Winners From The 2009 BET Awards Plus Michael Jackson Tribute
Tributes to Michael Jackson dominated the BET Awards last night.
Joe Jackson - the father of the 50-year-old pop legend, was one of the first to pay homage to his son, speaking about him on the red carpet at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium.
"I wish the world had recognized him when he was living. Right now, he's bigger than ever. But I wish he was here to see all this, to hear all this."
Janet Jackson also made an appearance, and thanked Michael's fans for all their support in the wake of his passing.
"My entire family wanted to be here tonight, but it was just too painful so they elected me to speak with all of you.
"I would just like to say that to you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family, and he will forever live in all of our hearts.
"On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for all your love - thank you for all your support. We miss him so much."
Jamie Fox hosted the show, and entered wearing a red leather jacket in a nod to Michael's costume in the music promo for 'Beat It'.
After the event opened to a medley of Jackson 5 songs - including 'ABC' and 'The Love You Save' - Jamie walked onto the stage to 'Beat It'.
He said:
"No need to be sad. We want to celebrate this black man. We are going to go through all of Michael Jackson."
The singer-and-actor also performed Michael's signature dance move the moonwalk and performed the Jackson 5 hit 'I'll Be There' alongside Stevie Wonder and Ne-Yo as images of the late King of Pop flashed up on a big screen.
Complete list of winners at the BET Awards:
Video of the Year: Beyonce, 'Single Ladies'
Best Male R'n'B Artis: Ne-Yo
Best Female R'n'B Artist: Beyonce
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Lil Wayne
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: M.I.A.
Best Gospel Artist: Mary Mary
Best New Artist: Keri Hilson
Best Group: Day 26
Best Collaboration: Jamie Foxx/T-Pain, 'Blame It'
Best Video Director: Benny Boom
Viewers' Choice Award: T.I. (featuring Rihanna) 'Live Your Life'
Best Actor: Will Smith
Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson
Female Athlete of the Year: Serena Williams
Male Athlete of the Year: LeBron James
25775 points
No surprise it turned into a Michael Jackson tribute.
38490 points
I can't stand his "father."
29835 points
I can't either ..and when one of the Marlons thanked him..I thought to myself "why?" this man totally f'd up Michael..
why do they have to say "black man?" obvioulsy he wanted to be white, hence him dying his skin! why do ppl have to bring up color? get the F over it!
Uh, maybe because it was the BET awards...
Well exactly. It is the BET Awards. So why then does he need to say black man? Isn't that a given? Last I saw, not many, if any white folks we're racking up the awards on this show.
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well he did have the disease where his skin color started changing and gave him white spots...i forget the name of that disease.
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It is called vitiligo. It doesn't cover the entire body. It us just patches.
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Who is the woman with the half-shaved head?
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That's Cassie, Puffy's booty call.
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I was wondering too. Is her head half shaven for a reason, like a movie or something.. of just because she likes the look?
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The girl that sings that song "me and you"???? wow i never seen her before...im torn.
what a tacky ass 'tribute' jamie foxx needs to SIT DOWN and STFU and they all need diction lessons. bunch of inarticulate talentless fools jumping on the MJ bandwagon. disgusting. and joe jackson is a sad excuse for a human being. his behavior was disgraceful.
I want to see a White Entertainment Television Award show. And, what in the hell is Beyonce wearing. Looks like a trashy House of Derreon horror show.
Yeah, because there aren't enough white people on television.
It's not numbers, idiot.
It isn't? What exactly is it?
It's called racism. Blacks who promote these kind of "black only" events are just as racist as other races who promote their own. Oh, but wait, whites can't do that, can they.
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Totally agree!!!!
They can. It's perfectly legal. Buy a television station and call it WET--you won't go to prison. Just don't expect to rake in the dough because most people understand that there was a purpose for the creation of BET and other minority organizations--to represent the minority. Everything else was already representative of the majority.
You can do whatever you want! Go for it! But in case you didn't notice...there were white people there. They were the minority though.
No, it's called an event for a certain demographic. No different than having the Country Music Awards in addition to having the American Music Awards and the Grammys. It's for a specialized audience. No biggie.
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Didn't Jamie Foxx say something along the lines of that white people ruined MJ, or white people stole MJ from black people??
Jamie Foxx's tribute was... ok. I'm sure there were better people to do a tribute then him.
His tribute was racist, that's what is was. The whole concept of BET in this first place screams of racism. Disgusting.
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Totally agree with you... Can you imagine the outrage if they decided to do an award show for whites only!!!!!! I for one and totally sick of people bringing skin colour into debates... Come on now PEOPLE.. move on.
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It's Black Entertainment Television. It exists, because at one point in time there WAS a White only television station. It was called MTV.
Exactly! Not to mention the fact that almost every show on every other channel was white! I don't understand why so many white people act as if they are being victimized by things like BET. It's not like it's difficult to find programming aimed at us.
They are not being "victimized". They are just intelligent enough to see the irony of it all. Organizations like NAACP, BET, etc. are very happy to perpetuate the idea of racism in this country, because otherwise, they'd be out of business. They are the worst kind of racists....they are hypocrites about it and have no desire to help the situation. (not that it needs any more help in my opinion...)
