! Why is it that he can exercise so much restraint and professionalism when he’s getting a check from White America (i.e., he didn’t dare use such vulgarity when he hosted the ESPN ESPY awards!) There is truly a new breed of NEGROS among us! They are uneducated, self-destructed and will do anything for MONEY and to promote their individual interest/agendas. SD was right, this was the time and place to tell the world who Michael was, what he meant to us, and how his legacy would live forever. Unfortunately, BET chose to squander this opportunity. MJ tribute was reduced down to cheap billboard advertising, distasteful plugs, and half-hearted, unctuous 4 liners such as, “We love you MJ.” I truly believe BET never intended on honoring Michael. I dare not pose the question, “What did we learn about Michael Jackson’s legacy from watching this minstrel show?” Absolutely nothing, other than black people can’t do a darn thing right! What could we have learned from this show about Michael’s legacy? Perhaps the following:
1. Broke racial barriers in the music industry by becoming the first AA to have a video played on MTV
2. World’s Most Successful Solo Recording Artist — record sales exceeding 750 million units & counting
3. Worldwide humanitarian efforts exceed $50 million
4. Fought against racism and prejudices against black artists.
5. Donated ALL EARNINGS, $1.5 million, from the Pepsi Commerical to a Children’s Burn Center.
6. Named the “World Music Award’s Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium”
7. Received the “American Music Award’s Artist of the Century Award.”
8. Holds the Guinness World Record
1. “Most Successful Entertainer of All Times”
2. “Youngest Vocalist to top the US charts”
3. “Highest paid entertainer of all times”
9. One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
10. Donated part of “Victory Tour” earnings to United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, & T.J. Martell-Foundation
The list goes on and on! However, BET obviously didn’t deem these accomplishments note worthy.
I can’t believe some of the musical selections that were performed. For the most part the lyrics were raunchy, degrading, vulgar, and offensive. Again, I dare say, “Have we as black people loss our minds?” Do we not know when to be OFFENDED or ASHAMED anymore? BET needs to be boycotted! It only perpetuates stereotypes and magnifies the WORST of the worst in the black community! It doesn’t offer anything of INTELLECTUAL value, let alone celebrate African American accomplishments….oh, I forgot, according to BET blacks don’t want to see anything that actually stimulates our minds, right???
This was a SIN and a SHAME! An utter mockery! A tribute befitting a fool! Michael was our very BEST, in spite of how people tried to ridicule and berate him. It’s a sad day when we cannot put together two decent sentences to say about a trailblazer; one of our very own who has help opened doors that would have otherwise remained closed. It saddens me to see that we could not assemble with pride and dignity and respectfully celebrate, honor, and uplift our absolute best (correction…THE WORLD’S BEST who happens to be ours). Michael Jackson has reached heights that none of today’s so-called artists will EVER reach and he did so without ever once denigrating us by referring to us as the N-word, B’s, Ho’s, M’fers, etc. or by pimping a sister out – for that we should have exalted him. The WORLD was watching and BET disgraced us miserably! Michael’s so-called tribute turned out to be nothing but an AFTER-THOUGHT if a thought at all! I believe with all of my heart that the so-called tribute was a ploy to boost ratings! Everyone at BET who was involved with this unorganized farce should receive walking papers! I totally agree with Nicholas; we should start a petition to demand that BET apologize, not only to us, but also more importantly, to the Jackson family. My heart truly aches for Michael! After being torn down so badly by the major news outlets and mocked by his own people, it is my fervent prayer that he is at peace. Shame on BET and shame on Black America if we don’t express our disdain for the actions of BET and performers such as Jamie Foxx and Lil Wayne.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:14 AM
soulja boy, lil wayne, drake, tiny & toya had no business whatsoever being there..
smh @ t pain n his BAC
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:18 AM
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:20 AM
lawd…where to begin? i guess with the failures.
new edition sounded dreadful. ciara embarassed herself, she should’ve danced. don cornelius–wtf?? ving rhames done lost his mind, lil wayne and souljaboy should not have been there…at. all. keri was dissappointing. the sound was horrible and they were censoring all the wrong words, lmao. oh, bootleg entertainment tv :)
on the plus side i really like the 90’s r&b tribute wit keith sweat, bbd, guy, etc…beyonce looked a damn fool but sounded good. jamie killed it, taraji looked great, and monica murked keisha on her own song. other than that…i dunno, i kinda want those 2 1/2 hrs of my life back, i couldn’t make it to the end.
and YAY NO CHRIS BROWN!!! :)
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:22 AM
I really wasn’t trying to see ciara’s lace front. The Rap game is so messed up right now.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:27 AM
And as for all the people condemning ciara, stop it…At least the girl tried.. keyword:TRIED..she is not the best vocalist out there, but she paid respect to MJ..Unlike many others that were just promoting their ish
Lil wayne-disgrace
jay z-next
soulja boy-so this is meant to be the future of music?
