June 29th, 2009

BET Awards Performances: Jay-Z, Drake, Beyonce, Keri Hilson, Lil Wayne Etc.

Drake, Lil Wayne, Birdman & Young Money


Jay-Z – D.O.A.

Beyonce

Soulja Boy – Turn My Swag On

Ciara

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo & Fabolus

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Keri Hilson

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68 Responses to “BET Awards Performances: Jay-Z, Drake, Beyonce, Keri Hilson, Lil Wayne Etc.”

  1. for real?? Says:

    Although there were so many to choose from.. Young Money had the worst performance of the night… SMH at EVERY GIRL with babies on the stage (no more than 12 yo).. the audience wasn’t feeling it, it was a NO GO.. SMH at Birdman wanted to shout out MJ during Always Strapped…

    the one time the world is watching BET and the “B” in BET had to show our @sses… SMH

  2. iknowuseeit Says:

    Souljahboy did his thing so did Neyo but Wayne played himself and looked like a fool for performing those records at a Michael Jackson tribute. Drake looked like he didn’t fit in that click which was to his benefit but he’s stiff pause even if he he tore his acl. Ciara sucked but had a good spirit. Keri tried but should stick to songwriting, Jay-Z killed it with the live band and Jamie Foxx off course stole the show

  3. iknowuseeit Says:

    Oh yeah Beyonce did her thing too.

  4. GreenEyedGyrl Says:

    I actually thought that Ciara sounded good, did not like Beyonce’s performance (especially the outfit)… upset @ Joe Jackson’s shameless plug of his new record company on CNN…. seeing Janet all teary eyed made me teary eyed…. Hearing that Chris Brown did not perform because Jay-Z made a stink about it…. Does anyone know if that is true…. A lot of drawn out points in the show…. However how did they have a tribute to the King of Pop without any type of real dance sequence…

  5. whasup Says:

    didnt see any tribute at all. just bitch ass performances.

  6. AJC Says:

    Cosign with #4

    Where was the tribute? Aside from Jay-Z this show was mediocre, and the so called tribute was a disgrace to Michael Jackson’s legacy.

  7. Legit46 Says:

    I’m Srry, Buh Lil Wayne Wuz HORRIBLE! Jus Killed The Vibe For The Whole Show, Had Drake Lookin Like,”Calm The Fuck Down Weezy!”
    n OMG, Fabolous Did Jus One Verse??? Dissappointing, Buh Then Again, He’s INCREDIBLE, AKA THE MOST UNDERATED RAPPER EVER(as i Always Sey)…LOSO’s WAY COMIN SOON!!!

  8. noelle Says:

    GreenEyedGyrl that was the 2nd time I cried like a lil bitch, when Janet came out. Ne-Yo went bald, good for him :) . Drake extra chill.

  9. noelle Says:

    Jay-Z outfit sucked, nobodies punk ass stood up for Clifford, and Kanye never performed. Neither did Usher. Jamie Foxx & Martin Lawrence, pure comedy

  10. Tamika Says:

    Nigel Great job on the videos. Could you please post the Tevin Campbell, Guy & BBD performances? Thanks. Again great job on the coverage of the BET Awards.

  11. noelle Says:

    Keri is on PCP lol, jk. Everybody omg, came out!

  12. mai Says:

    it wasn’t a tribute more of a dedication and considering they only had a few days they almost get a pass. But fuck that I’m on young money wanting to fuck little girls.

  13. flatbush34st Says:

    the tributes were great imo….Ciara’s sucked tho…but that’s becuz she can’t sing. Ne-Yo performing Lady In My Life was sick…the duet at the end was cool. New Edition reuniting at the beginning WITH Bobby Brown was great. Jamie wit the MJ outfits had me rollin…esp at the open.

    I give this awards show 8/10

    Lil’ Wayne and Yung Money was trash….Drake cudn’t move cuz of his ACL made the performance suck

    Don Cornelius long ass speech fucked up the show….hilarious when Eddie Levert slipped up and curse live

    And because of the MJ tribute the whole show….things kinda went unsmoothly…but they still did a pretty good job on such short notice

  14. noelle Says:

    mai boo, that is Wayne’s daughters’ new group she is a part of with Tiny’s daughters I believe

  15. noelle Says:

    Yeah all that flatbush34st lol

  16. mai Says:

    @ noelle you really telling me that’s ok performing that with a bunch of little girls singing along on national television

  17. noelle Says:

    Um yes mai. They are a group, a musical group, nothing wrong with performing with your dad on national television. How many little girls can say that? Was Miley Cyrus given that opportunity?

