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You will recall the spectacle at the BET Awards show last weekend, when Drake and Lil Wayne's "Every Girl in the World" performance had thousands of people highly upset. Let me refresh your memory. Drake, who recently tore his ACL, performed his hit single "Best I Ever Had," while sitting on a stool on the stage. A few minutes later, Weezy, followed by a ridiculous entourage of little girls flooded the stage, later identified as Lil Wayne's daughter and her friends. The performance was not only an insult to girls and women everywhere, it was an insult to the legacy of Michael Jackson. The subject matter of the song was clearly inappropriate for junior high school girls to be on stage dancing, or whatever they called that.
With all the negative publicity the show received, BET recently released a statement:
"BET Networks deeply regrets the performance by Young Money at the BET AWARDS ’09 (featuring Lil Wayne, Drake, Gudda Gudda and Mack Maine)." "Elements of the performance were unplanned and should not have happened."
Drake felt compelled to tell his side of the story and released a statement below:
"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," and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-n-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne’s daughters and her friends coming out on stage — it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn’t planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it’s nothing we can’t bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn’t intended to offend anybody."
Yes, Drake, you are absolutely right. The performance was horrible, but it's good to see him accepting responsibility for his actions. Let's see if Lil Wayne is decent enough to apologize.
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