you tell us, whose performance while carrying a bundle of joy was better? Beyonce or Alicia Keys?

Prince hit legendary status because of his incredible musicianship and wild stage shows. In order to give The Purple One a tribute, one must give their performance 300 percent to be half the performer Prince is. Alicia Keys did just that. During her BET Awards set, she sang his signature hit, “Adore.” Although singing in a higher register isn’t her strongest suit, Keys’ performance was still exciting. Alicia climbed on top of a black baby grand piano and writhed like she was auditioning to be the leader of a Vanity 6 reboot. As Alicia did her thing, cameras cut to Prince giving side eye–or was that some concern? Prince is more expressive in song than in his face. Once Alicia Keys made a safe exit stage left, her set was all anyone could talk about. That is until last Sunday.

No one was expecting Beyonce to deliver baby news at the VMAs. Beyonce wore a purple sequined jacket with simple black pants and a tuxedo shirt. Her and her dancers performed the album cut, “Love On Top,” with precision and aplomb. Despite scaling back the performance, it was still chock full of Bey’s signature intensity and vocal gymnastics. After her rousing set, Beyonce went into diva mode. She dropped her mic and popped open her jacket and rubbed her bump with a broad smile on her face. In an example of black love, Jay-Z beamed as his wife brought the crowd to their feet while carrying his seed. The smile on his read, “Yeah, I did that and she still is the baddest chick in the game!”

So let us know what you think. Who’s performance was better? What did you think of the way Beyonce announced the news? Who’s child will follow in their famous parents’ footsteps?

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As impressive as the blazing footwork and choreography was, the most poignant moment came when Brown began sobbing during “Man In The Mirror.” Whether it was for Micheal or for his own transgressions, the tears were uncontrollable. Almost a year after being banned from the very same Awards show Chris Brown finished to applause that filled the stadium.

What do you think? Was this the redemption of Chris Brown? Or Was he looking for sympathy? Watch the clip and let us know!

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10 Epic Fails From The 2011 BET Awards

Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal performing “Saturday Love”- Why would BET pull Alexander O’Neal on stage to perform straight from Dr. Drew’s Rehab center.  This performance was very crack-ish. Where are his teeth?

Rocsi Diaz all purpose dress- Is it just me, or was Rocsi dressed like she was the star of Lion King on ice.  I don’t know but everyone on twitter said she got the fit from Wet Seal. Maybe they gave her some free wears for the promo.

Busta Rhymes brain vest- Now Busta is known for wearing some weird fits and last night was not unusual. Busta went rap Lady Gaga on us yesterday wearing a brain vest in the audience and becoming a human accordion during his performance with Chris Brown. Look at him now.

Chris Brown Onesie Tuxedo- Yeah Chris Brown made the list again. Breezy played himself two times over when he joined Big Sean on stage wearing a onesie tuxedo. Chris Brown’s BET Awards fits were just awful. And what was he doing on that damn bike??

Lil Wayne American Flag boxers and One Sock- Weezy F. clearly does whatever he wants to do and during his “I’m On One” performance with DJ Khaled, Drake and Rick Ross Weezy skipped around the stage wearing American flag boxers and one black and white checker sock.

Cee-Lo Green dressed as Patti LaBelle and cussing- Cee-Lo Green literally came out dressed like Patti Labelle. I mean even down to her permed out spike hair. You can tell Patti was loving it! Things went a bit south when The Dungeon Family member started cussing up a storm. BET didn’t catch any of the cuss words and I don’t think they intended on it.

Viewers Choice Award- Tiffany Greene, a big Nicki Minaj fan, was chosen to give out the BET Viewers Choice Award. Things went left when the tablet said Chris Brown but the teleprompter said Rihanna.  Then Drake ended up winning the award. However, at the end of the show Kevin Hart revealed that the winner really was Chris Brown. Once again the EBT awards know how to start some mess to keep their ratings up.