Beyonce- big star but a shame she had to bring an act from her tour..Would have been nice if she paid homage
Maxwell and all other oldies were on point..
and can the BET award recognize other individual for the effort they put in their work…the same pple keep winning the awards year after year
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:49 AM
i agree with everything you are saying. i feel ashamed, i love in holland, europe. and overhere we had some shows and festivals to but the dutch artist did a great job and the show did a beatifull tribute to michael in the short time that they had. it was simple but respectfull and thrilling. i going mail bet, they maybe wont even read my message but if we all play act that can help. michael deserves better.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:58 AM
Keri Hilson was doing elvis impersonations and the gz boyz “skanky” leg…Booooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 5:03 AM
CIARA SOUNDED GOOD!!!! BET IS DEAD WRONG FOR NOT LETTING HER AND CHRIS BROWN OPEN THE SHOW AND KILL IT. THIS IS WHY I DON’T WATCH BET PERIOD. AFTER THIS FOOLISHNESS WHITE PEOPLE CAN TALK ALL THEY WANT.
Mon, June 29, 2009 5:18 AM
Well done, we as black people need to demand more, that was shameful.
Mon, June 29, 2009 5:20 AM
EPIC FAIL!
Jay-Z is a mutha for pulling a Matthew Knowles and saying it’s Chris Brown or Me. Like WTF? This is the same guy that released ‘D.O.A.’ and at the same tim he tells people they ‘Can’t Knock The Hustle’. GTFOH.
Mon, June 29, 2009 5:21 AM
keri hilson sucked ass. beyonce WTF. but you sounded good.. everybody else was blah!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:08 AM
I feel ashamed I am from u.k and we always look up to AA artists but what the hell????? I thought my girl Bey would save the day but WHAT? I guess the song in the arms of an angel is something that you sing at funerals but still your beyonce we expected more! Where the hell was CHRIS BROWN?? He is the only one that can dance to mj, I heard rumours jay z stopped cb from perforoming? Why to keep his mistress happy? aJay use2 be a drug dealer and now an old man who thinks he’s god,go and retire! Did you her after BET awards jay-z entourage was having a fight? What a disgrace the whole show was a mess! Whats the big deal about this keri hilson chick?? In the u.k we don’t even know her she is rubbish-go back to writing songs! They could have even got j-lo to dance, I would have been happy to watch mariah doing a tribute on a video link!
Joe Jackson promoting his record label? WTF?? you ruined michael your the reason why he was soo unhappy, I miss MJ nobody can put on a show like him I hope he is in a happy place, this is what we are left with a bunch of bs artist that can’t even be bothered to sing and dance properly. I hope the white folks fo it better
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:19 AM
I’M OFFICIALLY PISSED AT BEYONCE!!! I was a true fan of hers and have defended her up until this time. For 1. She needs to stop wearing that stupid a$$ bathing suit. Why did she sing that song? and why does she keep putting on a half @$$ wedding gown. Beyonce made me sick to my stomach tonight and if she does not get herself together in about 30days, I will officially be a Keri Hilson fan. POINT BLANK!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:28 AM
Monica Looked GORGEOUS, Keyshias face was pretty but the rest of her was a complete ridiculous mess (outfit was horrible), I love me some Soulja boy, Jaime was hilarious ( he was meant to host this day), KiKi looked beautiful, Ciara did a good job and I loved how TRAVIS BARKER ROLLED THROUGH ( He was the best the whole night).
Janet Looked gorgeous and I love her but I want her to know the love we have for Michael is far beyond just an ICON. Personally my heart hurts more for him than it has for some of my own family members and I will love him endlessly, he touched me beyond his music, I liked him because you can see he was genuinely a person FULL OF LOVE and I will miss him endlessly.
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:31 AM
You are so right and I couldn’t have said it better myself!! It also kills me how people all of a sudden want to hop on the Michael Jackson bandwagon when just a couple of weeks ago there was a post on here about him and his children and almost all the comments were hateful. The good thing is that Michael is now free from all of this negativity all he wanted to be was happy and the media couldn’t even let him do that not to mention some of his own people turned their backs on him when he needed a friend the most. R.I.P Michael.
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:47 AM
Lil Wayne=ghetto,ignorant mess
including his little girl who will probably grow up and be a hoodrat.
Bet=horrible for letting those ignorant coons get on national television and use such profanity(lil wayne and who ghetto click)
Keri=overated
Did anyone see Ne-yo’s woman thinking she was all that and looking very hood with a blonde streak in a ponytail, so not classy.
Ne-yo’s woman must have told him to stop hiding his alien nation head.
Tiny-needs a communication and speech class. TI couldn’t do any better than that hoodrat.
