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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Elano on July 03, 2009, 12:40:03 AM
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Drake has addressed the recent controversy behind his "Every Girl" performance alongside Lil Wayne at last weekend's BET Awards show and said their set suffered from last-minute changes.
"That, actually -- to be honest -- was a terrible idea that I'll never do to myself again," he said in an interview. "But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes. I don't think it called for us to perform "Every Girl" and "Always Strapped," and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-n-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne's daughters and her friends coming out on stage -- it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn't planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it's nothing we can't bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn't intended to offend anybody." (Complex)
Sources close to Weezy's camp also weighed in on what allegedly went down with the appearance of pre-teen girls on-stage.
According to my source, what happened was Wayne's daughter Reginae, 9, was upset that she didn't get the chance to accompany her father, Lil Wayne, to the stage to accept his award because she was sitting too far back in the audience. Once backstage, the youngster began to cry. And Wayne, who they say is a great dad, hated to see his little girl cry. So he told Reginae she could come out onstage during his performance with Drake. Reginae, being the team player that she is, asked the other members of her group to go out on stage with her. (Sandra Rose)
Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt expressed his discontent with the performance and BET via an open letter to network president, Debra Lee.
"Show executives watched, approved, and applauded as artists Lil Wayne, Drake, and Cash Money brought young, under-aged girls onto the stage to dance and serve as window dressing while they performed 'Every Girl,' a song that reduces girls and women to sex objects," he wrote. "In a culture where one out of four girls and women are either raped or sexually assaulted - and where manipulative men routinely traffic vulnerable women into the sex industry - it is not okay that BET allowed this to happen. BET owes its entire audience - particularly girls and women around the world - an apology for its failure to intervene." (The Urban Daily)
Press covering the event also expressed their reactions to the set.
Overall, the show was a big downer because...many things just seemed out of place. For example, Drake's performance had Lil' Wayne and his pre-teen daughter with other young girls on stage rapping along to "Every Girl in the World," which is a song about having escapades with all the girls in the world. (Examiner)
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LOL, thats fucked up but fuck they make sucha big deal out of everything now adays!!!
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http://www.radioplanet.tv/drake-lil-wayne-bet-awards/
why the fuck do girls wear those stupid fuckin leg warmers with a skirt i swear
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Yeah that performance will go down in history as the worst ever , that shit was tooo corny .
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what idiots
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honestly the girls thing was awful (under aged) but i don't see a big deal with them performing these songs. It's not like Michael Jackson was set to be a big part of the show before his death. The show must go on unfortunately. They performed their 2 big hit records out right now, as they should.
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Mann, I wouldn't let my daughter listen to that type of shit, let alone havin' daddy rap about it. :D
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
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Well I think they did a decent job considering they had to change the entire show in less then a week.Of course it wasn't going to be extremely organized when a couple months of planning goes out the door within days of the show.As far as the drake and Wayne performance as far as the songs who cares jay z did doa and that had nothing to do with mj.But the little girls thing was just so badly done.How could you now know that would back fire?
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Yeah that performance will go down in history as the worst ever , that shit was tooo corny .
LOL FITTING TRIBUTE TO JACKSON LMAO!!! nah on the real though, Sorta FUCKED UP. Shit, I'd change the fucking Set. lol Anyone got a video upload of that? lmao
Edit: Saw it again, Holy christ That shit was sucky as fuck, I muted it after one minute. but yeah, Honestly that was the worse choice you could do lol
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
Yeah, that's only part of the show I saw.
The other lil pieces I watched on Youtube. LMAO
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who does BET think is listening to that music anyway? girls from the age of 10 to 16 are exposed to that music all the time. i think it's a little awkward that his daughter was on stage while he was singing that, but shes heard it before lol.
