The BET Hip Hop Awards felt like a changing of the guard
On Saturday evening , the BET Hip Hop Awards returned to Atlanta after having spent a short stint in Miami over the past couple of years. The green carpet portion of the evening set the tone -- it was all very much “business as usual,” which is to be expected, but the air felt different. With fiery upstarts like Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby sort of coming out of the shadows and into their own this year, Saturday night felt like a changing of the guards.
“I really just need to grab a couple quotes, for real,” one journalist was overheard saying on the carpet. “But I don’t think Megan or Baby are doing press.” They were right. Megan wasn’t spotted on the carpet at all but the Charlotte MC made a quick run-through, stopping once or twice to join his protege Stunna 4 Vegas in front of a couple of cameras.
Even Rozay’s set on Saturday night served as a reminder that those who came before, setting real standards, ought to be respected. With overhead views of Miami at night panning his background screens, Ross took the audience through his near flawless catalogue of smashes. T-Pain entered from stage left to assist on “The Boss” and the MMG capo flowed easily through “Hustlin’” and “BMF” to “Stay Schemin’” and his most recent, “Big Time.
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