Such a disgrace…………..we need to do better as a people foreal.
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:51 AM
am i wrong for enjoying the first 2 hours of the show?
i don’t think the mic’s were low. the “old school” singers were just hoarse!
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:53 AM
I hope BET go bankrupt so we wont have to put up with this foolishness anymore. The preformances were WEAK!!!! apart from Maxwell, Neyo and the O’Jays, Keri did ok i wasn’t really expecting much from her anyway, Beyonce was WACK!!! her vocals were good but overall just wack preformace she should have stayed at home.
Im just sorry Janet had to see this mess, she had me crying at the end.
R.I.P Michael :(
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:55 AM
And Debra Lee needs to be SACKED!!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 6:55 AM
Well, Maybe we wouldn’t be so salty with them if they didnt try to hype up the public by saying they switched this and that around and all these artists were calling asking how they could pay tribute to Michael. So all of that is irrelevent BET used Michael’s death to get ratings they should have kept their mouths closed if they knew they wouldnt come harder than what they did!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:07 AM
Oh Please! BET does not deserve props for anything for the past few years all they have done is show things that depict black people in a negative light nothing about BET is positive its all about money. So no I will not have any remorse or compassion because they threw together a tribute for Michael Jackson Ok, They get a pass for doing something for him at least but they truly made it seem like it was going to be bigger than it was. But whatever I’m done with BET and their coonery Had Lil Wayne up there cussing like this was the damn source awards!! He couldnt take the time to revise his lyrics?? Not to mention the little girls on the stage!!!! pure foolishness.
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:42 AM
I just found out its true that jay-z got chris brown pulled at the last second.
He told BET if chris perfomed then he wasnt going to so after 3 days of rehearsal, they pulled chris even after the Jackson family personally requested him.
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:42 AM
Not impressed by the show last night. Some performances were either horrible or BET needs to hire a new sound/stage crew because the sound was awful…similar to a high school/community talent show. I was hoping they would do better due to all the attention the show was to receive due to the MJ tributes. Better luck next year. Jaime Foxx, Travis Barker (love him), and the O’Jays were the best of the night.
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:45 AM
And WHOS bright idea was it to give Ciara a microphone!??!? smdh…
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:50 AM
SMH@ Jay-Z for giving BET an ultimatum…Your too grown for all that, its about MJ legacy & CB being one of the best to do it right. No one cares about you or about your personal feeling towards him.
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:55 AM
1st I would like to say to tasha!!! Thank you for not POSTING BEYONCE’S PERFORMANCE!!!! IT SUUUCCCKED!!! WTH was that, I dont know singing Ava Maria in a whateva that was, was like WTF!!! for real!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:06 AM
OK, Am I the only one who felt Drake and Wayne’s performance was horrible. It was just not the place to perform either song and why the hell were those little girls dancing on stage to the songs. And it seems as if they knew all the words. Where are the mothers???? That was an embarrassing moment.
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:16 AM
The show was BORING and hyped into this all out MJ tribute. I was disappointed until I seen the 90’s performance and when Janet came out that was the best part of the show. BET has sunked down completely…what is with all these degrading artists performing on stage. How is this a tribute to MJ. This is exactly why BET doesn’t get me as a viewer and the only reason I watched was because it was suppose to be a nice tribute to MJ. SO DISAPPOINTING…..BET needs a change in management or the station needs to be taken off the air.
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:17 AM
HORRIBLE!
INAPPROPIRATE!
GHETTO!
…but that’s BET for you. The hosting, the performances (with a few exceptions)…a tradegy. Keri Hilson’s hair and dress = horrible. She has no room to be cocky. Totally overrated. Jamie Foxx hosting inappropriate. Ciara=better than usual but,,,keep practicing. The OJays tribute was nice.
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:17 AM
So I may be wrong… and I understand BET only had a few days to pull something together…but why was it so hard. If these artist really loved and admired Michaels music so much they should already know the words to his songs. As professionals they should be ready to perform. True talent could have put together a song in a few days.Guess I was just expecting too much…
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:48 AM
Lil Wayne is a true disgrace to the black race.
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:49 AM
I have no respect for Joe Jackson the way he abused and Mistreated Michael Jackson and showed him no Love as and adult and child. All he does is talk about how much more famous he is now and all the money he is going to make. Your son just died and that is all you can think about. That is wh Idris Elba and Sheppard paid respect to Katherine Jackson and not the father. If that is what you want to call him. He was in the newspaper giving two thumbs up and at his house removing all his belongings. Joe Jackson is no better than the rest of the dead beat dads!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:50 AM
I am so ashamed and embarrassed by Lil Wayne…how do you have young little girls on stage while your singing I want to FU@* all the girls in the world???!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:56 AM
BET disgusts me first they removed Letoya Luckett to have Beyonce performed but this was the ultimate when they removed Chris Brown that wanted to do a tribute to one of the greatest artist of all time to make Jay z feel better. Bet has no backbone, no morals or no class and they should be pulled from the air.