  18. noelle Says:

    I mean I am pretty sure they probably do not fully understand the words, but they are tweenies, Drake was there lol. Ladies and girlies love Drizzy

  19. 619 Says:

    Cosign with #1

    The one time the world was watching BET they go and make a fool of the race and of MJ’s legacy. Janet’s speech was touching and Jay killed it but other than that this show was a hot mess. Wayne, Yung Money, and Birdman was horrible and if Drake’s knee wasn’t fucked he would’ve put on a better performance. And Lol at LeBron winning best male athlete and getting booed, Nigga took Kobe’s award in his city but thats ok because while he dancing in the crowd Kobe is working on his game.

  20. mai Says:

    No but in 3 years i’m sure mack will give her a big opportunity

  21. mai Says:

    i dunno maybe its just me

  22. MaL Says:

    LMAO @ #20 (mai) for using Mack Maine’s verse against him. LOL

  23. Jackie Says:

    Look at Birdman’s old ass trying to fit in with the young guys. SMDH

  24. Jay Says:

    Jamie Foxx Snoop T-Pian and Travis killin it!!

  25. guccimane Says:

    SMH at 6:02 in the Young money video making Drake walk alone off stage

  26. meazyneezy Says:

    this performance was straight garbage im tired of both songs already and lil wayne get back to fucking rappin you t-paining too much uh

  27. Superman - Hip Hop Says:

    Wayne and Young Money pefromance was TRASH ! As soon as i seen theses clowns(drake, wayne, mack maine) on stage i switch the channel. Jay-Z did his thing, Lebron knows he got NO CHANCE in hell next season to win a championship. Ne-Yo and Jamie held it down. Yo TI babymama look like trash. Who was that chick sitting next to diddy? Shawty is bad.

  28. $lim Says:

    Ne-yo and Hov killed it. Everybody else was either average or ass pause. Keith Sweat and Aaron Hall sounded terrible and Young Money’s performance was the worst. Drake looked like he didn’t even want to perform. Oh Tyrese, trey songz, johnny gill did they thing too

  29. daffy Says:

    hov killed woow.

  30. bushwick pure Says:

    aint no 1 killed it get off jay dick already nigga performance be all the corny same shit is wack already a band n him not being able to move his old ass camel bones around

  31. the real gangster Says:

    BET awards sucked like other every year.

  32. Drissy AKA Pwetti Boi Says:

    CHRIS BROWN WUD OF SURELY REPPED FOR MJ.

  33. for real?? Says:

    Maxwell was amazing, Tyrese need to give us another CD (please don’t rap on this one), Keri was straight but she looked a little Elvis to me (I wish she cut her ending) and why was Beyonce dressed for her Quiceanera?? The end of the show was really good.. Janet coming out to speak put things in persepective and then to have Ne-Yo and Jaime Foxx sing (you know they were tearing up)… you could feel the emotion in their voices. My only problem with the show was that it was only put together too quick but they tried. I’m not gonna bad mouth BET because at the end of the day, they were the station that represented for black ppl when the others were hating.

  34. GreenEyedGyrl Says:

    @Superman-Hiphop… You better watch out… Q might get you….LOL….cause that was Dawn from danity kane next to puff

  35. PIGGY ROSS™ Says:

    WOW,THAT YOUNG MONEY PERFORMANCE WAS EMBARRASSING.

  36. Coolit Says:

    AWEFUL AWARD SHOW! AWEFUL REPRESENTATION OF BLACK PEOPLE.

  37. SERGEANT CHO KAHO™ Says:

    HO!THE INABIRITY OF DRAKE TO SING WITHOUT AUTOTUNE BECAME APPALENT WHEN HE OPENED HIS MOUTHO,HO!

