Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, & Mary J. Blige to Perform at BET Awards

The BET Awards are getting a triple dose of R. Singers Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, and Mary J. Blige will take the stage at the 11th annual awards show later this month.

The Destiny’s Child diva, who’s enjoying success with her chart-topping single “Motivation,” will perform the Lil Wayne-assisted smash from her third album Here I Am, due July 26. Trey Songz and

Mary J. Blige are also among the newly added performers, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Additionally, Cee Lo Green will make a “special appearance” at the event, airing live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 26.

Other previously announced performers include Lil Wayne, Drake, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, and Jill Scott. Comedian Kevin Hart will host and Patti LaBelle will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

http://www.rap-up.com/201...et-awards/

Yawns.... thank goodness I wont be watching that mess

Didn't most of these announced performer peform last year?

Chris BRown

Mary J performs like every year

Trey Songz

Beyonce like every year

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Didn't most of these announced performer peform last year?

Chris BRown

Mary J performs like every year

Trey Songz

Beyonce like every year

Yep!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Didn't most of these announced performer peform last year?

Chris BRown

Mary J performs like every year

Trey Songz

Beyonce like every year

Of Course because it’s always the same talent within that genre and channel that’s why I moved on.

RiRi & Breezy will shut it down with the classic.

http://www.bet.com/shows/...belle.html

Sideshow honoring Patti LaBelle, this year's BET Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

But I'm a bit peeved they still got a few facts wrong.

For one, The Blue Belles were still the Blue Belles when they signed with Atlantic Records in 1965, not 1971 as the timeline suggested. They became Labelle before signing with Warner Bros in 1971.

Plus Patti didn't win a Grammy for "The Best is Yet to Come", that went to Chaka Khan I believe for "Bebop Medley".

Timmy84 said:

http://www.bet.com/shows/...belle.html

Sideshow honoring Patti LaBelle, this year's BET Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

But I'm a bit peeved they still got a few facts wrong.

For one, The Blue Belles were still the Blue Belles when they signed with Atlantic Records in 1965, not 1971 as the timeline suggested. They became Labelle before signing with Warner Bros in 1971.

Plus Patti didn't win a Grammy for "The Best is Yet to Come", that went to Chaka Khan I believe for "Bebop Medley".

That's BET for you.

babybugz said:

Timmy84 said:

http://www.bet.com/shows/...belle.html

Sideshow honoring Patti LaBelle, this year's BET Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

But I'm a bit peeved they still got a few facts wrong.

For one, The Blue Belles were still the Blue Belles when they signed with Atlantic Records in 1965, not 1971 as the timeline suggested. They became Labelle before signing with Warner Bros in 1971.

Plus Patti didn't win a Grammy for "The Best is Yet to Come", that went to Chaka Khan I believe for "Bebop Medley".

That's BET for you.

Real true.

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

LMFAO!!

The BET Awards are almost always a snooze fest (except last year's BET Awards and that was because of Prince and El DeBarge), but the organizers of the BET Lifetime Achievement Awards could have considered someone other than Patti Labelle. I'm not a fan of hers, but I know she is deserving of it, but what about Parliament Funkadelic, The Ohio Players, The Temptations or even posthemous Lifetime Achievement Awards for people like Rick James, Teena Marie or as improbable as it sounds Miles Davis. Only way to make this somewhat entertaining for me would be if Prince paid tribute to Patti Labelle like she did him, but if he didn't perform at his own tribute, then he'll be less inclined to do it this year (Didn't count the year he played with Stevie, India Arie, and Yolanda Adams, because he was there to promote 3121 and he's probably closer to Chaka, so it probably meant more for him to honor Chaka at that time)

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

LMAO @ Oprah. "Never would you catch me at the BET Awards" -- Hahha the voice was spot on.

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

LMAO @ them matching Beyonce's mouth

and the Fantasia part the girl behind her saying "No she won't!"

bashraka said:

The BET Awards are almost always a snooze fest

All award shows are boring, except that one where Susan Lucci finally won.