Mon, June 29, 2009 8:58 AM
Get BET OFF THE AIR NOT ONE SHOW ON BET REPRESENTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY WELL.PLEASE BAN BET.
Mon, June 29, 2009 9:20 AM
rite, Tiny is trash…
Mon, June 29, 2009 9:27 AM
What a huge DISAPPOINTMENT! That is the only word that I think of when I reflect on this show. Why on earth would you publicize this fiasco as a Michael Jackson tribute or even say that you were dedicating this show to his memory?
So what they only had a few days to put the event together…who cares? BET is a large business with what I assume to be professionals on the staff. They should know that either you do it right or you don’t do it at all. This was the networks opportunity to put on a more serious, classy event…but instead they went down the same path of “coonery” as my sister would put it, with too much “noise” and not enough substance.
The best part of the show for me was watching the O’Jays tribute, and the “Year of the Gentlemen” performances with Guy, Keith Sweat, and BBD. Ne-Yo’s performances were also nice. Lil’ Wayne and his foolishness killed it for me. Why on earth would you have him perform this song when the show is supposed to be dedicated to a musical icon? EMBARRASSING! Especially with the young girls on the stage. BET needs to be more responsible. I’m tired of watching them put out crap on television as a representation of us. It makes me sick.
Mon, June 29, 2009 9:32 AM
OK I would really LOVE to read all 558 comments it would be a treat! the Opening, Ojays tribute, Neyo, Jamie, KeyCo and Monica were my highlights! that was one of the best KeyCo performances ive seen vocally, Monica may have stole the spotlight tho! I couldnt hold it together when Janet came out, that made my heart ache! Jamie is just a FOOL! Ciara sounded kinda nice on that song, wouldve loved to see her DANCE! Ojays Tribute, DAMN Tyrese makes my water boil, forgot all about Trey Songz being up there! I need to hear and see more of Johnny perform. DAMN Bobby is huge, New Edition did the damn thing, BBD and Kieth Sweat were good. LOVE Hova and the video. Young Money and Soulja Boy shouldve been bumped for more tribute time. where the hell was CB and Ursh? OMG Maxwell still has it and I LOVE it, they shouldve saved his performance for closing the show!
Mon, June 29, 2009 9:37 AM
DAMN, i tried to overlook all the horribility of it all! I think Keri’s performance was nice! She has the right to be arrogant, penning all those hits for others and to finally have her own album out. Ojays tribute was nice, WTH Don Cornelius LOL @ Eddie Levert getting past the delay with the slipup! Ciara surprised with her vocals!
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:04 AM
That was the most ghetto irresponsible hott mess that I have ever seen. Black talent left the earth with Michael. If we could stop being so egotistical and recognize the problem these “artists” are creating in the WORLD around us, we might still have a chance. Black People…we are in debt and we have forgotten our history. That is the only way we would be able to sit up and say this was a good thing in any way! Lord have mercy on us all! EWWWW
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:09 AM
That was beautifully worded and so true…must we return to the boycott! Oh Lord, we have again been set back decades!
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:19 AM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:25 AM
That show was a disgusting disgrace! BET should be ashamed. They hyped the show as a tribute. CNN was on the damn red carpet and then they served that foolishness. They should’ve had a video montage to honor Michael and then gone on with the show. For Wayne to shout out Michael Jackson after performing that trashy song was shameful. And then to bring out Janet!!! Just pure hot mess lastnight.
BET should’ve allowed Chris to perform. Ne-yo was good but I was sick of seeing him and Jamie being the only ones doing anything. Toure said on his twitter lastnight that Covergirl stopped Chris from being able to perform. Here’s his tweets….
Real talk: Chris Brown was going to perform but Covergirl and Rihanna nixed that.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
@BarkBiteBlog Covergirl is a BET sponsor. Rihanna is a Covergirl spokesmodel. Thus, they have some say.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
@CHATSTV: I can see why Rihanna wouldn’t want to let CB use the distraction of an MJ tribute to launch his comeback…about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
@CHATSTV: CoverGirl must protect their girl and their brand and cannot advertise on a show that bolsters CB’s career.about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
@DitiSays I cannot be mad at Covergirl for blocking CB. No way they can pay to be on a show he’s part of. Rihanna’s their girl.about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to DitiSays
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:30 AM
I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:31 AM
I do not think Lebron and savannah brought the children. He just had her sit behind him probably due to seating.
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:37 AM
those who sang a MJ song in his rememberance i applaud, even the ones who can’t sing. BET had good intentions though.