  38. Saye Hello Says:

    Yeah BET could’ve did better on MJ — They could had his glove come down on stage for a silent moment or somethin, or had the artists sign a giant glove, i dunno the whole thing was akward too many were looking for the unqiue thing to say rather than just what was on their minds i guess some folks thought that this was gonna bear into a tradition when the reality of actually carrying that may have been too much to hold but i can’t hate he fam to the community tho they didn’t do him wrong they just didn’t keep the seperation between show and ceremony down

    Janet just didn’t know what to say

    The awards part really suck because they’re aren’t too many black artists in different categories like that — so damn there everyone gets an award — ish I don’t think Wyclef was expecting that award

    Performance wise it was ok none of the current artists had new material to perform besides Jay-Z everything already has a video and is being played on the radio….OH WAIT – MAXWELL had a performance too, where’s the clip of that dude? I know he got an album commin out i might buy that

    I can never say I didn’t laugh super hard @ Eddie Levert lol — he was definietly CHOPPED when he said that, but he an O’JAY tho — he can get away wit that*

  39. moneycash Says:

    What the Fuck was BET(Deborah Lee, Stephen Hill) thinking when they allowed little wayne to perform I Wanna Fuck every Girl with all them kids on stage, WTF was that, it was so embarassing, then to bring out Janety right after it… come one. Cosign #1

  40. hjNJ Says:

    That show was horrible and BET should be ashamed of putting M Jackon’s name in association with such wack performances. I was not impressed with anyone, Jay-Z, O’jays, BBD, Neyo was OK. Everyone wanted Beyonce to do something up beat, but I think her song was a boring…….appropriate and her vocals are perfect, but people wanted some M. Jackson and booty shaking.

  41. Smurf Says:

    Who popped who floped

    Drake:Was popping until yung money came out

    Young money:Flopping

    Jay-Z:POPPED for SURE

    Beyoncé:Nice voice,nice booty but Flopped

    Ciara:Popped (she Chose the right song)

    Soulja boy:Flopped

    Jamie Foxx-T-Pain:POPPED THE F OUT (Travis Barker Killed it)

    Ne-yo,Jamie,Fabolous:popped (nice trio)

    Keri Hilson:MISS KEERrRRRrrriii Baaaabbaayy POPPED

    I really liked the fact that almost errbody was wearing something that represent MJ.a lot of nice outfit!

  42. Smurf Says:

    BTW the crowd was so boring..

  43. me Says:

    lmao young money was so out of place and they seem like they should have been an opening act outside. all the bitches were wearing pampers the show was really sad, jamie fox was rude to that one bitch at the end when he threw the paper she gave him on the floor. BET didnt have a lot of time and boy did it ever show.

  44. t Says:

    the show was okay.

    keri hilson/ciara/soulja boy/drake/young money/wayne/birdman were NOT needed.

    other than those talentless fools the show was straight.

    how the hell did keri hilson win best new artist over jazmine sullivan? smh. even the audience wasn’t feeling that because only kanye stood up when she won.LOL

    jay performance was hot. jamie killed it the whole show.

    beyonce looked good. her body was bangin and that song was appropriate for mj.

    she was dressed like an angel and the song is about angels(mj in this case).

    but so many black folks are ignorant and closed-minded that they didn’t even know what “ave maria” means and just wanted her to shake her ass.smh

    it was nice to see bbd, tevin campbell, new edition, the ojays, guy and all the other surprises.

    overall the show was okay except for a few talentless people who shouldn’t have performed.

  45. NAPOLEON Says:

    THAT SHOW LAST NIGHT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING. IT WAS JUST DID WRONG. I’M A BIG MJ FAN, BUT IF YOU GONA HONOR HIM, THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST DONE A SEPERATE SHOW ALLTOGETHER.

    THE SHOW WAS DESCENT CAUSE IT HAD IT’S MOMENTS. JAMIE MOONWALKING & INTRO, SOME OF HIS INTRODUCTIONS, THAT MOVIE TRAILER, A FEW PERFORMANCES, & THE WHOLE THING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAD ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING GREAT.

    GOOD;
    1. JAY-Z PERFORMANCE,
    2. MAXWELL PERFORMANCE,
    3. NE-YO & JAIME DUET.
    4. ALICIA KEYS, BEYONCE, & KERI HILSON IN THEM SHORT CUT DRESSES.
    5. MOST OF JAIME JOKES “GET UP DIDDY OR I WILL MOON WALK ALL OVER UR AZZ” LOL
    6. JANET J BEING STRONG
    7. REMEMBERING MICHAEL
    8. SHOUT OUT TO BLACKS MAKING IT HAPPEN
    9. BABY BOY
    10. PRE-SHOW. KID CUDI, JERIMIAH, ROCSI IN THAT ARTIST SPOOF WITH THE BEYONCE OUTFIT, I DON’T LIKE TERRANCE BUT DUDE WAS FUNNY WITH HIS SKITS TOO.
    11. HUMAINITARIAN AWARD

