Well deserved. Hip Hip Huray for Prince!

Congratulations to Prince for receiving this BET Lifetime Achievement Award. I knew Prince would get an honor like this, he's only a handful of legitimate and prominient Black musicians (Anita Baker, Parliament Funkadelic) that warrant this kind of tribute. With that said, I predict in his acceptance speech he's going to thank Jehovah, Larry Graham (with Larry Graham sitting prominiently in the front row with his wife), he's going to forget to acknowledge Wendy and Lisa, thank Tavis Smiley. I hope for our sakes that the performers assigned to sing his songs can a) sing b) not involve rappers (I'm a Hip-Hopper but if T.I. or any rapper gets on stage I hope Prince breaks out the symbol guitar and impale him a la "The Simpsons"). I wonder will he play with his own band or use the house band of the award show. And I gotta believe he will show up. It would be big PR hit to diss BET, no matter how awful their programming is. If it was MTV or something like that I could see it.

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bashraka said:

Congratulations to Prince for receiving this BET Lifetime Achievement Award. I knew Prince would get an honor like this, he's only a handful of legitimate and prominient Black musicians (Anita Baker, Parliament Funkadelic) that warrant this kind of tribute. With that said, I predict in his acceptance speech he's going to thank Jehovah, Larry Graham (with Larry Graham sitting prominiently in the front row with his wife), he's going to forget to acknowledge Wendy and Lisa, thank Tavis Smiley. I hope for our sakes that the performers assigned to sing his songs can a) sing b) not involve rappers (I'm a Hip-Hopper but if T.I. or any rapper gets on stage I hope Prince breaks out the symbol guitar and impale him a la "The Simpsons"). I wonder will he play with his own band or use the house band of the award show. And I gotta believe he will show up. It would be big PR hit to diss BET, no matter how awful their programming is. If it was MTV or something like that I could see it.

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Bolded part.. I hope they can too.

Im sure he will show up and just wreck the stage! gotta show them youngsta's how it is done.

i wonder if prince will be his glorious self again that night and find some way to

diss the people paying tribute to him by saying they have no right to touch his

songs or to 'put my children in different clothes'.

The BET Awards will be honoring Prince by giving him the Lifetime Achievement Award later this month on June 27th.

On the press release sent out this morning, where they list the iconic singer as 51, although he is 52, they say this Lifetime Achievement Award will be different and will celebrate Prince’s unique style.

“Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music,” says Stephen G. Hill, President of BET Programming.

No where in the press release however does it mention that Justin Bieber is nominated for a BET Award. Oh yea, and it’s the return of Kanye West as well. Queen Latifah will be hosting as well, so no Jamie Foxxx dance numbers. Drake, T.I., Diddy, Ludacris, and Rick Ross join Kanye as performers this year.

According to reports and insiders, BET tried to make Prince the Lifetime Achievement recipient a few years ago, but at that time, BET let go of Tavis Smiley, which did not sit well with the purple one, and he declined to appear or accept the award.

Prince is set to embark on a tour early next month, but one has to wonder, will Prince be there just to accept the award, or hopefully, perform as well. We could say it would be one “Hot Summer” but if we did, would you really believe us?-Dr.FB

P.S. I hope it is him performing or something. Could you imagine a musical tribute BET Style? Soulja Boy doing “When Doves Cry”, Diddy doing “Kiss”, M.I.A. doing “Purple Rain” and Justin Bieber doing a medley of “Sexy M.F.” and “P. Control”. Oh boy. I just threw up in my mouth a little…..

Source: http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2010/06/15/bet-to-honor-prince-with-lifetime-achievement-award/

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YAY! I'm glad he's being honored!!

On a side note.....yesterday on BET's 106 & Park, rapper Drake said he wants 2 work with Prince

Gawd! I pray they don't have Drake come out and do one of his songs!!

Oh Prince will show up alright, he'll make sure that things are done right, and knowing Prince, he'll probably make sure that someone like Beyonce is the one doing the introduction and handing him his award!

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I would love 2 hear Stephanie come and sing "How Come U Don't Call Me" again. Maybe Me'lisa Morgan singing "Do Me Baby".

Hey Prince, Bust "The Split" for old times sake~ It Ain't O'va~

LasVegas3121 said:

The BET Awards will be honoring Prince by giving him the Lifetime Achievement Award later this month on June 27th.

On the press release sent out this morning, where they list the iconic singer as 51, although he is 52, they say this Lifetime Achievement Award will be different and will celebrate Prince’s unique style.

“Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music,” says Stephen G. Hill, President of BET Programming.

