: Producer “The Dream” may have made the biggest mistake in his career. As MediaTakeOut.com reported yesterday, R&B singer The Dream married his girlfriend Christina Milian in a small ceremony in Vegas on Friday.
But what we just learned is that Christina and The Dream DID NOT have a pre-nuptial agreement.
Why is this important, you ask? Well because according to our insider, The Dream has amassed a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars.
The bulk of that fortune came from production fees and music royalties from some of the hits he created - which include Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and Mary J Blige’s entire “Growing Pains” albums.
Of course, it might not be that big of a deal – because his new wife Christina Milain has her own money.
I mean she has that hit song named ... Ummm ... Was it ... OK ... well, she starred in that hit movie …
Uhhh ... Dream ... I think you might have messed up on this one ...
I don't know. I might be wrong, but Christina doesn't strike me as someone who would try & go after his money if things don't work out. (When he was married to Nivea, I am almost positive he had a major pre-nup; considering she was such a hoodrat).
But me personally, if I was marrying a dude who made me sign a pre-nuptial agreement stating that I would leave the marriage with little to nothing, I would have second thoughts. It's like without trust, you aint got a damn thing. So if you think I am going to become a snake when/if we ever get a divorce, then why marry me period!!
MAN YALL UGLY AZZ DUDES B KILLING ME. THE DREAM IS FUKCED UP. HOW ELSE IS HE GONNA GET A FINE AZZ GIRL WHO IS OUT HIS REACH. MONEY YALL STUPID FOOLS. LOOK AT ALL THESE UGLY ASS CATS WITH FINE WOMEN DAMN SHE GOTTA GET SOMETHING.HERES MY SAYING "THE ONLY NIGGAZZ THAT TRIP OFF FINE WOMEN GETTN PAID ARE THE ONES WHO AINT GOT NOTHING TO GIVE AND THE WOMEN WHO TRIP ARE TO UGLY TO GET PAID"
@doll11-one & kayjay what up girls?
@topic the dream must really think he is attractive and have a personality that is striking enough for someone to fall in love with him about five months after hanging out. This was one of the quickest romance. Wow they squeezed a pregnancy and a marriage in five months. Now the dream is really going to think he the shyt cause he got this woman on his side. What is wrong with these r&b women. Beyawnce w/a camel, Christina w/a teddy bear, Janet w/a hobbit, Ciara w/a gorilla, Alicia w/a Tucan Sam, and Rhianna w/a camel and everyone w/a penis in Hollywood.
WOW HES DUMB! BUT SHE AINT GOIN NO WHERE ALL HER MONEY COMES FROM BRINGING IT ON WHICH SELLS TO ALMOST NO ONE!!!!!! CAN YOU SAY MEAL TICKET!!!!!!
WOW HES DUMB! BUT SHE AINT GOIN NO WHERE ALL HER MONEY COMES FROM BRINGING IT ON WHICH SELLS TO ALMOST NO ONE!!!!!! CAN YOU SAY MEAL TICKET!!!!!!
WOW HES DUMB! BUT SHE AINT GOIN NO WHERE ALL HER MONEY COMES FROM BRINGING IT ON WHICH SELLS TO ALMOST NO ONE!!!!!! CAN YOU SAY MEAL TICKET!!!!!!
WOW HES DUMB! BUT SHE AINT GOIN NO WHERE ALL HER MONEY COMES FROM BRINGING IT ON WHICH SELLS TO ALMOST NO ONE!!!!!! CAN YOU SAY MEAL TICKET!!!!!!
What a DUMBASS! That fat clown should had learned from the hell that Nas is going through with kelis,he should had protected himself by taking a few minutes of his time with his attorney and made Christina sign a pre-nup. I bet that Christina and her mother are laughing at such an idiot that the Dream is!
