BET Hip Hop awards took place this weekend in Atlanta(to be aired on 10/12) and apparently the spokesman for the 2010 "Stay in School" Campaign Waka Flocka's performacne of jumping in the crowd and shaking his dreads left much to be desired in the eyes of BET big wig Steven Hill. This lead to the now common place reaction..........*wait for it*......yes, a Twitter Rant. I'm not mad at Steven HI\ill's view but could not SHOULDN'T this have been handled internally?? It's one thing if a member of the audience did this but as a part of the BET company you don't air out a situation like this that could be easily dealt with without the public involvement.
Peep the online exchanges after the Jump.
Stephen Hill’s Tweets
Waka. Flacka. Flamed. Out.
BET Hip-Hop Awards. The show was going so well…and then Waka Flak-ed. Yeah. I said it.
RT @RapRadarDotCom then why have him on the show? @StephenGHill ?
RT @WakaFlocka1017: I KICK ASS I DONT KISS ASS< my brother, you’ll demolish me in a fight. Not a question. You’re younger, bigger, stronger. Not trying to fist fight. I just ask that you respect the show. That’s all. I respect your popularity. It’s why we asked you to perform. We had a GREAT look for you. Flames on stage. Great lighting. My man Jesse (producer) was on it with your look. We’ll put the rehearsal on BET.com so folks can see what it was supposed to be. Then you decided to change the track without telling us…and jumping in the audience…without telling us…was disrespect.
We put a lot of resources into making all of our shows hot and big. We want to give ALL forms of hip-hop a shot to shine on a big stage. The BET Hip-Hop Awards, like it or not, is the single most expensive show on TV that focuses on Hip-Hop music. We take pride in providing platforms for and elevated levels of production to Hip-Hop music in our shows; esp. BET HipHop Awards. Massive respect to those that understand our love of music…and quite frankly sometimes take advantage of it. By that I mean that…
…We’ve had shows that go over budget because the artist has a vision and we’ll try VERY hard to match it…and sometimes matching means $ Because at the end of the day, we want to support artists and exhibit Black Musical Art as best we can. We aren’t perfect, but.. …any shortcoming is NEVER due to lack of trying. We just ask that artists treat our show with respect…as we make ever effort to… …respect their desires and process. Means everything. I admit. I love what I do. I respect artists interested in artistry… …and I’ve OFTEN said I’m the luckiest guy in the world. Loved shows from the womb. The spectacle. The process. Respect. Much respect. All that said (I know I’m rambling): you ain’t gotta like our shows, but know 1) <3 in right place and 2) if you gonna be on one, respect it
Waka Flocka’s tweets
how the fuck u invite Waka Flocka and hate when i jump N the crowd to connect more wit fans and friends
I THAK BET AS A WHOLE …..99% SHOULD I SAY ……ITS JUST THAT 1% IS A D*CK ASS N*GGA
I KNO KIDS HATE WHEN THEY PARENTS GET ON TWITTER AND ACT LAME IS F*CK …..
I KICK ASS AINT NOOOOO WAY N HELL I’LL KISS IT ASS
.........SMH. In the end I'm sure they'll just cut the Waka performance when they air this show.
2 comments:
Ok so what do you think is worse...this or this performance by Antoine Dobson?
This is worse in my eyes. Dobson is BET catering to a reality tv type section that loves odd ball things and 15min online sensations. So I can live with that because it's not being passed as a music artist.
Regardless of what he says, FLocka is a rapper and he doesn't respect the game. Yet in this field and current market he will make money.
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