Posted on 06/29/2020 5:51:45 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
The BET Awards served as an extension of the voices of Black people protesting in the streets about the inequalities Black people face daily, as artists used their performances to highlight the Black Lives Matter movement, civil rights and the lives of those lost because of police officers, including George Floyd.
DaBaby, with his face pressed against the ground as an officer's knee crippled his neck — replicating the last moments of Floyd’s life — rapped a verse from the Black Lives Matter remix of his hit song “Rockstar." His performance also featured images from protests, a reflection of the current world in the wake of Floyd’s death and the death of others, including Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
Sunday’s show, a virtual event because of the coronavirus pandemic, featured a number of highly produced, well-crafted and pre-taped performances. The BET Awards kicked off with Black artists rapping and singing anthems about the Black experience and fighting for equal rights.
The 12-year-old sensation Keedron Bryant, who turned heads on social media with his passionate performance about being a young Black man in today’s world, started the show with an a cappella performance of his poignant song “I Just Wanna Live,” which earned him a record deal. That was followed by an all-star performance of Public Enemy’s 1989 anthem “Fight the Power,” featuring Nas, Black Thought, Rapsody and YG adding new lyrics to the song, even namedropping Taylor and others.
Michelle Obama highlighted Beyoncé’s commitment to the Black community before presenting her with the humanitarian award, saying: “You can see it in everything she does, from her music that gives voice to Black joy and Black pain, to her activism that demands justice for Black lives.”
Beyoncé used her speech to encourage viewers to vote in the upcoming election.
“Now we have one more thing we need to do to walk in our true power, and that is to vote," she said. “We have to vote like our life depends on it, because it does."
The three-hour event was hosted by comedian, actress and TV personality Amanda Seales, who starred in several skits, including one about women who identify as “Karen,” a common stereotype and term for racist and privileged white women.
Roddy Ricch, who wore a Black Lives Matter shirt while he rapped.
They were covering this on the local news this morning. I changed the channel when the kid started singing.
She wants Black to vote for Trump, I presume, because he has done so much more than Biden did when in office for 40 years.
So why isn’t there a WET?
And billionaires complaining about social justice....
I’m beyond the end of my rope with all the BLM bs that is going on, but I it doesn’t bother me that Black Entertainment Television focuses on Black Entertainers.
Funny how this 12 yr old kid is called a young man but when there is looting or other mayhem involved they are called youths.
“I guess those lives don’t matter.”
No, they don’t. The most disgusting thing about the Communist BLM “movement” is that it actually valorizes and defends the thugs who prey on innocent black people.
I would like to think that most black people see through this cr*p with their own two eyes. But perhaps not.
We’ll know more in November.
Hey BET, do black lives matter in the womb?
I’d like to see the ratings on this abomination.
Fight back: Cancel your cable. Otherwise you are paying for anti-white, anti-American BET.
>>Hey BET, do black lives matter in the womb?<<
No, nor do they matter when taken by other blacks. Nor do they matter if they are conservative.
The BET Awards start out racist to begin with and stays that way unless some Irishman has won some award.
If you called him a boy, you would be accused of racism.
When are these people not political?
That's the funniest part of this, Obama and Biden had 8 years and did nothing, yet not a peep from that large reared woman.
People complain about the Oscars, but there isn’t much diversity in these awards and nobody says a word.
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