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:37 AM
Okay I’m tired of people being so damn hard on BET. Okay yes, Soulja Boy’s performance was terrible, the song like most except for maybe Kiss Me Through The Phone, just repeat the same thing over and over. Young Money’s performance should have been one of the ones performed outside it wasn’t all THAT special, nice for Drake he’s a new artist, kinda. However people keep DOGGING the idea about Michael Jackson not being regonized nicely. And as like a few, very few, people have said. They only had 3 days, 3 days to change performace’s to change scripts and everything. When the usually do the show they do usually honor a group or singer. This show was probably for the O’Jays if you didn’t notice, this is my opinion the performances like Tyrese, Trey Songz & JG’s or Tevin Campbell they were a whole lot better than the MJ tributes as far as performing goes. However I think Ne-Yo did the best out of the MJ tributes, if not for the whole show when he did Lady In My Life. Then again as mentioned before Keke Palmer did a great/AMAZING job with Who’s Lovin’ You. Maybe it wasn’t BET’s best but they didn’t have alot of planning no matter how many people you had it’s hard to figure out the best way to honor someone anyway. It, to me, was a great show. By the way someone said it was awful like a high school show, that’s rude there are high schools that can do AMAZING performances, I take that kinda personal being a sophmore in high school.
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:46 AM
I WISH AL B. SURE WOULD OF PERFORMED AND SHAI WITH KEITH SWEAT AND THEM. BEYONCE NEEDED TO TOUCH UP HER EDGES AND SPRAY THAT HAIR WITH SOME OIL SHEEN OR SOMETHING,KERI LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS GOING INTO A SIEZURE,JOHNNY GILL LOOKED PISSED OFF WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING CUZ EDDIE MURPHY WAS’NT THERE TO HOLD HIS HANDS.I’M SORRY BUT MTV AWARDS WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON AND THEY WOULD OF LET CHRIS BROWN PERFORM.CHRIS BROWN SHOULD DO HIS OWN TRIBUTE AND POST IT UP ON YOU TUBE.I LOVED JAYS PERFORMANCE I LOVE THAT SONG D.O.A BECAUSE ALOT OF THESE RAPPERS ARE SINGIN MORE THEN RAPPIN SINCE T-PAIN CAME BACK OUT WITH THAT AUTO TOON SHIT.CIARA SOUNDED LIKE A LITTLE KID SINGIN MJ SONG.
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:03 AM
i agree with alot of this.
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:04 AM
Hee hee
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:07 AM
not to cause trouble, but did it seem Lebron had his eyes more so on Beyonce when accepting his award than on receiving it from Ciara or even on his wife, or is it me. Yeah he had on shades, but i don’t know about that one and all these guy’s obsession with Ms. Bey. Oh, and to she who said she would kill for Bey’s body, toned from all that dancing on tour is great, but there is some illusion and surgery in works as well. Guess that is still something to kill for ehh?
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:14 AM
EVERYONE ON HERE KNOWS THIS SHOW WAS A HOT MESS I MEAN HOW CAN YOU GIVE A SHOW HONORING A MAN SIGNATURE MOVES,VOCALS AND STYLE AND NOT HAVE CHRIS BROWN PERFORM?? IT CAME FROM MIKES OWN MOUTH WHEN HE WAS ALIVE THAT IF ANYONE WAS TO DO SOMETHNG FOR ME IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHRIS DUH!! BET YALL LAME I MEAN CHRIS CAN DANCE HIS ASS OFF BUT SINGING WISE NOT AS GREAT BUT I CAN’T SEE NEYO, USHER, OR JT GIVING IT JUSTICE LIKE CHRIS SO GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND FUCK COVER GIRL NOT THAT LONG AGO THEY DIDN’T WANT TO PROMOTE RIRI NOW SHE THEY GIRL AND CHRIS COULDN’T PERFORM DAMN THAT SHIT
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:15 AM
Black & Proud: BET has really managed to outdo itself again!! BET pimped Michael’s name out for RATINGS, touting that they would pay tribute to him! Jamie Foxx was an ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT and a DISGRACE! Why is it that he can exercise so much restraint and professionalism when he’s getting a check from White America (i.e., he didn’t dare use such vulgarity when he hosted the ESPN ESPY awards!) There is truly a new breed of NEGROS among us! They are uneducated, self-destructed and will do anything for MONEY and to promote their individual interest/agendas. SD was right, this was the time and place to tell the world who Michael was, what he meant to us, and how his legacy would live forever. Unfortunately, BET chose to squander this opportunity. MJ tribute was reduced down to cheap billboard advertising, distasteful plugs, and half-hearted, unctuous 4 liners such as, “We love you MJ.” I truly believe BET never intended on honoring Michael. I dare not pose the question, “What did we learn about Michael Jackson’s legacy from watching this minstrel show?” Absolutely nothing, other than black people can’t do a darn thing right! What could we have learned from this show about Michael’s legacy? Perhaps the following:1. Broke racial barriers in the music industry by becoming the first AA to have a video played on MTV2. World’s Most Successful Solo Recording Artist — record sales exceeding 750 million units & counting3. Worldwide humanitarian efforts exceed $50 million4. Fought against racism and prejudices against black artists.5. Donated ALL EARNINGS, $1.5 million, from the Pepsi Commerical to a Children’s Burn Center.6. Named the “World Music Award’s Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium”7. Received the “American Music Award’s Artist of the Century Award.”8. Holds the