’08 BET Awards draws smallest ratings since 2004

Stellar performances by Rihanna, Al Green, Maxwell, Alicia Keys and Ne-Yo couldn’t draw viewers to the BET Awards on Tuesday night. This year’s awards show which honors the best in African-American music, sports and film, only drew 5.8 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings.

Tuesday night’s ratings was the smallest in the BET franchise’s eight-year run since 2004.

Meanwhile, there are rumors that Clifford Harris aka T.I. was not invited to attend the awards this year even though he’s in LA filming his MTV reality series. We can speculate as to the reason why. If you recall, T.I. was arrested the day of the BET Hip Hop awards last October in Atlanta.

There are also grumblings about the sentence handed down by the feds to Jacob Arabo aka Jacob The Jeweler, this week. Arabo was given a 30-month sentence in Club Fed for lying to federal investigators about his financial dealings with the BMF crime family. He is to begin serving his sentence on January 15, 2009 – the same month T.I. is required to start serving his 9 months for gun collecting.

The difference between the two sentences is that T.I. cooperated with the feds while Arabo lied his ass off to protect himself. A 5-time felon can have 50 guns in his arsenal, but it’s a totally different ball game when you mess around with Uncle Sam’s money.

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hellava10

Um, he needs groceries and shave/thread/wax that taco meat above the belt please. This is NOT our afternoon wood
brwnsugga4you

Sandra says: The difference between the two sentences is that T.I. cooperated with the feds.

~~~so does that make him a snitch then???…don’t shoot the messenger i’m just asking…???

~~~also, pls tell me you have another pic of TIP…he looks like my lil brother when he was in the 7th grade..skin & bones…jeez!! aint nothing sexy about that!!!lol.

~~~d*mn tip is like a 24 around the waist huh????LOL..~!~~
MOCHAMOMMY

TI should never take off his shirt. I hope u’re not naive enough to still believe he was “collecting guns.”
MOCHAMOMMY

And why the hell does he have a reality show? What the hell is so interesting about someone on their way to jail?
brwnsugga4you

MOCHAMOMMY Says:

And why the hell does he have a reality show? What the hell is so interesting about someone on their way to jail?

~~~thank you mocha!!!~~~
miamore73

This was the first time I watched the BET Awards in years.
prynsexxx

All I’m going to say is I think Ashanti is a nice person…………but Beyonce would NEVER be caught on-stage or another awards show, whether receiving an award or announcing the next performer, with the bottom of her dress/gown balled up in her hand like a bounty paper towel.

That’s all I have to say…..

Oh about the post/picture……..TI “boy go put a shirt on, those vultures gone getchu'”.
candycane

^^ People watched Lil Kim’s count down to prison, why not T.I. We, well I watched DMX turn himself in on his show too. People will watch just about anything so long as a celebrity is involved
prynsexxx

#4 said:

What the hell is so interesting about someone on their way to jail
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Ask lil Kim.
prynsexxx

LOL @#8 didn’t see your post. LOL
MOCHAMOMMY

Brwnsugga: d*mn tip is like a 24 around the waist huh????

MochaMommy: And because he’s a “thug,” I’m sure he buys a 38 (pants, not guns LOL)
cupcakes

I’m with you Mochamomma! TI should definitely keep the shirt on until he reaches puberty!!!
cupcakes

and sandra where the WOOD at?!!!
brwnsugga4you

^^^^and since then she’s been a guest judge on some d*mb as show….lost her d*mn car to the repo man…and made a cameo on k. cole’s single…sounds like her career is going straight to the top…!…i’m just saying~
Anna

@ miamore73 Says:

This was the first time I watched the BET Awards in years.
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Same here. Being we have not watched in years our Nielson rating did not get registered. LOL.
ckarinwhite

he had the guns in his safe, because he couldn’t carry them they are too heavy for his bony ***!…
sugarandkisses

Number 8 is the best post ever!! THANK YOU!! Ashanti not only had her dress BALD UP in her hand but she said she had the “good good!?”…..What is she…magically delicious!? Girl stop!!! I was out done really, she made my entire right side go numb! Hood rat at its best!!! I was like wow!!! She had nothing else better to do..bless her heart! Didnt Nelly just have a child in the A? Oh and hasnt he “been” with Ashanti for about 2 or 3 years? Just checking…thanks! Good Good…hehehehehehe! Super funny!!

No comment about T.I.
ThatCarmen

My first time watching it all the way through ever…same for my next door neighbor. I smell Bullshi* with the ratings people. Just like the movie asses tried to do Tyler Perry at the box office.
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

awww look at tip’s premature body
cupcakes

u might be right thatcarmen, because I myself haven’t watched in a long time but, I did see most of it thru. until 48 Hours Mystery came on @10.

I smell a rat!
maema

it’s about more than his cooperation. you can cooperate all you want, but if you do not have good information, the government will not cut you a break (surely not the tyoe of break TI received). so, i imagine that TI had some good information, hence the sweetheart deal.
bklynchick

I always watch the BET awards every year and it’s not like it use to be back in the day. Being that they are going to show it about 50 million times who cares about the Neilsen ratings.
hellava10

It could also be that nobody watches BET anymore, period. We did so we could comment here.
Anna

@ hellava10 Says:

It could also be that nobody watches BET anymore, period. We did so we could comment here.