Trey Songz drooling and slurping on Kelly Rowland’s neck- Trey Songz and Kelly Rowland just may have had one of the hottest performances of the night. I know I am not the only one who caught how Trey Songz had become a perverted old man at the end of the performance, trying to nibble on Kelly Rowland’s neck as they went down.

Diggy Simmons dance number- I did not know Diggy Simmons had big plans to become the rapping Chris Brown. We were all hype about Diggy coming into the rap game because he could actually flow. Now he just totally put himself into the category of being a popcorn bubble gum artist.

Nicki Minaj pretending she had competition- Nicki Minaj accepted her award and tried to deliver a speech pretending there was competition in the female rap category. The audience did not buy it one bit. They broke out into laughter after Nicki started her speech off with “Wow, I can’t believe I won.”

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“I’m conflicted that everyone is talking about ‘her,” she said referring to her butt. In fact, she wrote a song about the infatuation with her butt called “SHE” which is part of a free EP available on her blog Freesworld.com.
Take a listen to it below:

You all know we love Free here at TheUrbandaily and hope that she feels more love than embarrassment.

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“Bawling backstage. They totally f*cked me up.”

“The tablet f*ckin said CHRIS BROWN….the TELEPROMPTER said Rihanna. What the F*CK?????? Goin home.”

“So BET did that on purpose. Oh. I feel better.”

“Look b*tches….Im not SLOW. lol They did the sh*t on PURPOSE. F*cked up right? *shrug* smh”

Jill Scott shows off her “Rolling Hills” to Idris Elba

Chris Brown makes us all “Look At Him Now.”

Alicia Keys heats things up with Bruno Mars and Rick Ross.

Trey Songz and Kelly Rowland look quite motivated.

MJB reminds us why she is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul

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Beyonce beamed in live via satellite from the Glastonbury Festival in England.

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Trina released mixtape The Definition Of A Million Dollar Girl in Jaunary 10′ following the release of her single “Amazin.” Trina then released her fifth studio album later that year which debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard 200, number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number two on the Top Rap Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. Not only did the album receive commendable responses from critics it spawned two more “mildly successful” singles. Trina even collaborated with artists Diddy, Keri Hilson, Flo Rida and Monica in 2010.

That brings me to the dispute at hand–who the hell put Lola Monroe in the Best Female Rapper category and not The Baddest B*tch Trina?

Lola Monroe, formally Angel Lola Luv, debuted on the scene in Lloyd Banks music video for “Cake but is known for her appearance in Trey Songz “Wonder Woman” video. Praised for her monstrous backside, she made her way on and off our television screens in our favorite artist’s music videos. It wasn’t until 2009 that Lola dropped a mixtape, with rap bars no ear should have to endure. The Ethopian and Trinidian video-vixen turned rapper got a spunky haircut, dropped the booty shorts and jumped into the ring with female rappers and gets nominated for a BET award over Trina?I’m guessing her mixtape Batteries Not Included snagged her the coveted nomination. Judging by the randomness of Cymphonique in the category; it’s clear that success wasn’t a factor in choosing nominees. And lets be clear, I’m not saying that Lola Monroe shouldn’t be nominated, but let’s be honest…Trina at least, should have been!

This leads me to believe only one thing…BET didn’t do their research, got tired of nominating Trina or just didn’t give a f*ck because Nicki Minaj is going to win anyway!

Who’s next…Gloria Velez?

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Diamond
Cymphonique
Lola Monroe
Nicki Minaj

Click here, for all the nominees…

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Trina- That’s My Attitude

In a very curt message from her Twitter page (@TrinaRockstarr) rapper Trina simply wrote, “F*ck BET,” when nominees were listed in the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist category. Diamond, Lola Monroe, Nicki Minaj (read her reaction to this HERE) and Master P’s daughter Cymphonique beat out the Diamond Princess for nominations in that category.

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Trina released her fifth studio album, Amazin, in May of 2010 and it featured songs like “Million Dollar Girl” and  “My B*tches.” The album debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, number two on the Billboard Top Rap Albums.

She also released a mixtape this spring called “Diamonds Are Forever.”

For a full listing of 2011 BET Awards Nominees go to BET.com.

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10) Nicki Minaj and Will.I.am At the VMAs

For their performance of “Check It Out” Will.iam had the Internet going nuts with his “all back everything” ensemble. The backlash on Twitter was so harsh that he was forced his defend himself from the onslaught of “Sambo 3000″ comments. But most folks figured he was being his usual, weird self.

8) Drake, Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz and VMAs
It was pretty fly thy way Mary started out singing the actual sample used in “Fancy” (Ace Spectrums “I Don’t Want To Play Around“) and went right into the actual record.

7) Lil Wayne, Drake, Eminem and  Travis Barker at The Grammys

This performance of “Drop The World” was one of the most talked about rap performances of the year.

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6) Maxwell at Grammys 2010
Performed “Pretty Wings” and was later joined on stage by Roberta Flack.

5) Alicia Keys Prince Tribute

We don’t know what convinced a pregnant Alicia Keys to climb on top of piano during her Prince tribute ( did you see the look on Princes’ face?) but we jumped up and down yelling at the TV when she did.

4) Chris Brown Michael Jackson tribute at BET Awards.

Breezy became so emotional during his tribute to the late Michael Jackson that tears began streaming down his face. We don’t think that it was coincidence that it happened during “Man In The Mirror.”

3) R. Kelly at The Soul Train Awards 2010

The buzz after this performance was deafening. Whatever your personal feelings about the man this medley of his hits was epic.

2) Kanye West, “Runaway” at the VMAs

After the very public drama with Taylor Swift no one thought they’d see Kanye West at the VMAs again. Not only did he return, he debuted a song that was pretty much a middle-finger to everyone that trashed his name in the last calendar year.

1) “Four Women” at Black Girls Rock
Jill Scott, Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius and Kelly Price brought the house down as they musically embodied “Aunt Sarah,” “Safronia,” “Sweet Thing” and “Peaches” for Nina Simone’s classic.

Diddy also talked about people jacking his swagger, binging on Waffle House and his album with Dirty Money, Last Train to Paris (due in December).

Red Cafe also chimed in during the call. Listen to the exclusive below!

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(AllHipHop News Special) After the BET Awards, there was a tremendous uproar in the Hip-Hop Community over the lack of dedication to the life of Guru of Gangstarr. Most notably, J-Smooth said via Twitter, “what i learned watching the BET Awards: apparently Chris Brown is completely redeemed, and Guru is completely forgotten.” But, the popular cultural commentator, along with millions of others, were unaware what was truly going on behind the scenes of the heavily watched program.

In this AllHipHop News special, Stephen Hill, BET’s Executive Vice President of Entertainment and Music Programming, explains exactly what happened with Guru, as well as Chris Brown, Jay-Z and Beyonce and more.

AllHipHop.com: There’s quite a bit of buzz going on in particular with the Hip-Hop Community with regards to Guru. He didn’t get a shoutout at the BET Awards over the weekend.

Stephen Hill: In a show that had every few technical glitches, it was nothing more than a technical glitch. It was the same reason you didn’t see anything about Naomi Sims (the first African American supermodel) a Black model who passed, and Marvin Isley of the Isley Brothers. So, Guru, Naomi Sims and Marvin Isley were all tied to this one [ video ] package that didn’t fire off the way it was supposed to. What was supposed to happen is you see this package and Naomi and Guru and and Marvin end up on Gary Coleman. For some reason, we couldn’t get it to fire and it kept Gary Coleman up there a freeze [frame]. That’s why we kept Gary up there as a freeze.

(watch the missing dedication below)

AllHipHop.com: Right, I saw that.

Stephen Hill: That’s why it looks a little awkward when Todd [Bridges] started, because he was supposed to have a bit of a ramp up. So, Todd did his thing and we continued on with Lena and Teddy Pendergrass [dedication]. You can best believe there will be something significant for Guru during the Hip-Hop Awards. We realized there was nothing we could do [during the BET Awards]. We had to keep it moving after that technical glitch. Guru, Naomi Sims and Marvin Isley were all victims of that technical glitch. All extremely influential in different ways.

So did Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye really boycott the show because of Chris Brown?

Read what Stephen Hill has to say HERE!

Prince debuted the cover and title of his new album in the strangest of places – his turtleneck at the BET Awards.

The album, 20Ten, is scheduled to be released on July 22nd as a value add to the German edition of Rolling Stone magazine, as well as England’s Daily Mirror, Scotland’s Daily Record and Belgium’s Het Nieuwsblad on July 10th.

It’s not the first time Prince has utilized this method of distribution.  In 2007, his Planet Earth album was initially released only with copies of England’s Daily Mirror before he struck a deal with Sony to distribute the album worldwide.

As of right now, no plans for a release in the United States have been finalized.  However, it’s rumored that Prince has been in talks with his former record label, Warner Bros, for a distribution deal in the United States.

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Well at least that’s how Mediatakeout.com is reporting it. They claim they got a report saying Hov, Ri Ri, and Bey boycotted the awards because Chris Brown was performing.

In case you didn’t catch the awards, Chris Brown was the lead performer in the Michael Jackson tribute where he had an emotional break down. His breakdown was faker than Nicki Minaj’s “I do it for the women” speech.

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Dandruff fell in record numbers the other day as people scratched their heads after the list of nominees for the 2010 BET Awards were announced.

White teen pop sensation, Justin Bieber was nominated for Best New Artist, probably as a favor to Usher, who signed Biebs to his production company, RBMG.

Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was one of those left scratching his head, so he sent a camera crew to South Central L.A. to get the reaction of the people to the nomination.

“Oh, I remember that little n***a!”

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BET has expressed remorse over a performance by Lil Wayne, Drake and Young Money[CLICK TO WATCH] Records that involved underage girls during songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Every Girl.”

The songs, which have overt sexual references, were performed during the Sunday BET Awards ’09 show as a bevy of young girls danced on stage. The group of girls consisted of Lil Wayne’s daughters and her friends.

In an exclusive statement, BET has responded to the criticism and the public outcry over the segment.

“BET Networks deeply regrets the performance by Young Money at the BET AWARDS ’09 (featuring Lil Wayne, Drake, Gudda Gudda and Mack Maine),” a BET representative told AllHipHop.com exclusively. “Elements of the performance were unplanned and should not have happened.”

In the aftermath of the show, many have expressed outrage over the outing by Young Money, which was set amid a show dedicated to the late Michael Jackson.

See our list of Most Awkward BET Awards Moments

Activist and filmmaker Byron Hurt lambasted the network earlier in the week in an open letter to Debra Lee, the President and Chief Executive Officer of BET Holdings, Inc.

“In a culture where one out of four girls and women are either raped or sexually assaulted – and where manipulative men routinely traffic vulnerable women into the sex industry – it is not okay that BET allowed this to happen,” Hurt said. “BET owes its entire audience – particularly girls and women around the world – an apology for its failure to intervene.” [Read His Full Statement HERE]

A representative said generally the company has found such opinions useful.

“We value and appreciate the feedback from our viewers and have edited Young Money’s performance for all BET Awards ’09 encore presentations.”

Drake has apologized and taken responsibility for the performance, admitting it was in poor taste.

“That…was a terrible idea that I’ll never do to myself again. But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes,” he told Complex. “I don’t think it called for us to perform “Every Girl” and “Always Strapped,”…it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn’t planned like that…To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn’t intended to offend anybody.”

Drake followed up that performance by releasing the video to “Best I Ever Had” that has many of his female fans crying foul for some over-the-top sexuality. Drake responded to that criticism as well {click to read].

