BET Network Threw Shade at Madonna’s Billboard Music Awards Prince Tribute

Prince would be PROUD of that TOTAL eclipse of shade. …

Look at BET trying to get me to watch their channel again. ..

Madonna and the Billboards could have kept that boring whack asss tribute! I mean really????!!!

I was so disappointed bcuz I was like, is that all y’all got to pay tribute to Prince a legend who left footsteps in the history of music?!! I swear I wanted to climb through the TV and thump Madonna in her thick asss neck! All I know is, if U not gone do it right, then don’t do it at all!

LOL U so silly! I was thinking the same thing. BET done fell off and they gets none of my tv time but a tribute to Prince might make me watch.

Prince taught ’em ??? lets get IT BET… That broad made me feel ill… Thought she was gonna party… Cause lets go crazy started… But… Then…??

OH LORD BETWEEN “LAUGHING” AND “ONLY” I CANNOT!!!! I CLICKED MUTE AND THE MUTE BUTTON UNDID ITSELF…NO EFFIN THANKS!

Who was that trying him ???

Who chose Madonna. I guess ratings is better than quality.

SMFH

Stevie somewhere MYAD at all hail for his handlers letting him walk out there and make a FOOL of himself… Bush don’t care about black people and Billboard made it clear

Can only agree witcha!

and… not Trey Songs or Alicia Keys… Laawwwwddd….

Welp, that failed. BET better bring it, they have been known to have some people up there in the past doing tributes that shouldn’t be singing Karaoke let alone an award show. People who better not dare request, raise their hand, nudge or anything… Trey Songs, Keyshia Cole, Nobody from Jodeci especially K C, Bobby Brown, Angie Stone, Keith Sweat. There is more, but I’m hungry. Lol

Loved it!

I refused to watch. I pray BET gets it right. They betta.

AKA the Yodeler from VA

And not tyrese? he does EVERY tribute ?

Madonna performance was to be expected…
I was just surprised she did not sing the songs he wrote for her…

Chile Alicia lost her keys when she sang Girl On Fire….live. Every note made me cringe *rocks like Miss Sophia*

True!

I SAW A GOODT LINEUP ON A DIFFERENT SITE…WITH A FEW TWEAKS IT WOULD BE LIT! I ADDED SHELIA AND MORRIS IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE LMAO

BET “got us” for a “Prince” tribute, but they didn’t have us for something that really mattered like that Million Man March (BET we didn’t forget), but I digress. I knew Madonna’s beige, octogenarian’s azz tribute wasn’t gonna be crap. I didn’t even bother to watch it last night. I’m sorry that I even hit the play button. #sad

Alicia had a nice gimmick going when she first dropped: cute braids, tomboy sexy, plays piano. But her vocals are hit or miss to me.

Yes. Gotta have Morris Day and the Time with Jerome bringing out the mirror.

I tuned in last night to take a peek ?
Not even 2 minutes in ????????? no ma’am

The faces PRINCE had was PRICELESS ? they bet not let Alicia no voice left keys sing? KEYS ONLY ? KEYS ONLY ?

I don’t understand why somebody didn’t call Chaka, Patti, Sheila E, or Morris Day to save this mess. Hell Miguel even

+1!

According to Linda Perry, they aren’t relevant enough.

It’s this guy forgot his name, but I saw him on Face Book and he is the truth . He did a tribute to Prince and on a few of them if I looked away I was like oh my goodness. I think the Time and Sheila E should definitely be apart. That would be so amazing! You guys may kill me for this.. but I think Jussie from Empire can do one or two of his songs justice. He has the look and the good edges. Yep… lmbo

A beast!!!

Horrible. BET better bring it!

That’s the one I saw. I had Monique face from Precious.

I’m going to bang the gavel on Jussie. No, no, no ??

Thank you! I’m like surely everyone remembers some of the terrible tributes BET themselves have done, but hopefully they can redeem themselves.

right, he has not LIVED yet.

Yes he would!

I liked Diary, You Don’t Know My Name and Unbreakable. Problem is moreso her live singing to me.

And see I always rode for Linda based on her musicianship. Bish can go away to bulldagger land for the rest of her life for all I care now.

Lmbo!! Why???? Lmbo some more..

I really wanna see Lisa and Wendy and the Sistah from diamonds and pearls and the other hits

The Purple one could not hold his composure that day. Looked like he wanted to walk up there and escort her off the stage!

Lol!!!!! I was proud of him because I know he wanted to walk up there, grab the mic, and say “Let me just do my own tribute”! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/edde2a59e17d511a0beda99d167dd96f7f0ee2b9cfb20b45012b13e1352c2106.jpg

This! The tribute isn’t about whose relevant, it’s about honoring the person the right way. I bet you the Grammys pulled out all the stops for David Bowie.

NEGATIVE #oldschool

“UGH I JUST CAN’T WITH STUPID”

IN MY MIND

Just not a fan of his voice. Besides, I’ve watched him sing on all the episodes of Empire…I need a break ?

THOSE LAST TWO! WE SEW ><

this is the kind of post you leave us in for hours….

