TOP ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: Rapper … Singer? … Entertainer T-Pain nominated for 5 BET Awards!!! Well, if you collaborate — squeal the chorus – on nearly every R&B and Rap single for the past two years the question becomes, “Why so little?” He’s leading Kanye West and Keyshia Cole by two nominations each; but, of course, these are the BET Awards – and those two ARE talented.

BET, for you non-Negroes, is Black Entertainment Television — which could aptly be Bullshit Entertainment TV or Black Evil Television, as Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder puts it. You likely passed by it skipping through channels and through involuntary pain reaction reflex clicked the changer button in 1/64^th the time you usually average.

Imagine an entire network full of programming like the Caucasian version of Good Times, Sanford and Son, and Soul Train that played no other music than Maroon 5 and Hilary Duff because it represents what the entire mass of what European-Americans “love“.

WAIT! Before you pull the trigger on the pistol in your mouth, let me repeat: This is only hypothetical.

B. Evil TV is ironically the best argument against affirmative action in existence. It’s choosing programming based on how Black it is rather than quality. Top shows are 106 and Park — the Black Total Request Live — and College Hill — the all Black Real World (kinda defeats the point of mixing different people). Two shows plagiarized from other shows that jumped the shark a decade ago. They ARE black and sell ad time, so it’s all good though. Fill the airways with crap, then promote the shit out of it, to give awards later for what stuck to the wall the longest: that’s entertainment!

Now occasionally they will show a video by an artist I like Talib Kweli or Gnarls Barkely, but it’s mostly just “sangers” – singers that showcase more of their asses than their voices. I did see a great hour and half documentary on the life of soul legend Marvin Gaye, his life, influences, and contributions.It was on PBS’ American Masters, likely too cerebral for BET.  

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