THE BET AWARDS: What People Are Saying...

The BET Awards: Word on the Net!

On Chris Brown Performance...

She ‏@ScarletVirgin

I still can't get over my love, Chris Brown's awful performance at the BET Awards ☹

Tina Gorgeous ‏@_TasteMyThawts

I was disappointed in Chris brown's performance last night , he could've done better .

Gemini ♊♥ ‏@Im_SoDelirious

I think Chris Brown BET performance was hot, i dnt care wat nobody say : ) #ChrisBrown

RAGE of NiKES™ ‏@iKiCK_Rabbits

So Chris Brown only had a 3min. Performance and they had us waitin 3hrs, thanks #BET.

On Whitney Houston Tribute...

Gabrielle Dennis ‏@GabrielleDennis

Finally a tribute to Whitney that made sense. Real Fam, real friends, real talent. Thx @BET that's how you do it :) #BETAwards#RIPWhitney

D'mon ‏@Dee_Mo85

WHY DIDNT KIM BURRELL DO THE WHITNEY TRIBUTE!?!?!?....SHOULDA TRADED HER FOR THAT MONICA CHICK!!

Kel Mitchell ‏@Iamkelmitchell

#BETAwards Brandy, Cissy Houston & Monica Did a incredibleWhitney Houston Tribute! WOW!

D. Narcisse ‏@_FeelinMyself_

Whitney Houston tribute was probably one of the best I've seen thus far. How her mother found strength to sing idk but R.I.P. to a great.

On Illuminati... 

tar Struck ‏@MsDoubleCupLove

I dont even be off that illuminati talk but oh yeah the BET awardsstraight illuminati ran !

Ryan K ‏@EagleEye1906

Y'all gonna start your BS illuminati conspiracies over the BETawards now?

#HOLYLIFE ‏@TheHolyKaron

I bet them green triangles Illuminati?

Fleece Johnson ‏@FLEECEBOONDOCKS

Why people always tweet me talking about the Illuminati.... If youbelieve the Illuminati control BET why you watched the awards stillSTFU

On Mariah Carey Fake Crying...

'Ina Abdirizak ‏@azhaarhirsii

Did anyone else think that Mariah Carey's 'almost cry for Whitney' thing was kinda suspect? It almost looked fake to me...

Christina Williams ‏@ChrisE_CW

@jennaparks11 Oh I meant to tweet a while back to say I wasn't buying Mariah's sincerity... Seemed fake and sorta forced

Francine Bissereth ♥ ‏@_GrandCoeur

Mariah was being real thirsty with her fake tears

Mthunzi ‏@tunzlunz

Some people are so self absorbed Mariah couldn't even bring real tears. So fake. #BETAwards

Lauryn Hill's Reponse to Not Paying Her Taxes

    Lauryn Hill is accusing the recording industry of black listing and sabotaging artists, as well as using the media to attack and bully people into submission. She suggests they have even gone as far as keeping and getting artists addicted to substances all in an attempt to maintain control of these individuals.  According to Lauryn Hill, while she wanted to write about pop culture destroying and manipulating the youth, "the powers that be" prevented her progress and were only interested in music that promoted their own marketing plans and "politics."  


   In conclusion, Lauryn claims to have rebelled and for that reason she was forced into hiding.  While these are serious claims and Lauryn Hill seems to edge one step closer to "coo-coo for cocoa puffs" every day, it's not the first time such accusations have been made against Sony(Hill's record label).  Both Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey have made similar claims of sabotage in the past.  But if all of this is true, why would you want to "come back?" 
See Lauryn Hill's statements in her own words below:


For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda. Having put the lives and needs of other people before my own for multiple years, and having made hundreds of millions of dollars for certain institutions, under complex and sometimes severe circumstances, I began to require growth and more equitable treatment, but was met with resistance. I entered into my craft full of optimism (which I still possess), but immediately saw the suppressive force with which the system attempts to maintain it’s control over a given paradigm. I’ve seen people promote addiction, use sabotage, black listing, media bullying and any other coercion technique they could, to prevent artists from knowing their true value, or exercising their full power. These devices of control, no matter how well intentioned (or not), can have a devastating outcome on the lives of people, especially creative types who must grow and exist within a certain environment and according to a certain pace, in order to live and create optimally.


I kept my life relatively simple, even after huge successes, but it became increasingly obvious that certain indulgences and privileges were expected to come at the expense of my free soul, free mind, and therefore my health and integrity. So I left a more mainstream and public life, in order to wean both myself, and my family, away from a lifestyle that required distortion and compromise as a means for maintaining it. During this critical healing time, there were very few people accessible to me who had not already been seduced or affected by this machine, and therefore who could be trusted to not try and influence or coerce me back into a dynamic of compromise. Individual growth was expected to take place unnaturally, or stagnated outright, subject to marketing and politics. Addressing critical issues like pop culture cannibalism or its manipulation of the young at the expense of everything, was frowned upon and discouraged by limiting funding, or denying it outright. When one has a prolific creative output like I did/do, and is then forced to stop, the effects can be dangerous both emotionally and psychologically, both for the artist and those in need of that resource. It was critically important that I find a suitable pathway within which to exist, without being distorted or economically strong-armed.


During this period of crisis, much was said about me, both slanted and inaccurate, by those who had become dependent on my creative force, yet unwilling to fully acknowledge the importance of my contribution, nor compensate me equitably for it. This was done in an effort to smear my public image, in order to directly affect my ability to earn independently of this system. It took a long time to locate and nurture a community of people strong enough to resist the incredibly unhealthy tide, and more importantly see through it. If I had not been able to make contact with, and establish this community, my life, safety and freedom, would have been directly affected as well as the lives, safety and freedom of my family. Failure to create a non toxic, non exploitative environment was not an option.