No where in the press release however does it mention that Justin Bieber is nominated for a BET Award. Oh yea, and it’s the return of Kanye West as well. Queen Latifah will be hosting as well, so no Jamie Foxxx dance numbers. Drake, T.I., Diddy, Ludacris, and Rick Ross join Kanye as performers this year.

According to reports and insiders, BET tried to make Prince the Lifetime Achievement recipient a few years ago, but at that time, BET let go of Tavis Smiley, which did not sit well with the purple one, and he declined to appear or accept the award.

Prince is set to embark on a tour early next month, but one has to wonder, will Prince be there just to accept the award, or hopefully, perform as well. We could say it would be one “Hot Summer” but if we did, would you really believe us?-Dr.FB

P.S. I hope it is him performing or something. Could you imagine a musical tribute BET Style? Soulja Boy doing “When Doves Cry”, Diddy doing “Kiss”, M.I.A. doing “Purple Rain” and Justin Bieber doing a medley of “Sexy M.F.” and “P. Control”. Oh boy. I just threw up in my mouth a little…..

Source: http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2010/06/15/bet-to-honor-prince-with-lifetime-achievement-award/

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dnaplaya said:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...sic_prince

NEW YORK – This month's BET Awards will be a royal affair: Prince is getting a lifetime achievement honor. The 51-year-old joins the likes of James Brown, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross and Al Green in being honored by the BET Awards, which will celebrate its 10th year in Los Angeles on June 27. BET says the Prince tribute will stand out. Stephen G. Hill, president of programming, music and specials for the network, said BET will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's "unique style." "Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music," Hill said of the performer, who has 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles to his name. The BET show will be hosted by Queen Latifah and include performances by Kanye West.

Thanks dnaplaya

Does one of those achievements include bamboozling the masses with his no middle man / online endeavors to bring music to the Fams? I'm just curious that's all!

alexnvrmind said:

Does one of those achievements include bamboozling the masses with his no middle man / online endeavors to bring music to the Fams? I'm just curious that's all!

And furthermore, YES I WENT THERE! PEACE!

A well deserved lifetime achievement award, Mr. Prince R. Nelson.

"Why is there a tv channel aimed only at black people? That's racist and seperatist." -angry white orger

Sorry but I had to get this out of the way

xlr8r said:

"Why is there a tv channel aimed only at black people? That's racist and seperatist." -angry white orger

Sorry but I had to get this out of the way

KeithyT said:

xlr8r said:

"Why is there a tv channel aimed only at black people? That's racist and seperatist." -angry white orger

Sorry but I had to get this out of the way

I'm screaming like a white man over hee-yah!

SQUAWK!

whats with the kanye bashing.prince is a big a jackass as kanye is

xlr8r said:

"Why is there a tv channel aimed only at black people? That's racist and seperatist." -angry white orger

Sorry but I had to get this out of the way

Let me see...my cable channels have:

Greek TV

LatinoTV

ITV - Indian Channel

RTV- Russian news channel

African TV

Arabic TV

Caribbean News

...oh so many

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KeithyT said:

Which BET Awards has Prince performed at? When he performed 3121 with Will.I.Am and I Feel For You with Stevie and Chaka? Was that the same year (2006/7 ?) or has he appeared/performed more than once?

Prince has only appeared on the BET Awards only once. That was in June of 2006.

xlr8r said:

"Why is there a tv channel aimed only at black people? That's racist and seperatist." -angry white orger

Sorry but I had to get this out of the way

Don't worry last time i looked at BET it was nothing to do with Black people, so no need to be angry....

Not before time...

Good for Prince, I hope he performs that night!!!!!!

I'm sure this will go ignored but can't we keep negativity out of atleast THIS thread.......sheesh!!

And secondly I think it would be awesome to see Chile and TBoz do "If I Was Ur Girlfriend". For me it's the only time I have ever heard anyone do a Prince song justice besides the man himself.

Goodie 4 Prince. Any and all acknowledgement of his superb talent and outstanding personal attributes and accomplishments should be showcased.

shortnsweet said:

I'm sure this will go ignored but can't we keep negativity out of atleast THIS thread.......sheesh!!

And secondly I think it would be awesome to see Chile and TBoz do "If I Was Ur Girlfriend". For me it's the only time I have ever heard anyone do a Prince song justice besides the man himself.

That will be cool!

alexnvrmind said:

alexnvrmind said:

Does one of those achievements include bamboozling the masses with his no middle man / online endeavors to bring music to the Fams? I'm just curious that's all!

And furthermore, YES I WENT THERE! PEACE!

You went there because you have no place else to go.