Oh lawd! I probably won't be tuning in on Sunday...

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silverchild said:

Kelly Rowland, Jill Scott, Jamie Foxx 'tribute' 2011 BET Award honoree Patti Labelle

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Oh lawd! I probably won't be tuning in on Sunday...

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That's the best they can come up with?!

Maybe Jill Scott but Kelly Rowland and Jamie Foxx …… I wonder how many no shows it will be this year. Some of the artists stay home now

babybugz said:

Maybe Jill Scott but Kelly Rowland and Jamie Foxx …… I wonder how many no shows it will be this year. Some of the artists stay home now

I can only imagine.

babybugz said:

Maybe Jill Scott but Kelly Rowland and Jamie Foxx …… I wonder how many no shows it will be this year. Some of the artists stay home now

Yeah I feel the same way!

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

X fcuking infinty!

They always have the same performers.

I will not be watching for the following reasons:

1. Recording artists (not musicians, there is a distinction between the two terms) are offered too much attention and an abilitiy to offer too much influence.

2. I am embarrassed, as a black man, to see coons shucking and jiving with diamonds and fancy clothes on while my 5th grade teacher makes 50K - a moral stand or accusation? Yes...but you can kiss my arse.

3. When there is a BET award for the best teacher, philosopher, theologian, social worker, parent, FATHER, mom, doctor, lawyer, businessperson, you get my point, then I'll watch.

Otherwise, Keri Hilson and Lil' Wayne are boring and don't mean much existentially to me or existentially as a Black man. Am I deep? Yeah, probably. Am I shallow? definitely not. Can you watch this show without being shallow while deep? Sure.

But aren't you embarrassed? All this show says to me is that whites love it when we put on clown outfits to dance and sing about absolutley nothing.

So wutevez.

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

Where is Sambo, Step it and Fetch it?

duccichucka said:

I will not be watching for the following reasons:

1. Recording artists (not musicians, there is a distinction between the two terms) are offered too much attention and an abilitiy to offer too much influence.

2. I am embarrassed, as a black man, to see coons shucking and jiving with diamonds and fancy clothes on while my 5th grade teacher makes 50K - a moral stand or accusation? Yes...but you can kiss my arse.

3. When there is a BET award for the best teacher, philosopher, theologian, social worker, parent, FATHER, mom, doctor, lawyer, businessperson, you get my point, then I'll watch.

Otherwise, Keri Hilson and Lil' Wayne are boring and don't mean much existentially to me or existentially as a Black man. Am I deep? Yeah, probably. Am I shallow? definitely not. Can you watch this show without being shallow while deep? Sure.

But aren't you embarrassed? All this show says to me is that whites love it when we put on clown outfits to dance and sing about absolutley nothing.

So wutevez.

This is probably why Aretha turned down the Lifetime Achievement Award, if they offered it to her first. I almost wished Patti turned it down as well, but she is probably thinking that these kids need to be reminded of the legends who came way before them. To lose Aretha's presence at the show is a huge PR mess for BET, and they did the only face-saving move they could. To lose both her and Patti, over the direction they have gone in the last decade, would have been a nightmare. Gladys would probably have said no, and Chaka would probably have been a toss-up on whether she would accept or not.

The big question here is this: Will they pay tribute to those who are no longer with us? We lost Clarence Clemons last week. Who will speak for him? I would think Chuck D. would be appropriate to speak on the legacy of Gil Scott-Heron.

You can bet that Snoop Dogg, Warren G. and the rest of the L.B.C. will pay tribute to Nate Dogg, if they pay tributes at all on this show. But who will speak for Teena Marie? First name that comes to mind is her daughter Alia Rose, because they both went to just about every BET Awards show since 2004. I'm not so sure that Alia will show up for this one. The only other person I can think of who is capable of giving Lady T. a proper tribute is Lisa Stansfield. She's been M.I.A. for a long time (too long, I would add), and she is the only other white female solo artist with a #1 R&B hit (she has 3).