Guinness World Record1. “Most Successful Entertainer of All Times”2. “Youngest Vocalist to top the US charts”3. “Highest paid entertainer of all times”9. One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.10. Donated part of “Victory Tour” earnings to United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, & T.J. Martell-FoundationThe list goes on and on! However, BET obviously didn’t deem these accomplishments note worthy.I can’t believe some of the musical selections that were performed. For the most part the lyrics were raunchy, degrading, vulgar, and offensive. Again, I dare say, “Have we as black people loss our minds?” Do we not know when to be OFFENDED or ASHAMED anymore? BET needs to be boycotted! It only perpetuates stereotypes and magnifies the WORST of the worst in the black community! It doesn’t offer anything of INTELLECTUAL value, let alone celebrate African American accomplishments….oh, I forgot, according to BET blacks don’t want to see anything that actually stimulates our minds, right??? This was a SIN and a SHAME! An utter mockery! A tribute befitting a fool! Michael was our very BEST, in spite of how people tried to ridicule and berate him. It’s a sad day when we cannot put together two decent sentences to say about a trailblazer; one of our very own who has help opened doors that would have otherwise remained closed. It saddens me to see that we could not assemble with pride and dignity and respectfully celebrate, honor, and uplift our absolute best (correction…THE WORLD’S BEST who happens to be ours). Michael Jackson has reached heights that none of today’s so-called artists will EVER reach and he did so without ever once denigrating us by referring to us as the N-word, B’s, Ho’s, M’fers, etc. or by pimping a sister out – for that we should have exalted him. The WORLD was watching and BET disgraced us miserably! Michael’s so-called tribute turned out to be nothing but an AFTER-THOUGHT if a thought at all! I believe with all of my heart that the so-called tribute was a ploy to boost ratings! Everyone at BET who was involved with this unorganized farce should receive walking papers! I totally agree with Nicholas; we should start a petition to demand that BET apologize, not only to us, but also more importantly, to the Jackson family. My heart truly aches for Michael! After being torn down so badly by the major news outlets and mocked by his own people, it is my fervent prayer that he is at peace. Shame on BET and shame on Black America if we don’t express our disdain for the actions of BET and performers such as Jamie Foxx and Lil Wayne.
You are so right and I couldn’t have said it better myself!! It also kills me how people all of a sudden want to hop on the Michael Jackson bandwagon when just a couple of weeks ago there was a post on here about him and his children and almost all the comments were hateful. The good thing is that Michael is now free from all of this negativity all he wanted to be was happy and the media couldn’t even let him do that not to mention some of his own people turned their backs on him when he needed a friend the most. R.I.P Michael.
WOW…WOW!!! THANK YOU FOR THAT IS SO TRUE OUR PEOPLE ARE MAKING ME SO ASHAME…….I AM SHOCK AT THE MESS BET MADE. THERE WAS SO MUCH GETTO UP IN THERE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT LIKE THIS…..THE TRIBUTE WAS AN INSULT TO HIM…………
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:16 AM
Agree with most of the comments. The Maxwell performance was phenomenal as was the Ojays and the Ojays tribute. Let’s not let the good performances get too overshadowed by the foolshiness of some of that other garbage.
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:28 AM
I really enjoyed the maxwell performance & a few others one … But while watching certains parts I thought it was complete fuckery.. And I know the wanted to do this tribute to MJ. But 2 days wasnt really enough time I felt like thaey should have done that at a later day so it could of been PERFECT…
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:31 AM
& I cant believe they pulled chris brown out of the show at the last minute..
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:33 AM
I know and kinda bragging about what they have. That doesnt seem very God Like, I have God in me but I am not rich on earth. That was awful!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 11:38 AM
I feel sorry for myself because I will never be able to get those 3 ½ hours wasted watching this show. BET had the advantage of doing something great for Michael because there were no other awards shows airing for a couple of months. Yes, you had three days but there were too many things going on for professional artist, not knowing what to sing or do. Aren’t there stylist, agents, publicist who works for these “professionals” to help them prepare for this, isn’t that what they are paid for. Yeah Beyonce can sing but that song was not right. T-Pain for that chain, LiL Wayne talking about eating and slapping while 12 year olds dancing around in Tutu’s, you have sound problems every year BET, step up your game, Drinking and cursing on stage, horrible singing by Ciara (Yes that was horrible)! Ladies dressed as they just got off their shift from the strip club, and heading to the awards show! Joe Jackson partying like he just got on the money train again. Jaime giving his shameless plug, every chance that he can get. Not naming nominees and then naming them, Vingh Rames looking like he just got a spliff from Snoop Dogg with that “guns and butter.” Skit. It was just horrible, SMH, SMH!!!