If your opinion is honestly that "the situation" doesn't need "any more help", then everything else you've said makes perfect sense...
I agree with the person who thought the situation didn;t need any additional help. They need to start helping themselves more. We can't expect Affirmative Action to keep going on forever. The opportunities are there for all; it's just not enough blacks choose to take advantage of it and continue to blame their misfortune on whites.
Molly Mae, you're joking, right? How ignorant of you.
Good Golly, Miss Molly. You say there was ONCE a need for this type of Network. First if all, there has never been a Network with a name that stated it was meant for certain races. BET blatantly does that. Not even MTV as you stated. Was it WTV? No, it was MTV. And if you are using the argument from past history, it's a sad argument. Do you really feel we still need Networks like BET? There are hundreds of black-only organizations, school and colleges. No matter what field a black person chooses to go in to, you can find a black-only association to join. Heck, we even have a Black Caucus. Maybe at one time these groups were developed out of necessity, but if you think that we still need these associations in 2009, then we live in a sad society that has made no progress in the last 50 years. Sorry, but I believe these organizations, no matter what color of skin they cater to, are nothing more than racist.
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Seriously... the performance was disgusting, I agree, most people just jumped in the bandwagon that was MJ and all of a sudden they admire him for being a black man. A load of shit. I admire him for being the greatest performer of my time. Growing up he wasnt a black man, he was just a genius. im tired of people brining up the color card .
Actually, it was all about race when Michael Jackson was growing up. That's why it was such a huge deal when he become so popular. He bridged the gap between black music and white music, which is part of why he became such an icon. His break through opened the doors for a lot of black artists.
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okay... the same black man that died as an albino? Their are a ton of black artists that were admired by all, just because mj was the most mainstraim should be advertised that he was the first black man that did something that Billy holiday didnt do or etta james or luis armstrong. plus the black comminuty basically shunned him once he was related to child molistation and now that he is dead, the whole black community is all of a sudden going on and on about he was the first black this and that. please... lets step out of the stone age and forget about color
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I watched that performance with Jamie Foxx and Neyo. What a great song! Made me tear up...
I think Ne-yo did a great job last night. But, damn how many times did he go on stage? I was like, 'Ne-yo is performing AGAIN?' Whatever. This whole MJ tribute was last minute, so maybe that's why a lot of people didn't like the show last night. Beyonce performance in the white was so boring but I was still glad to see her perform. She looked great, especially in the outfit she had on to accept her award. Did she even know Jay-Z was performing? She had a 'WTF' look on her face. Alica Keys is pretty but her legs are awful. Ugh. Cassie looks like a complete fool and I hope to god this is not a new trend. Ciara and Megan looked great as well.
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What a silly idea. Black Entertainment Television? That's quite unnecessary. Race shouldn't be an issue anymore.
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I agree. The longer people decided to segregate things, the longer racism is going to exist; and BET does just that...segregates.
Janet looked more beautiful than I have ever seen her. What a great moment. Very touching.
It's so funny to me how all these people lo-ooooove Michael Jackson all of a sudden but while he was alive most of them made fun of him in jokes, calling him "black man turned into a mad white woman", etc... Not just them but most of those people on TV. They all made fun of him on different shows, called him names, weirdo, wacko, etc... If only they showed him the same support while he was alive, maybe that poor man wouldn't have succombed to drugs as they report in the news.
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His dad was abusive and I don't think he should be speaking at all. It seems like Michael spent his adult life getting away from the mental trama his father created and it was most likely a factor in his early demise.
Sit down Joe Jackson! Ugh! Janet looked so sad understandably and showed a lot of courage to be the spokesperson for the family. I thought they would have sent Tito. ;)
Sit down Joe Jackson! Ugh! Janet looked so sad understandably and showed a lot of courage to be the spokesperson for the family. I thought they would have sent Tito. ;)
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that Drake performance with Lil Weezy???
ugh, i can't stand to look at him! pick up your fukn pants!
I thought Maxwell's performance was the best of the nite...can't wait for the album to come out. Maxwell and K'Jon are the only artists that I'm really feelin rite now...I advise everyone to check out K'Jon becuz he is the truth. Y'all can listen to his songs @ www.myspace.com/whoiskjon
This shows was a hot mess ! ..
Next time BET, don`t bother ! ..
They had Lil` Wayne on stage talking about pussy with children on the stage dancing .. then only to say "R.I.P Michael Jack" ..
WTF ? ..
They had 3 days to make ammendments, fair enough.
But, they should of put on a better, more respectful show.
Not just mention MJ`s name every now & then.
If they couldn`t pull of a good show .. then arrange a official tribute show .. carry on with the BET awards & state that they will tribute MJ soon.
They should of had:
Chris Brown
Neyo
Justin Timberlake
Omarion
Do a tribute.
BET .. your a mess.
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I realize they only had 3 days to rehearse but they could have done a way better job. I mean this was Michael Jackson they were paying tribute too. I would have rather have waited and then they just do a? tribute some other time when they could have gotten it right.
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Beyonce was just showing off..that's it. She should have sang Human Nature or something and been done with it.. she was just saying, "Look at my legs and my retarded costume and listen to me howl for five minutes and confuse everyone". that wasn't a tribute? it was all about her.
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