THEY PROBABLY ACTUALLY LOVE EACH OTHER..I MEAN GET REAL..NO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD IS REALLY CHECKING FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM..SHE CAN BARELY SING PLUS SHE JUST DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE HITS...PLUS THE DREAM IS KINDA CHUBBY SO SHALLOW LA CHICKS REALLY AINT CHECKING FOR HIM..THEY BOTH LOOK TOO REAL AND NORMAL HOLLYWEIRD....IF HE DRESSED MORE HOMO AND SHE GOT MORE PLASTIC IM SURE THEY WOULD BE A BIG THEN..LOL
@ DUMMY PRODUCER DREAM A dummy is 1 that enters into a marriage w/1 foot out the door.Who wants to marry sum1 who has more regard for $$ than 4 each other?Pre-nups r set-ups 4 failure.U don't even require a reason 4 divorce.he stepped on my toe; she chews 2loud; i'm not happy; we grew apart; reason?I don't no so let's chalk it up 2 irreconcilable differences.Folks have kids w/o a 2nd thot.But when it comes 2 a 4tified, committed relationship 2 foster a conducive foundation 2 raise the kids, can't do that.Will give every stupid reason in the book not 2.As a JP, I won't marry ANYONE w/PreNups!
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Well as much as these current artists brag about having endless loot, so be it! She knew what she was doing, that's why Dre left her ass and Nick Cannon passed the buck. She's just a cute arm piece with no real talent! Shyt I bet she'll swell right up during pregnancy and never drop the baby weight... Good for her!
When I read the first two words of the title, "Dumb Producer", I immediately knew who MTO was referring to without having to look at the pic. LOL.
C'mon Dream. Get a pre-nup. It won't cost you much and if your relationship IS everything you think it is then you won't ever need to use it in divorce court. The reality is that half of marriages end in divorce and within the celebrity community the percentage is higher.
Dis dude is supposed to be head of some company?! If he's not smart enough to cover HIS ASSets, i damn sho wouldnt let him run my company!! & please... Dis is rebound fo chica, she was heart broken Nick KADOOSHED & GOT MARRIED ON HER AZZ! Lets see how dis goin play out...Will it be happily ever after?! Stay tuned!!
Why did they get married anyway? Celebrities always get married so quick and then divorce. Like why not wait? Oh right because she's pregnant. Nothing tackier than a quickie Vegas marriage. I mean he's been married before but for your first marriage? Come on C Milli. At least there ain't no prenup. GET MONEY!! I'll give them 3 years tops though. I bet it has to do with their narcissistic ways. Celebrities always getting married after like 2 weeks. Attention seeking.
The sad thing is all the comments and our perception of marriage. Yes, its sad that women marry for nothing other than money, but it's also sad that people have resorted to valuing the money they earn over the marriage; first assuring that it is a right partnership and then to care for it as a lifelong responsibility. Don't you know that that your marriage should resemble your relationship with God? As you respect God and aim to please God, you should respect and please (submit to) your marriage partner? This is why marriage is not meant for the unbeliever who desecrates the sanctity of it.
One last comment (felt this needed to be shared): Your husband/wife is no more separate from you than God is separate from you. That is why the two become ONE. So a pre-nup is really saying you believe in the institution but not the sanctity of marriage. You are still separate. It's an unfortunate mentality, lack of understanding.
Damn MTO. They aint been married 5 minutes yet and it seems u expect them to fail. Furthermore I don't trust anything yall say. Do u know for sure if there is no pre-nup? And who gives a flying shyt. If shyt goes bad aint no money coming outta Fred's pocket. Sheesh!!! Yall need to come better than this. Damn calling the boy a "dummy" is a little much don't ya think. Yall don't know what the hell is going on between their 4 walls.
Perhaps they didn't do a prenuptial because the marriage is based on something REAL, not material or superficial things. There's more to life and love than money; It's a gamble of the heart not the pocket. Only a fool starts a marriage expecting a divorce or worrying about how much they might lose...if you don't trust your choice you need to check yourself.
Money is not the root to all evil....The love of money is.....People are so stupid there was no PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT back in our grandparents days folks stayed married forever not like today.....
I pray all is well with them love is so hard to find these days....
A child need to see mommie and daddie.....Not daddie somewhere else doing his thing or mommie being a whore! Come On!
Time to Congratulate when you see young people today making moves like this and being decent about the whole situation......
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To friends, colleagues and those that should know,
As of today (September 8, 2009) I am no longer the Executive Editor of Music at BET.com.
Upon entering the position at BET I said that I needed one year to see what really went on inside the belly of the beast. I needed 365 days to sleep with the enemy and infiltrate the system. One year to see if they REALLY wanted change at BET.
As someone who has been critical of BET for many years, it surprised many that I would leave my post at HipHopDX last year to take a position at BET. But it was an opportunity I absolutely had to take. I could no longer be critical of this company without accepting the opportunity to change it when given. Although I was hired to bring about change, I was systematically shut down. I wasn’t hired to make noise, I was hired to be silenced.
The truth of the matter is that everything that you thought was wrong with BET is true.
Over the past year I’ve seen a lot to reinforce my position that BET is too far gone in the negative to turn into a positive. We have all always thought the worst, but to actually see it in action is another thing in its entirety. The unprofessionalism, the tom foolery, the favors, the misappropriation of resources, the bad ideas that reinforce negative stereotypes, the emasculation of men, the meetings that break down in full fledged cursing battles, the unpaid overtime, the tears from employees scared for their underpaid and overworked positions and ultimately the unwillingness to change are all harsh realities that I’ve witnessed firsthand.
That is not to say that there aren’t some good people who have sat in the offices of BET. Unfortunately, the good people are not in positions of power to instill any change. Instead, they work their fingers to the bone just to keep their jobs in this harsh economic climate. The other good people ran out of the door as soon as an another employment opportunity presented itself. To say BET was a revolving door would be an understatement.
I came in with a plan to provide balance and to deliver good music to the masses and help make BET relevant again – at least in the dot com world. Those attempts were shut down by out of touch executives who run a dot com but could barely turn on a computer . By those who judge their metrics by page views over absolute unique visitors (that‘s ad sales talk). By those who simply don’t understand the internet.
They brought me in because of my track record but never once took a look at my body of work. If they did, they would have known that I was the pen behind editorials such as “BET’s Coon Picnic” or were aware of the many times I have been critical of their award shows and programming. All they knew is that I played a major role in making a once unknown website into a online media outlet that surpassed theirs and they wanted a piece of the action. Too bad they never researched who I really was.
During my tenure I worked long hours and sometimes succeeded at bringing in decent content to try to reflect the change I wanted to achieve. But it wasn’t without opposition. While some interviews and content initiatives were able to make it through, many others were either shut down or met with ridicule. I offered ideas to incorporate the blog world and to spotlight new talent before MTV did. Those ideas were met with comments such as “This isn’t HipHopDX” or “You don’t know what you are talking about.”
BET is not about the quality of your work. Rather, BET is about the relationships you have with powerful people within the company. BET is not about challenging. Instead, BET is about accepting and saying “yes.” If you have known or followed me over the years, you would know that these are things that simply are not in my character and ultimately resulted in my removal.
For the artists and labels that I have worked with for years, I tried. I did whatever I could to achieve that balance many of us wanted to see happen. To the writers who wanted to writer for BET, I made an attempt but was never given a budget to work with.
Upon my arrival, I was told I would be given a staff. Not true. I had a staff of one to carry out daily operations on a website. I fought tooth and nail to accomplish the minimum (an embeddable player and a site people could navigate) and was constantly brushed off. It was a position that was set up for failure. But I endured as long as I could.
Alas, I have been removed from my position after infiltrating the system and the timing was perfect. I wasn’t let go because the site’s numbers were down. Not because I didn’t work hard. Simply because of a personality clash with an individual whose proverbial ass I didn’t kiss enough. Again, not about the work you do but about the relationships you keep and the sides you take.
I’d like to thank BET for covering the cost of my relocation to bring me to the great city of New York/New Jersey. I’d also like to thank them for putting me in close quarters with people who think like me and will hopefully work with in the near future. I’d also like to thank them for providing me enough controversial content that I observed firsthand and will make for many tales to be told.
I said it and I meant in: One year to either make changes or move on. I left HipHopDX on September 16th 2008. Today is September 8, 2009. Eight days short of a year. Most thought I wouldn’t even last that long. But in that year I’ve had my greatest fears about Black Entertainment Television affirmed.
There is so much wrong with BET that I’d rather not break it down in a single email.
It is pretty good fodder for a book don’t you think?
As of today, Andreas Hale is a free agent.
Shout out to Honey Soul Music for the info.
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Posted by: J. Dakar 53 Comments << EVENT PICS: KELLY ROWLAND / ALEXANDRA BURKE / SANAA LATHAN // GUESS WHO: LEAVING THE LOUNGE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD >> 1. brandi Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
he’s confirming what we basically already knew. 2. NubianGoddez Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
No surprise there!! EBT is not about the uplifting the black race and portraying positive black images as evidence by the constant stream of buffonary, coonery and minstreal shows it continues to showcase. 3. Dee Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
FIRST!!! BET HAS BEEN A HOT MESS FOR YEARS NOW. THEY ONLY REFLECT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 4. Coffeebrown Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Hmmm
interesting. I do wish he had given some more concrete examples of what he tried to do at BET that was met with resistance (besides trying to successfully incorporate an embeddable player on BET.com). I guess I’ll have to wait for the book. Good luck in your future endeavors Andreas. 5. Mrs. sk8board (ak & bk stan) Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
yea he went hard, and we knew all that already 6. hood_shit Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
real talk- homie aint said [EXPLETIVE] we didnt already know AND this n!gga already hyping a proposed book…. get the fcuk outta here slim!
all u did was waste your fcukin’ time…. you didnt learn [EXPLETIVE] and obviously didnt do [EXPLETIVE] PLUS you worked the internet and NOT on the actual network channel….
you just bored me! 7. Nadia Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Not surprised. 8. Nadia Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
#6 He bored you because you probably had a difficult time comprehending.lol 9. MIMI Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
OK, THAT LETTER IS ENTIRELY TOO DAMN LONG FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND READ, BUT I GET THE POINT. IM 19 AND I HAVE NEVER NEVER SUPPORTED BET. FROM ITS KNOCK-OFF’S OF OTHER NETWORK SHOWS AND LACK OF POSITIVE PORTRAYAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN’S (A FEW SHOWS WHICH CAN GO UNMENTIONED COMES TO MIND), BET IS JUST A COMPLETE WASTE. OK, I THINK IM GONNA READ IT NOW
10. Samantha Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
i have been noticing the unappealing nor positive display of advertisement on BET. but i wasnt expectinq this degree of unnecesary termination. now i believe chanqe is needed for BET 11. slimGOODshit Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
this really saddens me…dammit everything is corrupt to the point a television network thats supposed to be “uplifting” african americans is just helping to keep them dumbed down???!!!! WTF!!???
i swear we need to just start fckn revolting against negative bullshit! smhh 12. JAZZY P Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Dam shame….WOW..Im speechless to this. 13. Tweety Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
He should either write a book or collaborate with Aaron McGruder and destory BET! This would be perfect for a Boondocks episode!lol 14. Terra Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Sounds like my job. Thats what you get when you work for black folks. but its still a hell of alot better then working for the man. With white - T you have to be on time…. Not my strong suite. 15. hood_shit Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
no, I comprehend well @ 8… YOUR boy just didnt share anything relevant! 16. TALKY TALK Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
He lost me when he started talking about a book…..that didn’t need to be mentioned because it just makes people think he wants to gain money off exposing bet. He could have said that it was just too much details to write in a letter. 17. itdoesn'tmatter Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
I cannot hate on his position and views about BET. It was real n’ to the point. Very respectful
18. TJACK25 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
It has become apparent (before his email AND after) that BET has grown to become a laughable network. It progressed backwards instead of forwards. I can believe the things he said about them as a company. The “powers that be” take their so called power too seriously. 19. MRB Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Its sad that our people really don’t have a place to call home. With its knock off tv shows and negative views i just don’t understand why the appeal of BET is so CHEAP!! The award shows have been horrible for years and the only major star we see is Beyonce. What happened to all the people before her and people that came and done there part that we loved so much! He is 100% right i been gave up on BET years ago.. 20. Crispy Wheat And Marshmallows Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
A letter written in the heat of the moment….unnecessary for the public and uninteresting. Unmet expectations on the part of the scorned employee led to his bitterness. STOP CRYING and MOVE ON. 21. MIMI Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
OK,I READ IT, AND I’TS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE STOOD UP AND SAID SOMETHING. I RECALL READING SOMEWHERE ABOUT AN EPISODE OF THE BOONDOCKS WHICH MOCKED BET EXECS AND SHED THEM IN SUCH AN UNFLATTERING LIGHT, THAT BET BASICALLY COERCED THE SHOW INTO NOT BEING AIRED AT ALL. DON’T BE SURPRISED IF DUDE GOES MISSING OR SOMETHING…JUST KIDDING, BUT THIS LETTER JUST MAKES ME DESPISE BET EVEN MORE THAN I PREVIOUSLY DID 22. Young MONEY Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
I know Andres when he worked at HiphopDX. He’s good at what he does but this letter sounds like sour grapes. It’s interesting to note that he was FIRED. If he felt all of these things why did he not leave on his own accord? Leaving on his own would lend a little more credibility to his argument. But he stayed there just like the others at BET because he was collecting a check and moving along with the status quo. He was never in a position to change the content of BET.COM because they reflected the station in truth. And the station is not going to change the content as along as the subscribers don’t raise any objections to it. Many people I know are offended at the content of BET and you know what you can do then? Turn the station like I do. Andres should be like Angel and do his own Blog and then he could see how popular his ideas would be I think it would be a smash. This is what the internet is all about and given a little ambition you can change things by offering new alternatives to what’s already out there. As long as people watch Frankie and Nefe, College Hill, Tiny and Toya, 106 & Park and the BET Awards these things will continue to exist. This email Andres sent out will only hurt him in the end because it’s extremely personal to his situation and HIS frustrations at BET. And all of his frustrations could have been handled in a better way than this letter (which to me is not effective) and if he was still not satisfied he could have walked out on his own and gone and done something he really wanted to do if he was not happy with the “Changes” BET seemed interested in when they hired him. Come on dude you were the Music Editor.
I’m sorry but I just don’t feel Andre’s approach or the contradiction in the fact they he knows that dot only reflect the content it does not really stray too far from the Source. It’s next to impossible to make changes if the ones in charge don’t want them. And there are always ways to communicate things….much better then this contrary note that he sent out AFTER he was fired. Viacom is not changing because of this note. He only hurt himself. And viewers ultimately have the power to bring forth changes in content and that does not seem to be happening with the BET crowd and we can think of a few reasons why that is the case. BET is reflective of a community that is similarly lost and confused. And there are bigger issues in the Black community that what is on BET. Let’s have some perspective Andres.
Again Angel. EXCELLENT Work. (Some people are innovative and don’t complain about lame content on old formats they make their own way) :-) 23. DC Juicy SuperStar (Beyonce is Queen Bee) Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
I interviewed at BET once and I must say they are very unprofessional. I was offered the position and turned it down because of the salary.
I think he was pissed when he wrote the letter but that doesn’t make it a lie. I believe him… I don’t care enough to buy the book because we already know that BET is a Hot Mess… I still watch Frankie and Neffe and the Award shows… What can I say other then sometimes I like the watch smut TV that is called BET
24. southerngirl_2010 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
WHY BET WHY? 25. Nadia Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
#15 It must not be that irrelevant because you’re still checking comments and posting.lol 26. Ebz Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
I applaud him for the respectful manner in which he expressed his sentiments regarding his disdain for bet. And while, I have no information in regards to the inner working of BET it is quite obvious on that outside that BET is cheap and degrading one-sided representation of black people as a whole. I rarely watch BET because there is rarely anything positive or worthwhile watching on the station. Additionally, they continue to perpetuate the negative stereotypes that SOME African Americans have sought to bury for quite sometime. I’d also like to commend [SPAM] for not advertising that Neffe and Frankie buffonery that claims to be about “CHANGE”. I’m glad someone is putting morals before compensation. 27. LULU Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
This is still tired and a waste. We all know that station ain’t sht. If you want to call someone out, do it major. Oprah interview perhaps? 28. ****Kay Kay***** Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Okay… only thing left out was an attachement of his resume. like most of you said…no surprise. You can look at BET’s line up of their”new shows” and see what they are about: Frankie and Neffe…WHY and what purpose? Wendy Williams…Why????? Tiny and Toya…Why and what purpose? Even the one show College Hill that you would think would be positive was a mess. I partof one season of that when they were in St. Thomas, VI and was disgusted. I prefer TV One. I can see all the reuns I want of good old tv shows and great interviews, great black movies I had not seen before. I like their special “UNSUNG”. BET has a long way to go still. 29. millhouse Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
GO TO YOUTUBE AND TYPE IN CONFESSIONS OF A BET PRODUCER…. THIS GUY WORKED FOR BET SINCE 98, AND HE TALKS ABOUT ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES ISH HE WENT THROUGH…. HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT DEBRA LEE AND STEPHEN HILL AND HOW THEY HAVE DUMBED DOWN THE PROGRAMMING ON PURPOSE. HE CALLS STEPHEN HILL OUT ESPECIALLY FOR SHOWING NOTHING BUT SEX AND VIOLENCE ON BET
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.. LOTS OF VIDEOS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE BRAINWASHING OUR YOUTH WITH THESE VIDEOS… LOTS OF EVIL ISH GOIN ON…. 30. Princess_Si Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
dude, your letter is foolishness! who cares?! If anybody is influenced by anything they see on TV, then they’re moronic! Not your problem, or BET’s
31. solo Dolo Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
BET is a complete mess. I mean, they’ve always been a mess, but at this point it has become evident that the direction the network is going in, is all wrong. They need someone over there, who actually cares. Debra and friends, are making millions so they don’t even too much care what “we” think or anyone else. They should’ve been boycotted since the BET awards 09, for that half ass [EXPLETIVE] they called a “tribute” to MJ. 32. msblknasty1 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
..im with # 15 what the hell is his point
all that writing and he aint sayin [EXPLETIVE]
.. more like a crybaby … scorned 33. emma Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
the only thing that has ever really annoyed me about bet is how the lady hosts are never black but the men always are wich obvs there are little black girls watching so it should be setting an example that black is beutiful btw its the media most of em b crazy aneways 34. MY2SENSE Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
i dont watch or support BET in any forum!!!!! I didnt need his letter to confirm my or solidify what I already knew, it’s just said that the masses don’t give a damn! 35. Antoinette Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
cCheap….cheap
cheap ! BET is the cheapest station on television.They have no major stars on their shows,because they are too cheap,so they depreciate and degrade the black viewing audience by giving them low budget shows with B-LEVEL people in them like Tiny & Toya,a crackhead Frankie and Wendy ,a low-budget Oprah ,who can barely do her show because her cheap studio is infested with flies.BET executives should be ashamed of themselves,my shoes cost more than what they spend on their low budget shows. 36. Young MONEY Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Oprah will not have on Andreas, some washed up dot Music Editor from BET on her show. It’s called changing the station and raising your family.
BET while offensive to most is not something you have to watch. And Andreas needs to move on and learn to be more of a professional because this note is anything BUT.
Stop looking to BET to have some self esteem that should come from within. And if enough self respecting people stop tuning in BET would change.
You can’t argue about something and watch it like a Zombie.
Black youth are not empowered enough as a group and until that happens on important issues like education and political power you will never see yourself reflected in a true sense. What you will have are these gross mischaracterizations that BET shows with some regularity and “reverence”. 37. JstBReal Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
This reminds me of that Boondocks episode about BET lol. I’d respect BET more if they had shows like Teen Summit and hosts like Rachel, Free and AJ, Ananda Lewis and such. I respect this dude voicing his experience about BET though. 38. bet sucks Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
progressed backwards 18? isnt that an oxymoron? lol
anyway, the man tried and what he did needed to be done so that it could be “proven”. not intended to ofset anyone but the younger people here arent really aware of what BET used to be. thats what so upsetting to the older people (im 30). its disgusting and even though i LOVE the game, i dont even think id want to give them the ratings theyve (obviously) sold their souls for.
but no one has morals anymore. everything is right and ok. theyve bought into the hype. and anyone who doesnt think satan is using music to build his kingdom, you are sadly mistaken. everything in our world has a negative and a positive to it and music is definitely one of them. keep killing your spirit by letting ANY and EVERYTHING into it. may as well, youre doing it with the food you put into your body! 39. GirlBye Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
@13 this would make a great episode of Boondocks 40. BULLETS OR BALLOTS Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
BET has been discredited as a cable station for a long time now.Their shows cost so little to make,and the quality is so poor,that you could buy a camcorder and make a better show.And it looks like they don`t put any money or effort into making their shows,they just make a cheap copy of whatever is a hit on MTV,that`s how former BET owner Bob Johnson and executive Barbara Lee got so rich,the millions of dollars that should have been spent on making good quality shows went to Johnson and Lee`s paychecks and the little bit of money left over went to the making of these cheap shows,It`s despicable ! 41. Come On Now! Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
He should’ve stayed on and worked his way up until he was in a position to make some real change there. The reason the station is the way it is is because those old people never leave and if they do they hire the “yes” men to replace them. The revolving door has to slow down or the station will never change. BET seems like a lost cause. They will never change until they are challenged by a rival station or until a few people within the organization make the change. 42. Come On Now! Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
A wise friend of mine once spoke in regard to the BET awards and their tribute to MJ
she said: “I wish BET had died and Michael Jackson did a tribute to them instead” 43. LINDA Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
If you ever watched BET you know its some coon [EXPLETIVE]. The boondocks was right on point. Come on frankie and neffie, Tiny and Toya, the list goes on and on. We dont need a book to give us a inside look thanks anyway. Good luck to you with this economy the way it is you chose to leave rather then settle. 44. theComplex Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
FINALLY!!!
Now, more people from within or formerly within the organization need to come forward. The only way to make any changes is to take the lid off BET’s self-created hot mess.
When the people you “serve” won’t even watch your station, what does that tell you? 45. Marquette Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
why is it everytime there’s a post about BET everybody comes on here and post all these negative comments about how HORRIBLE the channel is? I’ve always watched BET and I don’t see a problem with it it’s no different than any other network, if u believe so can u give me some type of example bc maybe i’m just looking over it since I don’t invest that much of my time worry about what’s on it, if I want to watch what’s on I watch it if I don’t I CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
And i’m gonna have to agree with some of the other people he seems more hurt about not working there anymore than anything in this letter. He keeps saying he wanted to change this and change that and he knew he had to kiss someone ass to do it but refused to so he wasn’t too serious about the change bc if he was he would’ve done what needed to be done got in good with the people and accomplish what he wanted. It does no good to just quit and complain. 46. POSITIVE CHICK Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
This is so sad. I think if someone like Jay-z took over BET he could change it for the better….somebody needs to do something. If I had the money I would 47. POSITIVE CHICK Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
#45 Marquette
I understand your point, but see BET is not the way it used to be. Before it at least had Rap City, Student Center, BET News, Black Carpet, and other different variety of shows.
Now it only has 5 hour reruns of old shows, and has 2 degrading reality tv shows. You have to question what the hell are they doing. Hopefully Tyrese’s new show provides some ground 48. JACORY Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Why don`t BET just name themselves Family Dollar or the Payless TV station,and poor Tiny & Toya, are getting paid by BET way less ,than if their reality series was on a real channel like,ABC,or NBC. 49. Mother Jefferson Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
BET has been in the dumpster since Debra Lee started and AJ and Free left. Viacom needs to replace Debra Lee. They have stopped with the really explicit videos (Uncut) and started with the coonery.
TV One is all reruns and a couple of good specials. Black networks as a whole have a hard time coming up with original programming and thats the real problem. 50. DARKAQUA Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
IS ANYONE SURPRISED???? BET NETWORK HAS BEEN A HOT MESS FOR SOME TIME….DEBRA LEE AND STEPHEN HILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED LONG TIME AGO 51. southern sway Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
I dont watch BET b/c I dont like it and it’s not really for us anymore. I did watch it Monday b/c they had my show on the game which I love so I had to watch but that’s about it. 52. Mother Jefferson Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
@ #45 you are right all the Viacom networks are really the same. VH1 and MTV are not like they used to be. A lot of that has to do with the music industry falling off. 53. Imcanadian Wednesday, September 9, 2009 /
Very true. I have felt this way about BET for a long while now, years and years wondering if they will change their ways. I remember they had a late night show abut poetry, or even showing quality music from quality artist. Education shows cancelled, good music gone, what replaces this— Sad reality shows, music from kids who are in it to make a quick million. Tell me when was the last time you saw a song from Prince, Talib, The roots..and even if you did they cut the video half way into it.
Black Exploitation Television needs a change. In a time where we have an educated president..and he’s black, how is it so hard to have programming that can help us grow as a community. Maybe its not so much BET that is the problem but the people that they hire that just do as they are told because it pays the bills. Specking from real experiences, i’ve had a number of jobs which I left because I refused to sell-out to something I don’t believe in, and in the end it has made be a stronger person and will continue to do so. Leave a Reply
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@strawcream, sweetheart, take off ur rose colored glasses! Times have changed. It's bout da money, sex & power. Especially in dis game. Babygirl played dude, period... And i have give her da playa card. She doesnt get mack status, cuz dude is an easy mark. And to da poster who said their da next j&bey GTFOH!!!
@ trixie: I read the post by Andreas Hale. Unfortunately, that's how it is in business anywhere you go, not only BET. If you want to be innovative, compelling, moving you'll have to do things your way, and the only way to do that is by starting your own business. It's not easy, but to many the reward is the sweetest. Just ask Fred!
@Trixie Keep up the good work ma. These Black face on the outside, Zionist on the inside need to be exposed. While I'll admit that I do occasionally watch BET, I never dispute arguments for a total boycott of the network. Bob Johnson was and is nothing short of a zionist, shuck and jive, sellout negro that sold his company(BET) to a very corupt, Jew owned, and satanic Viacom corp, for scraps and some recognition.
@fire4u
What world are you living in? This marriage is a sham like Beyonce and Jay-z's. Christina figure that if she marries and has a kid by The Dream that she will be set for life, which she now is! Take a look at Nick and Mariah's "Marriage" it's the same thing! It's not love, it's convenience!
Women aren't suppose to be breadwinners?
iloveme123 Flag post @fire4u
What world are you living in? This marriage is a sham like Beyonce and Jay-z's. Christina figure that if she marries and has a kid by The Dream that she will be set for life, ---------------------------- I'm just saying that marriage is about COMMITMENT. If he did not get a prenup..my assumption is that he may have made a REAL commitment. Meaning..he 's being a real man..and plans to stick it out. You know...doing what it takes to KEEP it together.
Jayzee and Beyonce divided up the shyt before they made the marriage vows.lol! How tacky is that? Why are you worrying about who gets what..IF you are planning to stay together forever!? I mean, they said "til death us do part..right??
These prenups are half azz commitments that literally "plan" for the divorce. If it's real, STICK IT OUT! And Christina did not have to MARRY the Dream for money. She was already pregnant by him..which meant lengthy payments anyway.
So, let's give them a chance. Not all black folks want a "JUST IN CASE" prenup lingering over them. that gives them a comfortable way out.Commitment and family is very endearing. They might be a Will and Jada.
@tonyquik- wow ur momma must hav done a number on u 4 u top lump all people of 1 race in a category! so sad. i can only hope & pray that in the fture u can open ur heart & 4give. i luv blk men & wen i get married I can only see myself with a blk man & my children r by blk men despite the things Ive been thru cuz i realized were spirits in a human experience! and not all ppl r the same. u draw to u what u set ur mind on so f u continue t focus on a certain type of person, no matter the race thas what ur gonna get! peace.
Every chick is that kind of chick at any given moment. Love is wonderful but not protecting your assets just in cast the day comes when it's no longer the fairytale is foolish.
If she decides she's no longer into the Pillsbury doughboy type or he wakes up one morning hating her flop ass...he'll just have to ask her to pass the Vaseline, won't he.
