Jay-Z and Al Sharpton pulled strings to have BET Awards producers cancel Chris Brown's performance

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Chris Brown not a good bet for BET awards, says Al Sharpton

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 4:00 AM



Chris Brown was a no-show at Sunday night’s BET Awards because producers pulled his performance at the last minute.

According to several insiders, Brown’s appearance was considered risky business on a night honoring Michael Jackson. The “No Air” singer is facing negative publicity after pleading guilty to the February assault of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

One source says Brown’s absence came at the insistence of the Rev. Al Sharpton. “Al made such a fuss to the BET executives that they pulled Chris,” says our insider, who adds that Jay-Z also had a hand in the decision. “Jay is a big name in the BET community, and he was very vocal about his displeasure with Chris attending the ceremony. He didn’t want Chris anywhere near the awards so close to the court’s ruling.”

Brown isn’t taking the public dis on the chin, either. “He’s furious,” a pal of the singer tells us. “BET asked him to perform and waited until the last minute to tell him it was off. He’s pretty shocked and outraged right now.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/gatecrasher/index.html

[msongs]

1. that's funny, any of these guys pretending to have standards nt

[FarPoint]

2. Good!

An abusive offender needs to get in touch with consequences of ones behavior.

[bridgit]

3. Stone cold hip hop fool, BET had plenty of time to source this one out themselves...

They shouldn't have needed Al Sharpton to figure this one out on the proper side go figure :shrug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. It's the "no such thing as bad publicity" premise...

...they probably thought that someone, maybe a sponsor, would call for Brown to be yanked and it's entirely reasonable to suggest that they had no intention of putting him on in the first place. But by dangling the carrot, they got all of the publicity that came with it.

[bridgit]

5. Oh, fair enough and likely the case; but if that is the case then the culture continues...

to abuse Rihanna imo as the carrot tied to a string tied to a stick :(