I’m assuming BET felt the need to appologize because of the Hiptics.com original, “BET Awards: An Absolute Mess.” Alex Parker commented on the post, which I wrote immediately following the Awards:
BET Awards ‘09: a failure of EPIC proportions…i’ma need y’all to un-dedicate this to michael. if this is for him, y’all did him dirty.
Yup. It was that bad. Here’s more on BET’s appology:
BET has expressed remorse over a performance by Lil Wayne, Drake and Young Money Records that involved underage girls during songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Every Girl.”
The songs, which have overt sexual references, were performed during the Sunday BET Awards ‘09 show as a bevy of young girls danced on stage. The group of girls consisted of Lil Wayne’s daughters and her friends.
In an exclusive statement, BET has responded to the criticism and the public outcry over the segment.
“BET Networks deeply regrets the performance by Young Money at the BET AWARDS ’09 (featuring Lil Wayne, Drake, Gudda Gudda and Mack Maine),” a BET representative told AllHipHop.com exclusively. “Elements of the performance were unplanned and should not have happened.”
In the aftermath of the show, many have expressed outrage over the outing by Young Money, which was set amid a show dedicated to the late Michael Jackson.
Props: AllHipHop
No related posts.
BET should apologize for the whole entire show it was crap from Kari, to Beyonce, to Jay, to Jamie Fox… what was the tribute??? Also LIL Wayne.
BET Had LIL Wayne on the show instead of Chris Brown???
Horrible show and where was the Micahel Jackson Ttribute?? You had Jay Z promo his song and the Wife Bey show boating 1/2 naked singing a song she prob didn’t understand either.
The Worst BET show EVER.