Comments on: Should Chris Brown have performed at the BET Awards?

By: Queen City E

Queen City E — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:21:09 +0000

I am glad someone brought up Don Cornelius, and the looks issue. I find it interesting that some many people lambasted Brown, but not Jim Brown or James Brown. I may not have lived during their hay day, but I’ve read enough to understand that the looks and success factor as far as abuse is concerned have been around a while. Thanks for saying something, even if folks don’t want to accept what’s right in their face.

By: No

No — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:16:55 +0000

Rihanna’s looks are morally relevant. Hitting her is like defacing a national treasure, whereas hitting someone like Courtney Love would be more of a public service.

Joan’s statement that “the law has spoken” and that “we don’t get to punish him further” is asinine. The law is not the sole arbiter of moral justice, in fact, the law is not an arbiter of justice at all. The law seeks only to impose order, in many cases by pre-empting justice. A society can only attain harmony if in it there are thugs, outside of the law, willing to take things “personal”. Lets break that down…the root word of personal is person, a person is a human being. To take it personal is to be human. To be human is to be a member of humanity, to practice humanity is to be humane. Being humane is the base premise of all commonly accepted morality. There is no morality unless people are willing to make things personal. Brown should be heckled into the fetal position, speckled in poo by fecal derision.

By: Lil' Tiff

Lil' Tiff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:35:24 +0000

I could’ve done without Don on Sunday… I would’ve preferred to have Chris there than Don… why did they even bother to dig him up anyway? okay, whatever…

But you are right, people are upset by the fact that Chris Brown’s vitcim was poor sweet lil’ Rihanna! Hell, I was too! But as for him not perfoming I just don’t think that the BET awards show was the platform he needed to began the process of the reinvention of Chris Brown…

And Jay-Z…(I’m so not a fan) yeah I heard that mess too! I believe it to be more likely that Cover-Girl bullied them than Jay-Z, if it even went down like that.
@Tazzee, Cover-Girl was one of the show’s sponsors and they hosted to the post-show wrap-up with Queen Latifah and Jamie Foxx…
I believe that they had more power over Chris being there or not being there than Jay,
but that’s just me…

By: Bomani

Bomani — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:26:37 +0000

sounds like someone heard what she wanted and not what i’m actually trying to say. fall back.

By: Kristalogy

Kristalogy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:24:17 +0000

Okay did all common sense go out the window here? I personally could care less about Rhianna’s looks. It is short-sighted to infer the only reason people care about her being assaulted is she’s light-skinned.

No woman should be beaten, ever period. The reason people care about Rhianna is because she IS a successful, popular singing star, in case you forgot.
I detest any abuse, but I have no clue who Don’s partner/wife/significant other is. Further more, if I recall, his victim was white, so your theory doesn’t hold water.

If poor wittle Chrissy didn’t get to sing because big bad Jay said no, well too damn bad. Maybe next time he’ll think before he decides to tee off on a woman. The last thing the world needs is another narcissistic superstar with no consequences for their behavior.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:34:18 +0000

I seriously wonder if Jay Z really even cared. I heard months ago that all the rumors about them were generated by Rihanna’s publicist to generate press.

What if the rumor about Jay Z was created to cover the fact that BET didn’t really invite Chris because they didn’t want the drama. Just a thought.

I think the BET Awards would have been the wrong place for him to make his “comeback”. He doesn’t even have a single out right now.

Either way, he dodged a bullet. Last night was no showcase.

By: Tazzee

Tazzee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:29:07 +0000

Would MJ have wanted Brown to perform – who knows? Did the family want him to perform – I bet no one asked. If they did, I think that would have trumped Jay-Z’s request.

Also, has it really been confirmed that Jay-Z was the reason? I saw one twit that it was Cover Girl – although I didn’t see many Cover Girl commercials…but then again, I only watched about 15 minutes of the entire thing