"In about three years holla at me Miley Cyrus" - easily line of the year. :laugh:
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he is disrespecting the holy michael jackson with that shit, everyone knows his holiness liked little boys not girls
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Damn just watched the performance, that shit was boring as fuck, and crowd didn't look hyped at all... Wayne shoulda shouted his daughter out or sumin so ppl knew he wasn't just being a pedo lol
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
please that was best award show in years . B.E.T kicked every award shows ass . you have to remeber that they had to change things up because of michaels jacksons death . this was better then any of past b.e.t awards . so you must of not watched it all the way . it was great show . they had new edition,guy, o,jays, tevin campelll & BBD perform that night .they had the best music ever for award show . so this just shows you don't know what you are talking about at all . you don't know crap. B.E.T had people who did incrediable job organizing this show with michael jackson dying at the last minute. so yo uare totally 100% wrong on BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last. that is bullcrap what you said
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
please that was best awartd show in years . B.E.T kicked every award shows ass . you have to remeber that they had to change things up because of michaels jacksons death . this was better then any of past b.e.t awards . so you must of not watched it all the way . it was great show . they had new edition,guy, o,jays, tevin campelll & BBD perform that night .they had the best music ever for award show . so this just shows you don't know what you are talking about at all . you don't know crap. B.E.T had people who did incrediable job organizing this show with michael jackson dying at the last minute. so yo uare totally 100% wrong on BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last. that is bullcrap what you said
midwestryder-fuck st louis, nelly, and the 80's
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
please that was best awartd show in years . B.E.T kicked every award shows ass . you have to remeber that they had to change things up because of michaels jacksons death . this was better then any of past b.e.t awards . so you must of not watched it all the way . it was great show . they had new edition,guy, o,jays, tevin campelll & BBD perform that night .they had the best music ever for award show . so this just shows you don't know what you are talking about at all . you don't know crap. B.E.T had people who did incrediable job organizing this show with michael jackson dying at the last minute. so yo uare totally 100% wrong on BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last. that is bullcrap what you said
midwestryder-fuck st louis, nelly, and the 80's
grow up loser . got to hell with your gay hating self becuase the 80's were better then 90's & today . so fuk you & you whole famnily ,loser & the town you come from because it makes week ass haters like you. so bow down to someone who is better then you
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who does BET think is listening to that music anyway? girls from the age of 10 to 16 are exposed to that music all the time. i think it's a little awkward that his daughter was on stage while he was singing that, but shes heard it before lol.
"In about three years holla at me Miley Cyrus" - easily line of the year. :laugh:
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!
shows what bet has had these girls singing along to for a good while
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i tried to watch some of it but it was just so poorly put together. i mean they have a tribute to the O'Jays and play like 4 songs then the O'Jays go have a speach and without anyone really knowing anything they go and start singing. BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last.
please that was best awartd show in years . B.E.T kicked every award shows ass . you have to remeber that they had to change things up because of michaels jacksons death . this was better then any of past b.e.t awards . so you must of not watched it all the way . it was great show . they had new edition,guy, o,jays, tevin campelll & BBD perform that night .they had the best music ever for award show . so this just shows you don't know what you are talking about at all . you don't know crap. B.E.T had people who did incrediable job organizing this show with michael jackson dying at the last minute. so yo uare totally 100% wrong on BET needs to higher better ppl to organize their shit for them because it seems like they are never any better then the last. that is bullcrap what you said
midwestryder-fuck st louis, nelly, and the 80's
grow up loser . got to hell with your gay hating self becuase the 80's were better then 90's & today . so fuk you & you whole famnily ,loser & the town you come from because it makes week ass haters like you. so bow down to someone who is better then you
GROW UP!...kid
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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.
Activist and filmmaker Byron Hurt lambasted the network earlier in the week in an open letter to Debra Lee, the President and Chief Executive Officer of BET Holdings, Inc.
“In a culture where one out of four girls and women are either raped or sexually assaulted - and where manipulative men routinely traffic vulnerable women into the sex industry - it is not okay that BET allowed this to happen,” Hurt said. “BET owes its entire audience - particularly girls and women around the world - an apology for its failure to intervene.”
A representative said generally the company has found such opinions useful.
“We value and appreciate the feedback from our viewers and have edited Young Money’s performance for all BET Awards ’09 encore presentations.”
Drake has apologized and taken responsibility for the performance, admitting it was in poor taste.
"That...was a terrible idea that I'll never do to myself again. But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes,” he told Complex. “I don't think it called for us to perform "Every Girl" and "Always Strapped," and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-n-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne's daughters and her friends coming out on stage -- it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn't planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it's nothing we can't bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn't intended to offend anybody."
An edited version of the show will re-air on Monday July 6. The BET Awards saw a 61-percent increase in viewers this year fueled by the sudden death of Michael Jackson. Ten percent of all turned on television sets watched the show Sunday, a remarkably high number.
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LMAO
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I thought it was just me when I saw the video of the performance and thought it wasn't good at all... and now I read this lmao
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What's the big deal. It's not like the under age girls dancing were under age boys. There's nothing wrong with being a little light hearted at a funeral, much less an wards ceremony after someone died.
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that drake and lil wayne performance will go down in history as probally the worst ever , real talk .
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bad move by both
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WTF was that shit? I just watched the performance and I gotta say.. I never really listened to wayne (he doesnt oversaturate the radio in europe) and I still can't understand how the hell someone can listen to that whiney bitch ass voice singing/rapping. He makes eminems accent sound heavenly lol! The rest of the performers weren't much better.. how can these dudes be the hottest thing out? Damn, something is wrong with this world I swear!