The only reason I would watch (actually, flip back and forth from this program to another) is to see if they pay tribute to those who have passed. Other than that, I haven't watched a big part of this show since they paid tribute to Gerald Levert. I think that was back in 2007.

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Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

Damn, that just went on waaaaay too long. It was funny and all, but the Patti vs ReRe segment was just overkill.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Timmy84 said:

Fellow celebrities "congratulating" Patti on her Lifetime Achievement Award:

Check out for the fight between Patti and Aretha.

Yes it's a parody. They clowned Rihanna and Fantasia the worst lol

Damn, that just went on waaaaay too long. It was funny and all, but the Patti vs ReRe segment was just overkill.

I agree. Patti's comments went over the minute, didn't even get a chance for ReeRee to get back at her because to me she had the strongest comebacks. "Your eyebrows are rebelling, girl, they're trying to get over the rainbow" and then showing Patti - " "

Also, why was Patti the one sounding like a white girl?!

CookyMonzta said:

duccichucka said:

I will not be watching for the following reasons:

1. Recording artists (not musicians, there is a distinction between the two terms) are offered too much attention and an abilitiy to offer too much influence.

2. I am embarrassed, as a black man, to see coons shucking and jiving with diamonds and fancy clothes on while my 5th grade teacher makes 50K - a moral stand or accusation? Yes...but you can kiss my arse.

3. When there is a BET award for the best teacher, philosopher, theologian, social worker, parent, FATHER, mom, doctor, lawyer, businessperson, you get my point, then I'll watch.

Otherwise, Keri Hilson and Lil' Wayne are boring and don't mean much existentially to me or existentially as a Black man. Am I deep? Yeah, probably. Am I shallow? definitely not. Can you watch this show without being shallow while deep? Sure.

But aren't you embarrassed? All this show says to me is that whites love it when we put on clown outfits to dance and sing about absolutley nothing.

So wutevez.

This is probably why Aretha turned down the Lifetime Achievement Award, if they offered it to her first. I almost wished Patti turned it down as well, but she is probably thinking that these kids need to be reminded of the legends who came way before them. To lose Aretha's presence at the show is a huge PR mess for BET, and they did the only face-saving move they could. To lose both her and Patti, over the direction they have gone in the last decade, would have been a nightmare. Gladys would probably have said no, and Chaka would probably have been a toss-up on whether she would accept or not.

The big question here is this: Will they pay tribute to those who are no longer with us? We lost Clarence Clemons last week. Who will speak for him? I would think Chuck D. would be appropriate to speak on the legacy of Gil Scott-Heron.

You can bet that Snoop Dogg, Warren G. and the rest of the L.B.C. will pay tribute to Nate Dogg, if they pay tributes at all on this show. But who will speak for Teena Marie? First name that comes to mind is her daughter Alia Rose, because they both went to just about every BET Awards show since 2004. I'm not so sure that Alia will show up for this one. The only other person I can think of who is capable of giving Lady T. a proper tribute is Lisa Stansfield. She's been M.I.A. for a long time (too long, I would add), and she is the only other white female solo artist with a #1 R&B hit (she has 3).

The only reason I would watch (actually, flip back and forth from this program to another) is to see if they pay tribute to those who have passed. Other than that, I haven't watched a big part of this show since they paid tribute to Gerald Levert. I think that was back in 2007.

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Gladys got hers in 2007 (I think) and Chaka got hers a year before (2006) if I'm not mistaken. It was either Patti or Stevie Wonder (both of whom have made multiple appearances at the awards show since it started).

Timmy84 said:

Gladys got hers in 2007 (I think) and Chaka got hers a year before (2006) if I'm not mistaken. It was either Patti or Stevie Wonder (both of whom have made multiple appearances at the awards show since it started).

How did I miss that? Obviously it's been a long time since I watched one of these shows from beginning to end.