'What’s the point of having an entertainment awards show if it's not speaking to what’s happening outside of music at a time when so much progress has been made?' GerrickKennedy on where the network still has room to improve:
The BET Awards and its branded festival, BETX, have often told contrasting stories.
But at a time when there are too many music festivals asking for our dollars and awards shows are seemingly asking for even more of our attention with bloated run times, three nights of headlining performances and events leading up to a 3 1/2-hour telecast already feels like overkill.
Meek Mill and YG made for a potent co-headlining billing of muscular rap, and both shined on Sunday’s show. YG represented for his late friend Nipsey Hussle during a passionate tribute performance that pulled from the slain rapper’s breakout album “Victory Lap.” Hussle was posthumously honored with the Humanitarian Award, accepted by his family and was named best male rapper — one of a dozen awards not given out on-air.
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