You know things are looking bad for the music industry when the biggest celebs on the red carpet at the BET Hip Hop Awards were nobodies with butts filled with silicone, and reality TV personalities. Someone had better do something fast to revitalize the industry before everyone ends up being out of work.

Speaking of random, made-for-TV fashion designer Sheree Whitfield could have done a lot better than this jumpsuit, I think. Isn’t it a shame how her ex-husband (and former NFL player) Bob Whitfield rants and rages at her daily on his Twitter page and nobody cares?

They say producer/rapper Missy Elliott escorted a hawt chick on her arm into the Civic Center.

Rappers Trina, left, and Soulja Boy, who bonded out of jail Wednesday after his arrest for running from the cops.


Rap legends Kid N’ Play were in the house.



Plies graced the red carpet with his thug presence.


I thought this boy was in jail? Rapper Lil Boosie and his daughter sat in the audience. Boosie was sentenced to two years in prison recently. I’m guessing he’s out on bond while he appeals his sentence.


I don’t even know who Alesha Renee is. This is sad…


Atlantic Records PR Guru Sydney Margetson, left, and Jamie Foster Brown (Sister2Sister publisher)

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