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:18 PM
KERI HILSON WAS AWFULL, SHE SHOULD STICK TO WRITING MUSIC FOR OTHERS. THE GIRL CAN HOLD IT DOWN.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:35 PM
your right i live in france and thought the tribute was going to be better. i´m really dissapointed in BET. in France they did some special show for michael too in 3 days also. it was 40 minutes, with a special video they made of him and some black and white french artist did some tribute for him. there was a gospel choir singing one of his songs, it was so beautiful, simpel and touching. i think that america should do much better for him. we should appreciate every talent and legend we have, every black person that put us on the map. that made a difference, even the ones that are not famous. i like the fact that they let these black doctors on the stage to honour them. that was nice, we want our kids to see how good we are and that we welcome talent and beautiful achievements. we want our kids to see that we applaud them for that. we should let the world see how proud we are of our black people.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:36 PM
Why in the fuck did Lebron bring his boys up after winning an athlete award? He really pissed me off and people were booing his ass. I was so hoping for Chris to pop out and tear that shit down. So sad they didn’t include him. Nothing more than a ploy by BET to further exploit Michael after death by using his name. I said it before and I’ll say it again everyone that has ever been in his life has just used him. Including his family.
Mon, June 29, 2009 12:44 PM
Just when BET had a chance to revamp their image..they go and prove everyone right.. the station is still a mess!
Many parts of the show were just embarassing!
They should have just created an entirely separate MJ tribute show
My thoughts go out to the Jackson family, it’s really about them right now…hopefully they weren’t hurt by how their son/brother was honored last night. It was extremely brave and strong of Janet to go out on stage so soon after her nrothers death. RIP Michael
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:03 PM
fool fool!
why u was in a blank stare at the end of keri’s performance? she was CLEARLY emulating the end of the Bad video when Michael sang a capella to Wesley in the train station.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:09 PM
The question is why is his girlfriend/babymoma sitting rows behind them? Those guys are his business partners. Remember he fired his agent and now they represent him. The crowd booed him because it was Kobeland. He is not in Cleveland he was in Hollywood.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:19 PM
this show was wack.
Jay Z was the best part- period- as always
Joe Jackson IS the devil
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:25 PM
Also-
The tributes on mainstream channels have been way classier.
Jamie Fox was terrible.
Joe Jackson plugged his record company WTF????
Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake should have been there- they have the moves like NOBODY else.
Mon, June 29, 2009 1:47 PM
Yeah, I must agree. The awards sucked to me. I know as a people we could had did better for Mike and in what was does Tevin Campbell realate to Michael Voice and how come grownass New Edition sang a song originally from a youthful group like Jackson 5? Bluh, this thing was the worst one of them all.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:04 PM
If this is true then what a bitch rihanna is, this isnt about CB its about MJ! What chris did was wrong but he’s paying for it 5years probation,he’s just a kid made mistake but you can’t take away he’s talent from him! Hoeanna knew that CB is the only one that can give a performance similar to MJ as chris can and everyone would be thanking him and his talent. I mean didn’t she want a good MJ tribute?? Oh I forgot just because she can’t sing or dance she going to stop somebody else getting their shine,the only way hoeanna can tribute to MJ is by wearing his clothes and copying his hairstyle, Iam no chris brown fan but I am a MJ fan and MJ himself said if anyone did a tribute he would want it to be chris brown, I just wanted MJ to have a got tribute but hoeanna didn’t want that get over yourself no talent slut
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:53 PM
Ne-Yo did an excellent job in his rendition of “The Lady in my Life”. He’s about the only one on the horribly boring, foolish show that did Michael Jackson any justice.
Mon, June 29, 2009 3:56 PM
Ne-Yo did an excellent job in his rendition of “The Lady in my Life”. He’s about the only one on the horribly boring, foolish show that did Michael Jackson any justice.
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:44 PM
Who cares we all know by now that she has real talent…Yesterday should’ve been Michael night not Bey night!
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:45 PM
I am a beyonce fan but sometimes….she needs to give it up and let others shine….especially for last night!
Mon, June 29, 2009 4:59 PM
Why were they gassin up Neyo’s head as well, like he’s most fit to sing Michael’s songs. There is no comparison between Neyo and Michael! BET needs to get shut down. How about we all start a petition to advocate for the ceasing of this network.. It is a disgrace to society and to the Black race. They used Michael Jackson’s name to hype their ratings up. Come on (you know CNN) would not have been up in that piece had it not been for their gigantic mouths saying they were dedicating this show to Michael Jackson. The sorry execs and workers took advantage of this terrible time with selfish motives in mind and showed no respect for Michael Jackson and his family. I do wish I had everyone’s email to really start this petition.