Baby they did DAT to get him to SHADE the room they ain’t slick LOL

She for sure needs to be there. They were friends until the end. She will do him justice.

I would love to know who came up with idea to have Madonna do this in the first place? It seemed doomed from the get go! Billboard said they wanted someone that was relevant, we’ll they definitely got the wrong one! This geriatric thirst bucket hasn’t been relevant since the 90’s. Seeing her , at her age trying to relive her glory years, and still be shocking is pathetic. I hope someone does Prince justice at any tribute, because I knew that one would fail greatly.

Crazy part about THAT is that Wendy and Lisa trace RIGHT ON back…to Linda Perry. They all have projects associated with folks from Prince/or worked on same projects. After Linda done called the others irrelevant and NOBODY but Sheila E checked her, I dont want nobody associated with Linda to be involved after her remarks. Sorry not sorry.

She done and she finished smh

I think they were for most of us 80s babies. I still have some of my vinyl records

Prince would be proud of that shade. Hopefully, they won’t allow Trey Songz to yodel or Alicia keys to climb on a Yamaha again.

BET has no excuses. They have more than enough time to get their lives right. This mess up top. Lawd.

you have a great day ma’am!!
lololol

Bulldagger land?? Where is that near so I can stay far far away?????

Said that Chaka Khan, The Time, and Sheila E were not relevant right now. That is why they were not asked. She went on to try to clean it up during interview but it was damage already done. Then she still stayed silent post interview.

Unbreakable used to be my Karoake warm up song. LOL!

Tears

I’m DEAD ??

Hell to the nah, nah, nah
————
(RIP Whitney) Fixed that for you.

After watching her Unsung, I believe, he was her TRUE LOVE till the end. Don’t think she ever got over the Purple One.

LOL!!!!!!!

“a couple of weeks years ago.”
—————-
Fixed that for you!

Ahh mane ?

Did y’all see the Laila Hathaway tweet??

LOL… That chile had a nice ? she can jus rock and ? tap keys now WE COO?

Then she had the nerve to recreate it as if the first one wasn’t a train wreck.

This is not about relevance. Madonna come on. This won’t even about talent. For someone as talented as Prince, this has to be about talent. The ability to nearly be able to bring what he would have brought. Nobody with usable ears or who liked Prince won’t to see Madonnas old ass.

Welp. I couldn’t make it through 45 seconds.

I’ve come to the conclusion that he held that special place in many women’s hearts.

*Nose laugh*

I don’t watch BET that much. However, I do watch the awards shows and I found that their tributes are usually pretty good. I also like when they have artist perform that haven’t been performing in a long time.

Don’t nobody want Go-Go but Crystal

right

and Holly Robinson (which I didn’t know she was so gangsta)
She said she putting in for tickets and put Respeck on his name.

Drops laptop. DEAD

You know it would be so awful. Lmbo!

Lmbo… okay

THIS!!!! ALL OF THIS!!!

After Stevie was done, he said “I cant SEE why that asked me”

BYE

kmsl

Heck no, absolutely not! Lol

LMBO. As if I didn’t already love her enough. Shoot, Laila could’ve done it justice. *hits opening notes on her Angel remake*

she was part of the major 3 in pop royalty from the 80s. mj, prince, and madonna. so i can see why she was chosen. but lord vocally i think she should stick with singing her own songs. maybe someone could have just played the parts that prince played in like a prayer

Hell to the nah, nah, nah. Purple Rain better have a proper person singing it. Not some ole’ crap. They can be feel to invite some white folks on too as I’ve seen some good covers by them as well.

Or hell they can do like Beyonce did on her tour and just play the track with Prince singing it himself.

Holly Robinson will check somebody’s chin if she has to. She checked the Grammys about the Natalie Cole tribute.

Yes. Bc Vanity said same. Mayte too. Hell her and Manuela holding homegoing party together. And Manuela pure married to Eric now.

Prince musta had a very magical hammer. In addition to being…well damn Prince.

Why did this make me laugh so?

she was not chosen, she called Billboard.

Just go!!!!! LMBO

From the 80s. That era…idk opinions vary. I’ve seen this said when Michael died and Whitney too. Folks DID include Whitney too tho. So not just 3.

Y’all gonna throw rocks but I don’t care. I liked Fantasia’s cover of Purple Rain….Growling and all. I would like to see her during the tribute.

Somebody was talking about eating a salad earlier. Papa John’s is one of the first major food franchises to recall their salads. FYI.

Personally didn’t know they even had salads…

Lol. I love the gif. Haven’t heard Fanny’s rendition though.

Yeah, I’m not surprised that Madge was included, but that it was 3, yeah, I agree with you & HQ.

I’ll post it…give me a sec

This Gif is Hilarious

People in my office asked me to turn it down…I just turned it Off…js

Madge still the only one alive tho. So I see her being chosen for 80’s nostalgia. And Billboard about albums sold/played. Those 4 sold a lot of albums. Still. It was room for more than just HER. That’s why folks pist. And rightfully so. They got it wrong AF.

I just pressed play …. and It wasn’t that bad … but wait .. was that it?