    DESCENT TO WTF MOMENT;
    1. KERI HILSON PERFOMANCE ( I LUV HER MUSIC, BUT THE PERFOMANCE WAS NOT THAT GOOD) SHE HAD NO FEATURES & THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE SONGS WITH HER, DIDN’T EVEN PERFORM. MA IS SEXY TOO, BUT THAT LAST LIL THING SHE DID WAS LIKE WTF.
    2. BEYONCE DOING A GREAT SONG FROM HER ALBUM, THEN THE SONG NOT BEING AS GOOD, AND HER OUTFIT WAS LIKE WTF. NO PERFORMANCE OF SINGLE LADIES, I WERE A BOY, OR HALO.
    3. HAVING MR SOUL TRAIN HIMSELF COMEOUT, THEN NOBODY AT BET THINKING “HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROMPTER” AND THE WHOLE AWKWARDNESS & TIME LOST OF THAT.
    4. JAIME FOXX & MR DUMB AZZ CHAIN DOING BLAME IT, THEN GOING INTO WTF WITH SNOOP JUST DANCIN, NO REMIX VERSE, CAUSE IT JUST GOT NOISY AT THE END.
    5. KEYSHIA COLE PERFORMANCE, I LISTEN TO BOTH THEIR MUSIC, MAYBE IT WAS JUST HOW THEY WERE LOOKING, I STILL REMEMBER WHAT SHE WAS WEARING LAST YEAR. JESUS.
    6. I PROB MISSED SOMETHING ELSE.

    UGLY;
    1. NOT HATING, I DON’T LISTEN TO WAYNE, THAT WEAK AZZ PERFORMANCE FROM LET’S JUST SAY THE SO CALLED BEST RAPPER TO EVERYBODY. YOUNG GIRLS WITH DRAKE ON STAGE, DRAKES LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE. CAN WE STOP WITH THE HYPE, PRESSURE MIGHT BUST THIS PIPE.
    2. SOME OF THE PRE-SHOW. ANY STUPID AZZ DANCE SONG PERFORMED.
    3. THE FACT THAT T.I. (IN JAIL) OR RIHANNA, OR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WEREN’T THIER ?
    4. T-PAIN’S “BIG AZZ CHAIN”

    SHOW WAS OKAY. LAST THING.

    I THINK KANYE GAVE HIS PERFORMANCE TIME BACK, WAYNE & DRAKE SHOULD HAVE BUT

    “”"”"”"”THE FACT THAT KANYE & JEEZY COULDA DID “AMAZIN”, HIM BEING A HUGE MICHAEL FAN, TO MAYBE CLOSE THE SHOW OR JUST AS TRIBUT”"”"”"”

    I MEAN COME ON.

  46. docboogie Says:

    Jay Z remains one of the king of live rap performances, Lil wayne with the young girls on stage I thought the guy from cnn was gonna come out and arrest the whole cash money crew.
    Cash money made bad song choices and the young girls……

  47. docboogie Says:

    Oh and Beyonce , although it was not my song choice she song in english and italian it is a spirtual song so I guess it was the right song. but vocally she killed it. Husband and wife ruled

  48. backlash Says:

    Lmao, Im Glad Im Not Tha Only One Who Thought It Was Mad Weird , That Lil Wayne Had Them Lil Kids Shakin Dey Asses On Stage While He Was Performin Every Gurl And To Make It Even Worse One Of Em Was His Daughter .. I Was Watchin That Shid Last Nite ..Like Wdf Is Wrong With These Niggaz ..Tha Only Nigga Who Found That Apealing Was R-Kelly …Then They Bleeped Out Every Other Word , They Said …Hands Down Tha Worse Performance Of Tha Nite ..My Nigga Jay Killed It Tho, Jamie Foxx Did Good,Neyo…Even Soulja Boys Was Aiight ….And @#4 ..Don’t Believe Everything Mediatakeout Post ..90% Of It Is Lies ..

