Many, many viewers (me, being one of them) were very dissatisfied about the outcome of the 2009 BET awards. They are a lot of negative comments that could be said but I think the number one thing that left a bad taste in EVERYONE’S mouth is the Drake and Lil’ Wayne performance. If you missed it, (be glad that you did) the entire “Young Money” crew decided to perform their single “Every Girl.” And if that wasn’t enough, there were underage girls (some even say Wayne’s daughter) on stage during the performance to sing along.

A few viewers must have expressed their thoughts about this and BET decided to issue a formal apology…

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

Overall, I think that performance and even some parts of the show were a bad misrepresentation of Black people in music. A lot may disagree but I was very disappointed in this year’s BET awards. Hopefully, they can look at this year’s show as a example of what NOT to do next year.