After watching the BET Awards last night (or as much as I could stomach of it), there were two things that were re-affirmed for me: (1) The award show itself is still produced with great quality; (2) BUT most of the new talent presented on the show has taken an all time dive -or better yet- a plummet to the depths of the earth.
It’s no secret that a large portion of today’s ‘mainstream’ music tends to oftentimes sound like hot garbage that can destroy our kids’ brain cells by the millisecond. It’s also no secret that there are still some very talented artists out there who are being recognized for their work as well…thankfully.
That brings us to the latest debate and controversy regarding newcomer rapper, Cardi B, versus Jay Z, Beyoncé, and several other artists. Mary J. Blige had a lil’ somethin’ to say about this too, but we’ll get to that, as well as her epic performance, in a sec.’…
But First…Why Fans Are Pissed Off…
In case y’all haven’t heard, Cardi B won the ‘Album of the Year’ BET Award for her debut album, “Invasion of Privacy.” Nominated in that same category were Meek Mill’s “Championship,” Travis Scott’s “Astroworld,” Ella Mai’s self-titled album, and Jay Z & Beyonce’s “Everything Is Love” album.
All of the aforementioned artists are arguably more seasoned artists than Cardi B, and also had major hits off of their nominated albums. Thus, the reason why many fans are hella pissed off with BET for granting the top spot to Cardi B.
PAYOLAAA .. That Should Have Been Jay & Bee Award
— STREAM MEGATRON (@KayKay28933826) June 24, 2019
Cardib won over the carters yea they just giving awards to anyone pic.twitter.com/iDb4MoFidi
— Black Widow (@Oya9_9) June 24, 2019
Im happy for you but Meek Mill had one of the best albums this year. pic.twitter.com/MF98Fxs5b0
— Ch1nkz (@ch1nkata) June 24, 2019
— NsukDropOut (@Abu_swag) June 24, 2019
payola strikes again. pic.twitter.com/ENdksfAgtw
— stay pressed rat. (@KnowRj) June 24, 2019
She buys all her awards!!! When people gone realize that the music business is %90 business and %10 talent! Her album was trash but because of popularity she keeps winning awards smh ♂️
— Kris Jamez (@iamkrisjamez) June 24, 2019
Over The Carters tho? I love me some Cardi don’t get me wrong…but over the Carter’s? pic.twitter.com/QPh8lmwiOw
— Vashti Moore (@vashti_moore14) June 24, 2019
