BET AWARDS!!

5 things to watch for at BET awards

The BET AWARds were on last night and i thogught they were kinda weak. lol wayne was getting dick riddin by t=is network again and it seemed to be the t-wayne show all night. there wee some cool performances but other than that t- pain didnt move me. Kat would have killed it but since he lost the break dancing cotes(cried over demands not being met and money) it was a weak show. there were some memerable moments heres are some.

This time around, the major no-show had nothing to do with machine guns, silencers and federal authorities.

Quite the opposite: BET is maintaining that the official reason comedian Katt Williams did not return to host its third annual Hip-Hop Awards —- taped Saturday evening at the Atlanta Civic Center, and airing tonight at 8 p.m. —- is Williams bet his emcee duties in a breakdancing competition with Atlanta rapper T-Pain, and lost.

Whatever the real reason (and there have been many speculations), a funny T-Pain did a fine job in the role he told the audience he was asked to fill at 4 a.m. that same morning. He is among the Five Things To Watch, Look and Listen for tonight —- assuming they survived the final edit:

1. The opening performance. To the surprise of few, Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. starts the ceremony. Many expected that, as the 2007 top nominee was arrested last year on (and later pled guilty to) federal gun charges hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

The unexpected thing was the virtual silence he was greeted with when he appeared on stage unannounced, and began performing “What’s Up, What’s Haapnin.’ “

2. The DJ Khaled acceptance speech. While the crowd did later warm to T.I. as he segued into “Swing Ya Rag” with Swizz Beatz and “On Top of the World” with Ludacris, some in the audience Saturday said the reason for the initial quiet reception was that there were too many jaded industry people up front. Well, don’t count DJ Khaled among them. When he accepted his Best Collabo award, he was the most enthused of the evening, bringing T-Pain, Ludacris, Big Boi and the 90 zillion (seemingly) other rappers on his winning “I’m So Hood (Remix)” on stage.

3. The rings on Lil Wayne and Ciara’s wedding fingers. Wayne, the top nominee and big winner of the night, did not address his band. (Though he did ask the crowd more than once to pray for him as he was expecting a son any day.) But Atlanta R&B singer Ciara (rumored to be involved with hip-hop superstar 50 Cent) made a point on the red carpet to explain, “This is just where this ring fits best. Don’t think anything else of it. Please.”

4. The preview of upcoming movie “Notorious.” Spoiler alert: The best line of the clip from the biopic on late rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace may be Oscar nominee Angela Bassett’s (portraying Wallace’s mother): “What kind of grown [expletive] man calls himself Puffy?!”

(Entertainment mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs —- now going by Diddy —- signed Wallace to his Bad Boy record label).

5. The many, many mentions of Barack Obama. With the many exhortations to get out and vote running a close second. That —- plus the clips from rappers about their charity work, and the rousing tribute to women in hip-hop (featuring Salt ‘N Pepa, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Spinderella and Lady of Rage) —- made for an uplifting display of the oft-maligned genre.