2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards: Atlanta’s albatross
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Which came first, the BET Hip-Hop Awards or Atlanta’s steady flow of garbage-ass rap music?
The chicken-or-the-egg question occurred to me as I watched last night’s broadcast of the awards show, which should’ve been renamed the Gucci Mane Awards for the number of performances (3?) featuring the East Atlanta-bred MC.
It typified a night in which the show took every possible opportunity to reference Atlanta — which is odd considering the crowd is made up entirely of industry fucks (artists, publicists, label reps, promoters, radio heads, etc.) and almost zero fans. (more…)