  49. Ill Will Says:

    wayne sucked, jay killed it

  50. ItsWavie212 Says:

    some of you sayin ciara was good but beyonce wasnt? damn yall got good taste in music

  51. Shan Says:

    I thought Maxwell’ performance was the best of the nite…can’t wait for the album to come out. Maxwell and K’Jon are the only artists that I’m really feelin rite now…I advise everyone to check out K’Jon becuz he is the truth. Y’all can listen to his songs @ http://www.myspace.com/whoiskjon

  52. q Says:

    ^^^most of these people on here are so closed-minded that they just dont get it.

    ‘ave maria’ is a latin song that means ‘hail mary’, and bey dressed up like an angel, basically paying tribute to mike and hoping he rests in peace.

    but because she didn’t get up there and shake her ass, they think she had a ‘bad performance’. smh

    so damn ignorant. anyway overall the show was okay. you could tell that it was all thrown together last minute.

  53. Superman - Hip Hop Says:

    @#42…THANK U FINALLY sumbody gets it “DRAKES LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE. CAN WE STOP WITH THE HYPE, PRESSURE MIGHT BUST THIS PIPE.” Drake album doesnt come out til 2010 his buzz will be gone by the end of the summer. I heard this dude TWICE and so far im not feeling him. Yo Don Cornelius was talkin to the point i thought the collection tray was being passed around lol.

  54. noelle Says:

    Yeah Smurf, Drake needs to just not smile and cheese like that

  55. noelle Says:

    How am I supposed to take you..him seriously?

  56. PIGGY ROSS™ Says:

    “Yo Don Cornelius was talkin to the point i thought the collection tray was being passed around lol.”

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  57. Pryncss279 Says:

    My few cents is that it had nothing to do w/ Beyonce’s song choice (I thought it was great) Ave Maria was quite suitable & EVERYTHING to do with her choice of attire. Now why would you presume it’s OK, to perform a religious song in dedication of a fallen great w/ close to NOTHING on – who co-signed on that (not Mommy or Daddy?)??!! Come on folks, if this is how we want to world to judge us….I believe no one’s opinion was changed with last night’s show, just downgraded a bit more. Lil Wayne & his posse certainly deserved a Back Handed Slap, but after being put in hand-cuffs. Talk about LACK OF RESPECT & COMMON SENSE w/ that crap of a performance. T-Pain, should opt to leave the buffoon (XX-Ghetto) attire at home sometimes. What is wrong with my people???!!!
    I have gained a whole level of respect for Janet Jackson for the strength to come out in public & speak after going through so much over the past few days. SHE is GREATNESS!

  58. SMM Says:

    That Young Money performance was fucking ridiculous–inappropriate and creepy with a bunch of underaged girls singing a song w/ the lyrics “I wish I could fuck every girl in the world” That’s just wrong, weird and creepy as hell. Wheelchair Jimmy needed that damn wheelchair back last night. Beyonce’s performances made no sense to me. Does no one realize that “Angel” is about drug abuse, it’s not sweet, at all.

    And I applaud Trey Songz, Tyrese and Johnny–they were one of the few hi-lites of the show. I thought Trey was incredible, and he looked sooo sexy. And Maxwell’s performance was beautifle. He sound great last night.

    Why the hell would Ciara not dance? Who told her she could get out there, mediocre voice and all, and sing a song in honor of MJ? That was a bad idea. She and Chris should gotten together and did a dance number–that would have been big–and would have made a lot more sense than some of the other tributes.

  59. SMM Says:

    Also, Janet Jackson is a strong ass woman. There’s no way I would have been able to stand on that stage and address an audience days after my brother’s death. God bless her.

  60. NEGRO PLEA$E! Says:

    The show was aiight….nothing special.

    Someone needs to do T-Pain a favor and jack him for that silly ass chain, and sell it on ebay…cause he looks like a DAMN fool with it on.

    The Baby Boy skit was pretty funny. The Ojays performance was straight, the neyo/jamie foxx duet was good.

    And agree with everyone on here…the Young Money performance was beyond horrible…who’s idea was that?

    Did yall see Alicia Keys? DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

  61. mypointofview Says:

    worst awards show to date i only watched it because i thought appropriate ppl wouldve been there to tribute MJ. No chris brown usher or ginuwine? I mean what the fuck they were the only ones that had there moves down pact. Jays performance was not all that for jamie to make such a big deal outta it like that i mean i was waiting for somethin magical to happen and they brought out jay to do his usual lackluster perfomance. Beyonce this bitch must be on some type of drugs or pills she looked high throughout the entire show what the fuck was up wit her wearing a bathing suit with a lamp shade around it she aint look like a angel she looked like a ghost or witch wit that scare crow wig and veil. They shoulda had mariah come shut the shit down! Ciara was cool i dont know why ppl bashed her vocally she chose a song well within her range. Neyo was cool he had the best performance by far. Lil wayne NO COMMENT!

