Did you guys know that I was actually invited to the red carpet event and awards ceremony for this year’s BET awards? Because I was! I had to decline, though, because I wasn’t sure if Chris Brown and Drake were going to get into it again and I’ve already filled my quota of picking glass shards out of my hair for the year, darn it. Plus, that would also mean that I’d have to occupy the same airspace as Kim Kardashian, and I’m not all that schooled in how herpes are transmitted. I mean, you can get them by breathing the same air, can’t you*?
No, but in all seriousness, I got the invite, like, two days ago, and I’m all like, “Bitches please. Who do y’all think I am that I can just up and hop on a plane headed to the other side of the country with a day’s notice?” The gesture was nice, though, I’ve got to say.
Anyway, if you missed the show last night, this is what you missed:
Best Female R&B Artist
WINNER: Beyoncé
Best Male R&B Artist
WINNER: Chris Brown
Best Group
WINNER: The Throne (JayZ & Kanye West)
Best Collaboration
WINNER: Wale featuring Miguel, “Lotus Flower Bomb”
Best Male HipHop Artist
WINNER: Drake
Best Female HipHop Artist
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
Video of the Year
WINNER: The Throne (JayZ & Kanye West) featuring Otis Redding, “Otis”? Usher, “Climax”
Video Director of the Year
WINNER: Beyoncé & Alan Ferguson
Best New Artist
WINNER: Big Sean
Best Gospel
WINNER: Yolanda Adams
Best Actress
WINNER: Viola Davis
Best Actor
WINNER: Kevin Hart
Young Stars Award
WINNER: Diggy
Best Movie
WINNER: The Help
CocaCola Viewers’ Choice Award
WINNER: Mindless Behavior, “Hello”
Subway Sportswoman of the Year
WINNER: Serena Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
WINNER: Kevin Durant
Centric Award
WINNER: Common
Best International Act: Africa
WINNER: Sarkodie (Ghana)
Best International Act: U.K.
WINNER: Wretch 32
FANdemonium Award
WINNER: Chris Brown
Humanitarian Award
WINNER: Rev. Al Sharpton
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
*I know you can’t. Of course I know you can’t.
Any award show that rewards Chris Brown and Al Sharpton is a complete joke. And having Kim Kartrashian there just confirms what a craptacular waste of time that show was.
BET = joke.
Please don’t punch me in the head, but, BET sells tickets to the awards show.
When they haven’t sold out and people have essentially stopped buying, their PR department sends out tickets to bloggers.
At least you guys were on the list though!
HAAHAHAHAHA (I just watched the Chris Brown ‘performance’!) They PAINTED HIS ABS ON! They had to give girly-man some muscles! They body painted half of him, but its pretty easy to see they continued it around him to bulk up his pecs and abs. They paint defined 1 arm and left the other one alone, so you can see how skinny and flabby he is.
I’m afraid I just don’t like Chris Brown. :/
I’m surprised people didn’t stop buying weeks ago!
Show me that business plan.
The business reason behind it is fairly simple: they’ve sold all the tickets that they’re going to.
The ones left over can either go to waste or they can do something with them. The smartest thing to do is send them to bloggers and generate some buzz. All MSM people that were going to cover it already did.
Beet-beet and her friends used to go to these; I remember some of her pictures and articles. Maybe that is how they got on the list?