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The only thing I watch BET for is “A Different World” in the middle of the night. If it weren’t for this site I would have missed it like I do every year.
SHANIASMOMMA

GOOD LAWD! …FEED HIM PLEASE
http://myspace.com/mullatos SnootyPooty1

WOW look at T I Bird chest… I would cave his chest in if I was on top!!!! LOL Note to TI never take your shirt off in public please save that for the bedroom bathroom or living room. I hope that picture was touched a little bit because that cant be for real seriously … TI have some ensure I heard it helps you to put on pounds in which you are in deseperate need of..
Ilovepink1981

Im glad I saw him with his shirt off. At one point in time I would dream about all the things I would do to him, but.. then you put that picture up. My dog looks bigger than him
JustSaying

TI is standing there looking like a Ethopian kid.
nonya

TI, Tiny and Jacob all need to be underneath the jail…why…cause they all did stupid ISH…but a little fame and a name will protect the evil.
toosexy

OH I FORGOT BEYONCE IS THE PERSON THAT EVERY ARTIST SHOULD TRY TO BE LIKE YOU KNOW I WAS STARTING TO LIKE THE GIRL BUT ITS STUPID SHIT PEOPLE SAY THAT MAKES YOU DON’T HOW THE FUCK DO OR WHY THE FUCK DOES ASHANTI BALLING HER DRESS UP HAVE TO BE COMPARED TO BEYONCE AND WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE DONE, FUCK BEYONCE, REALLY, I MEAN SHE IS THE WORST RED CARPET EVENT DRESSER EVER AND WHEN SHE CAME TO THE AWARDS WITH JAYZ A FEW YEARS AGO LOOKING LIKE A PROSTITUTE, WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THAT WHO SHOULD BEYONCE BEEN MORE LIKE, ANYWAY

@SANDRA

I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ABOUT YOU, YOU ARE A WALKING CONTRADICTION, YOU SAID FIRST THAT IT WAS NOT A CRIME, TO BE A GUN COLLECTOR YOU WAS ALL OWN HIS SIDE UNTIL HE GOT SENTENCED ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO JUST CAN’T STAND WHEN SOMETHING COMES OUT GOOD FOR SOMEBODY OR SOME, I JUST DON’T GET YOU SOMETIMES. A PESSIMEST OR SOME.
MOCHAMOMMY

for 30 cents a day, u can feed this rapper.. Thats just $6 a month to feed this needy rapper. Please help him put on the much needed weight before he’s sent to jail and its too late
http://myspace.com/mullatos SnootyPooty1

@MOCHAMOMMY… Now you know you are already in timneout… No snacks or music for you today!!!!! LOL

You are wrong for that… There goes my firehouse sub all over the screen!!!!!!!!!
PAGESINADIARY

sandra, what do you mean t.i cooperated with the feds? is he a snitch now?
toosexy

@sugar and kisses

she was referring to one of the songs on her album good good

thats what she meant by that.
Sharonda

I’m looking for a word, starts with a P..PRIORITIES.Do your time and keep it moving.Should be worrying about what he needs to do for himself and not others.

And people really aren’t digging BET like that or people are simple busy because we know times aren’t like it use to be.I didn’t completely watch it either because I got things to do, simply.
toosexy

haters haters hater haters haters haters haters haters
brwnsugga4you

MOCHAMOMMY Says:

for 30 cents a day, u can feed this rapper.. Thats just $6 a month to feed this needy rapper. Please help him put on the much needed weight before he’s sent to jail and its too late

~~~yep, the bar is closed for you missy~~~
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toosexy Says:

haters haters hater haters haters haters haters haters

~~~BOW-WOW..STAY OFF THE BLOG OKAY PUMPKIN..LOL!!!~~~
tamel

I think I missed that stellar performance by Rihanna b/c what I saw was very lack luster. Rihanna’s name shouldn’t even be mentioned in with same breath as Maxwell, and certainly not Al Green.

Now as for “The Academy of BET”, I really hope it’s current showcase of coonin’ is coming to a close.
toosexy

@brown sugga that wasn’t for you or mochamammy but since you responded then so be it.
toosexy

@brown sugga and who is bow wow you mean the rapper or some?
ThatCarmen

He should have been caught with a case full of HGH instead of guns…. that would be understandable.
free

see sandra, now even YOU are starting to have to explain how the feds are steamrolling EVERYBODY but TI. something ain’t right in the water. sandra, you gotta just admit it and quit it.
MOCHAMOMMY

ThatCarmen Says:

He should have been caught with a case full of HGH instead of guns…. that would be understandable.
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U like mojitos??
ggouch

In this picture doesn’t TIP remind you of the dancing premature cartoon babies from the TRUTH commercial. You know the one where they jump out of the incubators and start dancing with the humans…..LOL….NO really Laught at my damn self!!
PAGESINADIARY

#17 if you had the cd you would know that the next single to drop of the cd is called “good good”!
ThatCarmen

Mojitos will do me just fine thank you.

Lets all stare at Nelly pictures, listen to Carl Thomas, and wait for the phone to ring to hear the excuse as to why Kymystry has gone MIA all of a sudden.
toosexy

@pagesinadiary

i agree people kill me getting on here and don’t know shit foreal and be talking.
pointhimout

if TI dont sit his lil petite ass down with that size 19 waist.
ReadTheBlog

I’m not surprised, because BET has disappointed a lot of people.ut let’s not forget that they will air it again every weekend for the next 3 months.
hellava10

It just makes sense. TI + Tiny. He always looks bigger, but I guess next to her…he is. I’m still tripping on the BB’s above his belt.
bubblez

See what I mean ‘toougly’ stays on beyonce clit. Everybody is compared to Beyonce because she is the #1 black female artist and richer than whoever your favorite artist is. She not #4 on forbes for nothing.

Oh and apparently the media thinks she dresses great at every award event since she is always the talk of the night and her clothing line made 30 million last year.

LMAO at your dumbass stanning for ashitty who sold 86k her first week. I guess her Beyonce wannabe cover didnt help her sales one bit. Like somebody said you sound like BowWow. Go take your meds.

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