  62. Superman - Hip Hop Says:

    If jay would’ve brought back bleek, beanie sigel and free, YG’z, O & Sparks that would’ve nice. He needs to bring back SP. Causes Drake signed with Cash Money next he gonna be saying “Birdman aint been giving me all my money”.

  63. mariana Says:

    are some poeple serious about bee ?! paying tribute to mickeal j ?! she was half naked ?! don’t make me laugh.
    the entire show was a GARBAGE i’m sure mtv will do better than that ! and with chris brown !

  64. DROD Says:

    comments about last bet awards:
    first and formost much respect for janet coming out after what the family is going thru…may god bless there family!

    expected alot more great moments and tributes to MJ..THOUGHT CRIS BROWN WOULD BE THERE.

    young money performance uuummm totally feeling drake all the way…but what was up with the lil underage grl’z singing and dancing to lyrics that are not appropiate 4there age??????idk

    beyonce/nice ciara/nice neyo/nice HUMANITARIAN AWARD/WELL DESERVED

    JAMIE FOXX /KEPT IT GOOD & JAY Z….LOVING THE PERFORMANCE

  65. brooklyn stand up Says:

    MEGAN FOX’S TITTY SHOT
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-QTvZbXcPE

  66. JoeLz Says:

    HANDS DOWN THE WORST PERFORMANCE WAS YOUNG MONEY(aside from Drake)..SMH!!!….WHAT EVERYONE IS FORGETTING IS THAT BET HAD TO CHANGE THE WHOLE AWARDS SHOW IN 3 DAYS TOPS CUZ OF MJ’S DEATH(RIP) AND THAT IS NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH TIME TO CHANGE STUFF THAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED!!!….I FEEL BEYONCE WOULD OF PERFORMED “DIVA” OR “EGO” IF THEY WASN’T TRIBUTING THE SHOW TO MJ(AND YA KNOW SHE WOULD OF SMASHED IT)….AS FAR AS YOUNG MONEY GOES…I GUESS THEY HAD NOTHING ELSE TO PERFORM!!!….JAMIE FOXX & HELD THINGS DOWN THOUGH….”BLAME IT” WAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE!!!…..THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT KEYSHIA COLE’S PERFORMANCE…..SOULJA BOY’S PERFORMANCE WAS AVERAGE(NOT BAD BUT NOT GREAT EITHER)….JAY WAS BEING JAY(HOWEVER U WANNA TAKE THAT)….

  67. JoeLz Says:

    OH YEA…T-PAIN’S “BIG ASS CHAIN” WAS MADD FUNNY TO ME…SMH!!!!!

  68. THINK Says:

    As someone who grew up (from Day One) listening to te Jackson 5 and subsequently, Michael Jackson as a solo at, let me say this: a lot of these young people don’t realize how important Soul Train was to black artists at a time when it was not easy getting television time. Soul Train was a great show and Don Cornelius was the host of that show.

    First, I felt that Mr. Cornelius should have been given a microphone appropirate for his height so that he did not have to bend over when speaking. Second, while he have have talked too long (which, I do not think he did), this man is a legend in terms of black music for well over 40 years. I watched Soul Train every Saturday! It was a great venue.

    The young people need to show respect to people who fought to maintain a venue and public space for black entertainers. This was long before MTV and BET and other entertainment television stations.

    Don Corneilus was also well dressed and elegant. This is something that these thugs need to understand. Maxwell also had on a beautiful suit and shirt.

    The elegance has been taken out of show business–and, at the end, of the day, entertainers need to understand this.

    Other observations:

    Beyonce, for example, is still learning. Her dress was inappropriate for the venue. That swinsuit outfit.

    Ving Rhames needs help. Fast.

    Drake, Lil Wayne, and others should be facing child pornography charges. (Since there are no real standards left in the rap game, how was Wayne to know that this rap he was performing was out of place? Insanity has becom the norm.)

    Alicia Keyes was the best dressed woman there, although I think she is a little heavy on the makeup and false eyelashes. She is a natural beauty and really does not need any of that.

    And those Mary Mary sisters are about to bust out of that skirt and leather pants.

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