BET, Lil Wayne Get Rapped Over "Every Girl"
Oh man, THIS is what happens when I don't watch an awards show in its glorious entirety: A controversy breaks out and I gotta catch up hours later.
First, Don Lemon of CNN has an interview with Joe Jackson who plugs some new record company - or something. That's on the jump.
Now, here's the latest: Lil Wayne sang new single "Every Girl" last night, and as one Minneapolis writer, David Hansen, correctly observed, he "didn't get the memo." Night was supposed to be about "MJ."
Ummm, but not this.
In other words. BET's done it again!
Dr. Janet Taylor, a New York-based clinical instructor of psychiatry at Columbia University at Harlem Hospital has come out with both guns blazing (in website, Momlogic.)
Here's Taylor, then check out the clip, which is the only one I can find insofar as the patent and copyright trolls at Viacom have already sent out their legal briefs to the Youtube nation, and pulled down EVERY single clip of "Every Girl" out there. (Probably because the company's trying to bury the evidence.) Somehow, they missed this one. (But, one suspects, not for long.)
Taylor: "Now, I enjoy rap with the exception of rappers who use lyrics to degrade, defame or threaten others. In my opinion, the music is not productive and I frequently will simply turn it off. On the show, when rapper Drake appeared sitting down to rest his torn Achilles , I was like OK ... pretty tame. I don't have a problem with Lil' Wayne, he is creative and his writing is brilliant at times. However, his song "Every Girl" is offensive and disturbing. Here are the shocking lyrics, read them with caution. [Note to reader: Easy to find 'em, but I probably shouldn't link from here; they're graphic, bigtime.] Perhaps, they are what our kids are used to. I have teenagers, girls no less, who have heard the song and like it. My problem was the preteens who were proudly on stage, shaking their groove thang to this misogynistic, disrespectful song. It was ridiculous. Debra Lee, the CEO of BET, also the mother of two children, should be asking herself who approved this and how these young girls were allowed to be a part of this "act"."
Now, the clip:
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Comments (10)
It was disgusting! Lil Wayne and his posse looked like a bunch of pedophiles.
That performance was extremely tacky & in very poor taste. I noticed the young girls on stage last night but had no clue as to the content of the song since BET had to bleep out damn near every word that was said (& because I'd never heard it). Now, I'm even more disgusted that BET let them perform that mess while the world was watching. Wayne & Drake should be ashamed of themselves.
I was shocked appalled and insulted. As a black woman this was the final straw. My daughter will never be subjected to this kind of horrific degrading embarassing pathetic excuse for "music" and I will not watch BET ever again. SHAME ON THEM! Li'l Wayne and Drake are less talented than I ever imagined.
Fuck everyone who hates on wayne and young money. lil wayne is gonna be a hip hop legend. Drake is almost just as good as Weezy. oh they cuss.. so does everyone in this world. lil wayne is the best rapper alive. period.
I would like to address this so-called controversy about the under-age girls. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid some critics can be. The song Every Girl is tongue and cheek. Have people lost their sense of irony to knee jerk reactionism. Drake clearly understands that the song is not meant to be taken literally, so why is it that so many bloggers feel that the lyrics describe lil waynes genuine desire to **** every girl in the world--as if that were actually possible. The same people who claim that the performance ruined the tribute to Michael Jackson were probably writing him off as a pedophile a few years ago. Not to mention those that express their interest in seeing Chris Brown perform instead of the chosen performers. Did they ever stop to think about the actual crime he committed. I dont think so. Drake in no way is condoning something as imbecillic as underage sex, as evidenced by the fact that he did his set sitting on a stool. Injury aside, he was not jumping around up their chanting along with Wayne. And believe it or not, the world actually has bigger problems right now than the song Every Girl. Read a newspaper. And if critics who reperesent the populace dont like the song than why is it in the top five on Billboard. Its tongue and cheek people. Get a sense of humour or start questioning yourself about your own hangups. This culture is what you make it
Like be freakin serious yeah micheal jackson is like the greatest person to ever touch a mike but it is the bet hip hop awards not the bet wish every dead person luck in heaven yeah i feel bad and want to cry about m.j death but m.j would've wanted everybody to do they thing he even would've wanted to see lil wayne perform one of the best songs 2009 have seened so far i really dont understand what the big deal is yeah mostly every word was blanked but i bet micheal jackson even liked the god damn song jeez hop of off lil wayne and drake please cause they wasn't the only people on stage and as far as the young girls go blame they parents for letting them on stage cause wayne and drake probably didn't touch them so stop blaming the artist and blame some of the people backstage
i have never seen black people until this performance.
are all black men unable to control their urges when it comes to sex? if a black man has money does he spend it only on things that help him to f*ck? are black men the same as animals or do they think?
it sounded like all thought was created in and channeled from their d*cks. wow, i guess there isn't much difference between what i heard and what i saw. i guess you guys really cant do any better...
Fuck every one that is hate on lil wayne and drake they can do anything they want 2 do shit they can say fuck micheal jackson he can burn in hell that wat I belive and they can't do a damn thing to do becasue it is a free fuckin country and lol wayne is tha best rapper alive (ya digg)
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