More than beef at stake behind BET Hip-Hop Awards’ brawls
Rap reached old levels of absurdity last weekend when two melees broke out at the Atlanta Civic Center taping of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. Chalk it up to music business politics
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Presidential campaign heating up on eve of first debate? Ehh. Al-Qaeda terrorists on the rebound in Afghanistan? Yaaaawn. Iran and Israel’s escalating war of words over nuclear attainment? Boooriiing. All of that pales in comparison to rappers beefing at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
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Yes yes, y’all. Rap reached old levels of absurdity last weekend when two melees broke out at the Atlanta Civic Center taping of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. It was like the ’95 Source Awards or the 2004 Vibe Awards or the 2008 Ozone Awards all over again. Chalk it up to music business politics.
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By now you’ve heard all about it, watched the grainy Blair Witch-style video footage, probably even made predictions (i.e. bets) on the final outcome. As it’s been widely reported, Young Jeezy and Rick Ross’s entourages almost got into backstage fisticuffs (footage above). A lot of noise was made. Police had to restore the order. A mirror was shattered in the process. (That’s seven more years of bad luck in case anyone’s counting.)
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Meanwhile, in the parking lot of the Civic Center, Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group signee/resident wild boy, Gunplay, got jumped by members of 50 Cent’s crew. It was a World Star moment, according to the cameraman: