Aside from the performances I wanted to blog about a few highlights I felt were worth mentioning.

John Legend receiving the Humanitarian Award was a high light for me, good for him! Now stop with all these hairline jokes! J ain’t having that!

John Legend on the hairline jokes:

“And to the haters, I’m still smarter, more talented, more successful and better looking than u. So fall back. Sorry y’all. Couldn’t believe my hairline was a trending topic. Get a life!”

Nicki Minaj‘s speech was a highlight for me as well, you heard that Lil’ Kim? Nicki said:

“Thank you to Queen Latifah, because you know what, earlier we were rehearsing and she just gave me so much positive energy and I think it’s so important right now for positive energy among women, because I’m fighting for women. This is not for me, this is for all of us, so thank you to all the female rappers that paved the way for me.”

These two are so sexy, are they dating? If so, I’m late… if not, whoever they are dating needs to be replaced :p. Nia Long is so beautiful, I’m always in awe of her.

Alicia Keys on that piano was more of a pregnancy scare than a highlight. Ha :p

Drake winning Best Male Hip Hop Artist over everyone who was nominated (including Jay-Z) was a highlight. Not as a “ha ha” but because that’s an amazing accomplishment from someone who just dropped their first album a month ago.

Keyshia Cole‘s appearance was a definite highlight, I missed her! Her and her future hubby looked so cute! I’m happy for them

Ciara presenting in her red Dsquared² leather tube dress

Overall, the BET Awards didn’t let me down (as they do previous years), this show restored any faith I have in their awards. Everyone did great! What’s in store for next year? Maybe I’ll be there, who knows :p.

Chris Brown performs Michael Jackson tribute

While watching the awards, I said Chris Brown had the best performance. Please understand I have a soft spot for Michael Jackson and that includes anyone who does what he does some justice (so maybe, just maybe my opinion is biased, just a bit). I was very disappointed in the tribute BET threw together last year and really thought Chris should have been apart of it. Now that he was, I’m pleased, I thought he did well and I was entertained. (RIP MJ!). Oh yea, Chris also cried. Moving on.

As I stated in a previous post, I was super excited to see Kanye! I don’t care what anyone thinks, I missed him. I’m gonna admit I was too busy taking in the fact that he was back and actually rocking a stage again to really comment on anything he was doing. The tweets about him on top of his mountain were hi-la-rious though

Eminem‘s performance was great, he’s one of the best MC’s and one of the few to actually rap about something and not just anything

The entire night I came saying, “Prince looks like Rihanna.” I don’t know what it is, but every time he flashed that pretty smile, I saw RiRi! His tribute was alright, the best part of it was definitely Patti Labelle and her famous disappearing shoe act.

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The BET Awards took place last night in Los Angeles at Hollywood’s Shrine Auditorium and though one may think a owner of a blog site does not have a life, I assure you that I do have one and going over ever detail of the experience would interrupt that. So, to make it easy on myself and a lighter read for you, I decided to do a BEST OF edition in separate posts (in MY humble opinion, of course . The awards were one of the best ones for me, I complained a lot last year (as many others did), surprisingly, I didn’t complain at all this year. One for BET!

Let’s get to my Red Carpet favourites…

Ciara looked great last night, not only on the red carpet but every time the camera hit her. She wore a black and metallic gold dress from the Balmain Fall 2010. Work mama!

Although I wasn’t really feeling Taraji P. Henson‘s dress (an ice Mandalay asymmetrical cocktail dress), she looked absolutely gorgeous! I love this woman, she has such a winning personality on and off stage!

Ok, my sister tried to stop me from putting Brandy on my “BEST OF” post (tsk), but call me crazy, I thought Brandy looked cute on the Red Carpet.

I absolutely loved Keri Hilson‘s look (less fashion, more hair though) I tweeted “Keri‘s hair looks like mine, did she see one of my twitpic? :p). Ok, so the joke was only funny to me ha! Anywho, she looked fab!

Nia Long was definitely one of, if not the best dressed on the Rep Carpet. She was gorgeous from head to toe in her flattering Gucci dress.

Gabrielle Union looked like a prop queen. She always looks like a million bucks and she didn’t disappoint.

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I honestly can’t believe it’s been an entire year since MJ passed. I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was the day of my cousin’s high school graduation and I was on twitter (as usual), fooling around and blabbling about nothing. I saw the first tweet go up (I wish I could remember from whom), but I instantly started doing my research. Shortly after, I hit up TMZ (the ‘firsts” in the blogging game) and there it was. They had a lot of information in very little time. At that point, CNN was so behind (I still think that’s why twitter became so popular) there was no point in watching them, tweeting was the only way to go. After everything was confirmed, I remember going the entire day (myself and my family) saying, “I can’t believe Michael Jackson is dead“. Mind you, I do not know him personally, I’ve never met him, so for this to hit me and others so hard, was surreal. I remembered crying (although, I’m certain is was mixed emotions from my dad’s and uncle’s death), but nonetheless, I cried. You start remembering people (especially the good things) when they’re gone. I listened to old music I had of him, watched old videos (MTV and BET didn’t help), he was everywhere. I’m not one to go on and on about celebrity deaths, but for whatever reason, MJ‘s death hit me and I truly felt it. I always felt alone arguing with others about the crap in his life (including the trials) and I never felt that he was “creepy” or “weird,” for whatever reason, I understood him. I looked deeper into what he had to say, sure it was easy to judge him, but he had a place in my heart and that made me want to look beyond the headlines. The lawyer in me just won’t let someone off without an argument a winning argument.
Anyway, this was all written to say, I’m still saddened by his death because it could have been prevented. There are so many questions and so little answers. I purchased a shirt recently (because I was online surfing and can’t help but use my credit card *sigh) that said, “LEGENDS NEVER DIE” with a picture of MJ on it. He was truly a legend and an icon. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

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Tamara Mowry tweeted a picture today of her and her sister Tia and I’m just in awe of these girls. The first thing I said was, “They are so beautiful.” Other than their beauty (keeping yourself looking fly takes care), I was also in awe of the way they carried themselves in other ways. They, like a lot of others, grew up in the spotlight, they had their fair share of fame at a young age and ’til this day I have yet to hear anything negative about them in the media. I think it’s better to congratulate some of these young stars on not taking the road that so many choose and then get lost on it. Every time I hear about them, they are doing something positive pertaining to their careers. Their brother Tahj Mowry, should also be congratulated. There is a lot of expectations when you are so popular so young and so far, I haven’t seen any of them fall apart (at least not on camera). They all seem very close and I think that closeness helps to deal with their world. Hollywood is one of the hardest places to live in when you are a young celebrity because of all the bad influences around you. So, when I see young people, like the Mowry‘s and even Raven Symone (from That’s So Raven) etc. I get excited! Now I don’t have to worry about my future daughter wanting to be apart of that world, I have some good influences she can follow.

I simply can’t enough of this song. No matter where I am when I hear it, it instantly puts me in a good mood. It reminds me of summer, the beach, and having a good time. Who doesn’t want to be reminded of that?. So, I’m still bumpin’ this video and song and probably always will be. The video itself is a movie, I’m almost sad that I wasn’t apart of it :p. Jamaicans always seem to know how to have a great time even on their worst days and you can’t help but join in on the fun