Dear Debra Lee,

Sunday night’s BET Awards show was a disgrace. It’s sad and unfortunate that your network, owned by Viacom, continues to crank out mediocrity and perpetuate negative stereotypes of black men, women, and children. Although you likely received high ratings for the awards show, there is no honor in reinforcing the status quo’s opinion of black people. Your tribute to Michael Jackson and the overall show had its great moments, however, BET failed to deliver a solid, quality show. Rather than “raising the bar” and presenting African-Americans as a creative, proud, dignified people, BET lowered the bar for the entire world to see. The BET Awards drew a huge audience to watch a tribute to Michael Jackson, but left millions of viewers feeling disappointed, embarrassed, and reduced to classic stereotypes.

Check out the video of Young Money performing at the BET Awards:

During the most blatantly sexist performances of the night, the executives at BET failed to act and display intelligence, courage, and leadership. Show executives watched, approved, and applauded as artists Lil’ Wayne, Drake, and Cash Money brought young, under-aged girls onto the stage to dance and serve as window dressing while they performed “Every Girl,” a song that reduces girls and women to sex objects. In a culture where one out of four girls and women are either raped or sexually assaulted – and where manipulative men routinely traffic vulnerable women into the sex industry – it is not okay that BET allowed this to happen. BET owes its entire audience – particularly girls and women around the world – an apology for its failure to intervene. BET should also take immediate steps to ensure that this kind of sexist performance does not happen again. Sunday night’s show epitomizes why so many black people worldwide are fed up with BET and feel strongly that your network inaccurately represents black men and women.

Please take my letter and criticism as one that represents millions.

Sincerely,

Byron Hurt

What do YOU think? Was BET in the wrong? Share your thoughts in the comments section!

First of several interviews that WKYS’s EZ Street did with celebrities  prior to the BET Awards.

“I don’t think he should be around for this. It’s a very angry world.” – Jamie Foxx

VIA PEOPLE:

A custody battle may be brewing over the future of Michael Jackson’s three children. Just four days after the singer’s sudden death on June 25, Jackson’s mother, Katherine, has filed a petition in Los Angeles Probate Court seeking legal guardianship of Jackson’s three children.

“Joe and Katherine Jackson want those children!,” a source close to the family tells PEOPLE.

Jackson had two kids – Prince, 12 and Paris, 11 – with ex-wife Debbie Rowe. His youngest son, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to an unnamed surrogate. Although Rowe is still the legal parent of the two older children, her next step is unclear.

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“Debbie sent her condolences, and said she was not going to do anything about the kids … yet,” the family source tells PEOPLE. Still, “Joe and Katherine think she’s going to come after them.”

Katherine Jackson’s 22-page petition claims the children “have no relationship with their biological mother” and have been in the care of their grandmother, “with whom they have a long established relationship,” since Michael’s death. A hearing on the petition has been scheduled for August 3.

Experts in California family law say the grandmother’s petition could be granted – as long as Rowe, who is the sole surviving legal parent of the two older children, has no objection. If Rowe does object, the Katherine Jackson could face an uphill battle to prove the kids would be better off in her care, no matter how close she is to them.

“[Rowe] is the biological mother and upon Michael Jackson’s death, technically she has every right in the world to have custody of those kids,” Los Angeles family attorney Michael Trope tells PEOPLE.

The petition for guardianship was filed in Katherine Jackson’s name alone. Joe Jackson, 80, maintains a separate home in Las Vegas but also spends time at the family house in Encino.

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After touring the world and crafting some of the best known Rap records of all time, DMC has been staying busy. Recently, he has taken some time to encourage an advanced interest in rap within education. Fueled by his love of rap, he traveled to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame upon an invite to speak with teachers about the benefits of rap in the classroom.

Teachers attending the Summer Teacher Institute were able to attend D’s session, where he spoke on rap’s social commentary, among other topics.

“Real hip-hop is information, education, communication and motivation, whether you’re rich, poor, black, white, Puerto Rican,” he told AP. “Hip-hop is the total expression of the existence of what it’s like to be alive on the face of the earth.”

Teachers that attended his session added that rap may help students relate to school subjects in a more personal manner. Some added that it would enhance emotional connections and is of interest to students.

Joe Musich, a 62 year old teacher from Minneapolis South High School attended DMC’s session and spoke on why using rap may help his students.

“Sometimes using music and other forms of art for personal expression might be a better way to go,” Musich added. “When feelings are attached, the learning is going to go deeper.”

DMC added that this knowledge came from personal experience.

“My teacher would give us five minutes before every English class in ninth grade to be creative. You could draw, you could write, you could read, you could do homework. All I would do then is write raps. My notebooks would pile up. It prepared me for an opportunity.”

Check out these future entertainers below who appeared at the BET Awards:

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Here is the trailer for “Skank Robbers” featuring Martin’s popular character “Sheneneh” and Jamie Foxx’s “Wanda” character from In Living Color. Well alrighty then…

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Lil Wayne and his crew perform “Every Girl” auspiciously before Janet’s lament to her brother Michael. The little girls was a bit much, truly.

Check out Weezy and company below and share your thoughts in the comments section:

VIA PEOPLE:

Quincy Jones – the prodigious producer behind some of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits – grew emotional at a London event on Saturday hosted by Will.i.am as club night turned into a tribute to the late singer.

“He got very upset when Michael’s music came on – at one point his head was in his hands,” a rep for Club W in Wandsworth tells PEOPLE. The club had booked the Black Eyed Peas singer to deejay and perform with his band – which was minus Fergie.

The legendary Jones, 76, arrived at Club W after midnight, just as Will.i.am was playing Jackson’s 1982 smash “Thriller.” “It was a total coincidence,” says the rep, “but [Jones] loved the fact that people were going crazy on the dancefloor. Quincy seemed genuinely touched.”

Jones made a beeline to the deejay booth and greeted Will, who showed him the decks, and the pair “played around on the laptop for a few minutes” before the obvious topic of conversation came up.

Jones told Will “that he hadn’t come to terms with it at all and that he really couldn’t bring himself to talk about Michael yet because it was too painful,” says the club source.

Right after, Will.i.am told the crowd he would play a medley of Michael Jackson music. “The crowds were screaming and dancing, a few looked emotional but Quincy looked so sad, sitting in the VIP area,” says the observer. “When ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Something’ played, his eyes welled up, he had his head in his hands.”

Jones then requested some time to himself to collect his thoughts, and was led to a vacant dressing room.

Jay-Z Jr. was on gimp status last night due to an “ACL” injury. I really thought that those were a lot more serious. But Drake cannot do no wrong as he sits down with Big Tigger to talk about the BET Awards.

Jamie Foxx says the pressure is on the “Rookie of the Year” to not drop the ball. What do YOU think? Share your thoughts below and check out the video!

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The internet is going crazy with rumors that Jay-Z is the one that shut down Chris Brown’s Michael Jackson tribute performance during the BET awards.

The Twitter account above is allegedly from one of Chris Brown’s back up dancers, but this story seems somewhat ridiculous. What would Jay-Z’s motive be behind denying a Chris Brown performance? What would he have to gain or lose? Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe BET executives changed their minds because they wanted to focus more on a Michael Jackson tribute rather than a Chris Brown comeback?

Why is everyone always trying to tie Jay-Z to Chris Brown? Remember when it was reported that Jay-Z called Chris Brown a “walking dead man” and said “he messed with the wrong crew”? That was later proved to be false, and doesn’t even sound like something he would say.

Check out our ‘BET Awards’ Gallery below and share your thoughts below:

The homegirl, Kathy Iandoli likes to call them “Shank-’n-Pepa,” (catchy name, too) but these ladies know how to put on a show.

Check out their BET Awards performance below and share your thoughts:

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