I liked it too.

chile Madonna and royalty shouldn’t even be fonted together

TWAS ME…I JUST STARTED EATING THE DAMN THINGS. ARE WE SERIOUS??! UGH

Please tell Puffy, fresh off the hype of the Bad Boy Reunion Tour, not offer to do a remake of a song. Shoot, they can go dig Sheena Easton out of where ever the hell if it is needed. Tell Belly Thrice, there isn’t enough room on the stage for her and her ego,

I say give her the baton

Her hip, had a conversation with her and said….Bish if you fall, I will make sure you never walk right again. Knowing good and damn well, we don’t belong up here!!

LOL

Lawd. They snatched by wig all the way back with that one.

As much as love prince i don’t watch Award shows and don’t plan on watching BET Tribute

Agreed. With everything you just wrote. All the songs Prince had, there was room for a whole lot of folks on the stage.

is she toni braxton 2.0?

Fantasia is a really great tribute singer. Seriously, every tribute she does rocks!

You got it. This eliminates the usual suspects, Madonna, Gaga, Beyonce, Drake, Jay-Z, Rihanna, etc.

Trey better never even pick up a purple crayon. Ever again.

I’m still trying to get over Keri Hilson’s tribute to MJ. Tf

Lol…

Petty
BUT hilarious!

Yes Prince and Madonna are from the same era but she was not suitable to do this tribute! Why not let Miguel do it? He would have made Prince proud.

No! I like this you on the blog
But if it starts to move outside the blog holla at ya girl!

Lawd, NO!!

Epic fail when they played a VHS video of Beyonce performing live at another venue on stage. And that ish was supposed to close the show.

I ??laughing at this. Turned off the tv and went to ????

*maple syrup and JAM. THAT’S THE JAM THOUGH!!

Lmao You said he can’t even color?

Yasss (Morris Day voice)

Yeah he would. And would blow purple dust into their face afterwards

And she did DRAAAG po Steebie out there. Ridiculous.

Listen to the Mariah/Dru Hill version off Butterfly.

Ouchhhhh!!!! This was hard to watch just now .. I’m Hoping BET clowns on their Prince Dedication.

Madonna and prince were friends lol.. Let her have a moment guys lmao

No, it was from Prince’s interview in 1996 with Bryant Gumble when he was on The Today Show…

When you think about it, Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna made it big (or took it to the next level) all at the same time. Hell, they were all born the same year. So from that perspective it makes sense why Madonna was asked to play tribute.

Not even paint lol

I was mad too….My honey was trying to get home and I was like let stay and watch…And she did to slow songs and then 4 braids Stevie Wonder came on stage…He just sung PR at a free concert in LA 3 weeks ago…Now I’m at work still mad and just played that sorry video to bust out laughing….LOL

Yes the video made me chuckle too!

That head tilt is EVRAYTHANG! ???

Yaaaasssss!!!!! and BET is going to come through. You know they calling The Time and Sheila E, the Revolution and the NPG, Sheena Easton, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Janelle Monae, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, The Family, Appollonia 6, Tevin Campbell as is waiting on a call and so is Carmen Electra and Nona Gaye, Chaka, Patti. The Mavis Staples…Let’s not forget Miguel and I can see DeAngelo too.. There are way too many people who worked with Prince that they could have called besides some goddamn Madonna.. BET tribute is gonna be lit!!! Like MJ’s

LMFAO at that commercial. I love it.

HOLLUP… that Whitney Shoop performance was not it. No ma’am.

!!!! YAYY you’re the only person who has ever commented me and known who she is :). I love her. This is a pic of her as Jungle Julia in Deathproof.

Lol………

Let’s hope EBT can deliver something other than shade next month.

At least she taped her neck back though.

Thank you BET!!, Prince deserves much better..How dare they even consider this hag to begin with. Madonna was Never known for her singing or stage presence. Her loose morals and values is her claim to fame with a few catchy yet forgettable hits..Prince was and will always be above her league musically and legend wise.

Wow. Madonna does what she does but Stevie Wonder??? No Sheila E. No Time. Why were these two chosen to crucify Prince’s song. It wasn’t right. It wasn’t right.

Prince introduced the world to Misty Copeland. I hope she does a dance for him. How cool is that the Prince of Funk got the Queen of ballet. It was that cool.

Yep and Morris hair all Dark N Lovely shalacked down to the bone. Them was concerts back in the day when you got home you will be singing all night and into the next day.

Er you need to go lower than the heart my dear. Anytime a man wear high heel shoes, lace tops and got a perm he knows between the sheets he betta bring it.

Jussie needs to keep singing songs for the kids. Prince sang for GROWN folks. Empire is not about Jussie If he left today I will still look at it.

Just read the Questlove is taking up for Madonna. He need to take that lame 1973 pick outta his head and shove it up his rear.

ikr !

The Madonna choice for this tribute was kinda strange to me.

I liked the song choice, but it would have made a lot more sense if they had Sinead O’Connor singing it, since she sang the song originally when it became a big hit.

The K. Lol. Today, the Letter K, sponsored by Birdman.

Lol!! BET had that commercial queued up and ready to go!! Waaay before the show.

Dead

this is all I’ve got…

They need to have Miguel do the tribute!!!