Mon, June 29, 2009 5:27 PM
COSIGN!!!! 100% Percent…This comment needs to be made public especially to BET! I’m serious about this petition!! Who else is?
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:06 PM
They knew what they were doin’ when the blocked Chris Brown!
1. No one is gonna outshine Beyonce’
2. Chris Brown’s welcome back and don’t do that again!
3. Blowuptuation for Breezey!
4. Rianna still can’t sing and people would not be payin her no more mind!
No, Jay wouldn’t have that ’cause I do believe the first explanation. Be talked about more than his wife and artist!!!!!!!!!!! That’s ok, I’m sure MTV will forgive him and blow him back up! By the way New Edition ,Ne-yo, Tyrese, BBD and Johny Gill did a fabulous job! Cried when I saw Janet and Jay and Bey sucks eggs!
Mon, June 29, 2009 7:32 PM
I was reading all the comments and felt I had to say something about he tribute that was suppose to be for the late Micheal Joseph Jackson A legend that I’m glad to have seen and experienced the beauty of his music and the magic he brought to the stage he commanded your attention. I felt BET didn’t honor him like a true legend should have been instead they allowed others to debate just because they have a little pull in the music industry shouldn’t have been the case. Chris I believe was to tour with Michael and him being a true lover of his music should have been allowed to give his respect without been threaten by anyone That’s not right by means.The preforms who where to do the tribute should have been hand picked for each particular song that was to be sung according to there voices, Jammie he lighted the tension a bit make me laugh so hard he did his part but the other mess was uncalled for Soulja boy and the performance by Drake and little Wayne it’s kind creepy I was shocked that they brought up the little girls and singing the song I was ashamed in my own living room as I I condoned this type of thing all I can say is wow. I want to say to the Jackson family I sorry for your lost of your son brother uncle and to the children your father the world seems to forget he was just a part of your family not the Icon as Janet said hey so many of us as well as myself my heat grieves for you all and in time the pain will subside but the lost of someone you love and held dear to your heart will forever lingerer and as for Joe Jackson you will have to deal with the maker because I will not waste any words on you.
Mon, June 29, 2009 9:30 PM
and last but not least….i have 2 major reasons for frequenting this site. it’s owned and run by a soror, and because of that she usually keeps it 100 percent real. i come back day after day, to see if you will give your impressions of the evening, and unless i’ve missed sumthin…all i see is talk about backstage bullshit or some whack fashions. soror, we don’t know each other personally, but you need to let loose on BET for this ish they pulled. the viewers have spoken and its been an overwhelming sigh of disbelief and disappointment…..now we’re waiting on you….keep it real on the sheild…oo-oop!
Mon, June 29, 2009 10:30 PM
See the problem is that todays artists ain’t worth sshit!
They only had 3 days my asss! You call yourself an entertainer and you need more than 5 minutes to learn how to perform a cover song!? Worse yet, a cover of your “supposed” mentor/idol!? My asss!
This artists ain’t worth a damn and BET just publicized that today. They ain’t worth sshit! I bet they don’t even know the lines to their own songs and need days to practice that!
All them idiots are a waste of space and an embarassment to our music culture. Good for nothing rich idiots! Ne-yo, you made me a fan. Keep the music alive.
Bey, ain’t riding for you no more! Money over music ha!? Nasty put some clothes on.
Jay, the stage is not your friend no more, go do some paperwork at an office somewhere. Let them kids and Autotune breathe.
Jamie, I know you tried to cheer us up…still.
Music died with Michael but he might just breathe a lil of that to them kids like Ne-Yo and them.
BET made me ashamed today of being black! Too ghetto.
Tue, June 30, 2009 12:25 AM
i did mailed a letter to BET. We as black know we can give MJ a better honorring. I want to help everyway i can even though i dont live in the Us but in holland.
Tue, June 30, 2009 12:41 AM
BET Tribute to MICHAEL was very disapppointing! Black entertainers better come together and plan a TRIBUT show to the KING cause what went on in that award wasn’t even upto icing on the cake what the LEGENDARY KING MICHAEL deserves! BEYONCE and JAYZ you have the power to plan a major tribute.
Tue, June 30, 2009 2:03 AM
We all really miss MJ. No one can ever replace him. He’s a legend. A pioneer. Family, friends, co-celebrity, fans we really want to do something for our beloved MJ and we are still in pain. I know and I feel Janet’s pain. Let’s all pray for MJ and the family he left.
Tue, June 30, 2009 4:05 PM
there are blk people in holland????