The Decline of the EBT/BET Awards aka Baby Mama Convention: A Cultural Crisis

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The Decline of the EBT/BET Awards aka Baby Mama Convention: A Cultural Crisis
When BET founder Bob Johnson created the network Eight decades into the 20th century he foresought a future where black Americans could gather around and experience the best of black entertainment in all of its glory. Noticing a disparaging lack of accolades given to America’s top trend setters the network cultivated an award show of its own celebrating black culture in all areas. What has now been deemed the ‘EBT’ awards, believe it or not the annual BET awards was once an honorary black national holiday penetrated by the industry’s highest ranked black celebrities filled with prestige, surprises, and excitement, but within the last few years we’ve seen a drastic decline in the award show not just in viewership, but in quality, stars, and overall entertainment. From a cultural renaissance serving its best players to a hood banquet catering to D-list rappers and all of their baby’s mamas, we the people want to know what in the world happened to the B.E.T awards?!

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  • @Theblessedlifewithlala
    @Theblessedlifewithlala11 ай бұрын

    Time to create a new BLACK award show. I hope they make one for independent artists and entertainment creators outside of the industry. Thank you for your content ❤you are absolutely right 💯 I been stop watching BET

  • @filmsforsmartpeople3587
    @filmsforsmartpeople358711 ай бұрын

    The BET awards always awarded those who sold the most records or who were already popular and wealthy. It made no sense.

  • @SLFRVA
    @SLFRVA11 ай бұрын

    these award shows are losing ratings because they don't put the show on youtube, where the whole world can easily access it instead of paying for a subscription just to watch it. Also the time of music and being a true artist has changed, no one wants to take their time to give a great performance they come up with half ass wardrobe and choreography its just dry now

  • @drama6446

    @drama6446

    9 ай бұрын

    Honestly ain’t nobody watching this trash I remember as kid watching this it was a beautiful thing to see. Hell my ppls n everyone n the hood was watching it. By next week we all talking bout it n on top of that great performances n everyone. To tell yall the truth I stopped watching this after 2009 from their music n everything went downhill. Bet awards now fill up with social media 1 hit wonder rappers. To many classless ppl at the show. They don’t even award REAL artists just ppl to push a negative image winning awards over ppl that actually put n the work for years. Right now they award popularity n clout vs talent.

  • @ajax3039
    @ajax303911 ай бұрын

    EBT? I agree with all the reasons provided. I would add that it’s also generational. The gen x “primary” audience for the BET awards is really not as familiar with the new generation, the new gen does not embrace the awards show space as past gens. Ultimately the culture is just different which is expected. The definition of professional, decorum, and couth have changed. Everything must change!

  • @JukuduB

    @JukuduB

    10 ай бұрын

    It's the disconnect. Each generation can connect someway to the previous. This one however is COMPLETELY disconnected and can't enjoy or understand anything that is not happening in present time.

  • @thinktank0218
    @thinktank021811 ай бұрын

    EBT awards. I'm done. It fell off since when it was sold. I didn't know this year didn't have a host. Yeah they fell off I didn't even realize that when u see the females rappers wearing Skippy outfits in front of Bobby Jones. Bobby Jones gospel. Bobby Jones. He face said it all. Like in horror where is stage left. Right please . Only way it can go back to its form is they have to let ppl handle it and formatted that can bring in the new but respect the old and honor the past .

  • @lizwilliams9233

    @lizwilliams9233

    5 ай бұрын

    AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH NON SUPPORTING, DISRESPECTING FLAGRANT SCOFFLAW DISGRACEFUL BLACK MALES THAT WIYHOUT 'EBT' ABORYIONS/BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND WOULD NOT LIVE, EXIST

  • @Kevin-rg3yc
    @Kevin-rg3yc11 ай бұрын

    In terms of talent there’s alot of young black talent in Gen z today but the problem with BET awards they only relay on the mainstream artists who are straight industry plants or have potential to be much more talented than presented but the death of artist development is stopping their growth they don’t bring in any new school underrated black artists I remember when they used to have segments in between commercials they would give the main stages to new, unknown and upcoming artists and release the full performances on their KZread channel I remember a-lot of upcoming artists like Ella Mai, Kendrick Lamar, sza, Chloe x hallie and Khalid benefitted from this but I think after 2018 they stopped doing that, they also refuse to get with the time, not expanding their musical choices in both live performances and award categories that go beyond mainstream hip hop, gospel and R&B, not attention to black artists that are underground hip hop, pop, rock, alternative, afro-beat, Latin pop, jazz, EDM, etc

  • @vashtikelly6837
    @vashtikelly683711 ай бұрын

    the ebt awards.......FOOD STAMP CARD LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @lizwilliams9233

    @lizwilliams9233

    5 ай бұрын

    AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH NON SUPPORTING, DISRESPECTING FLAGRANT SCOFFLAW DISGRACEFUL BLACK MALES THAT WIYHOUT 'EBT' ABORYIONS/BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND WOULD NOT LIVE, EXIST

  • @dreya3
    @dreya311 ай бұрын

    It absolutely fell off. They cant call themselves an awards show when they only give out like 5 awards during the whole 3 hour variety show. They need Dr. Dre to handle the talent like he did the superbowl halftime show. I'm sure the superbowl has more people watching every year compared to the BET variety show.

  • @Vskin420
    @Vskin4207 ай бұрын

    BET awards decline always is credited due to lack of old star power and new star power. The new artists that perform are just hot in the moment vs being the next age of superstars to follow for years

  • @Vskin420
    @Vskin4207 ай бұрын

    Correction. Chris Brown performed the following year of MJ’s death in 2010. He wasn’t allowed to perform in 2009 due to the Rihanna situation.

  • @MellowSerenitycatdogcpbclo0x
    @MellowSerenitycatdogcpbclo0x11 ай бұрын

    This was so interesting! Thank you for making this!

  • @damnright1766
    @damnright176611 ай бұрын

    This is perfect. I don't disagree with one word spoken. Sad. Hopefully we get back.

  • @ashleywilliams8590
    @ashleywilliams85902 күн бұрын

    Teena Marie will always be welcome in black spaces

  • @chanellebooysen9570
    @chanellebooysen957011 ай бұрын

    I think most award shows have fell off

  • @torrijones8434
    @torrijones84346 ай бұрын

    I miss the old bet😢😔

  • @PatrickGilbert8010
    @PatrickGilbert801011 ай бұрын

    The B.E.T. Awards has turned into a Minstrel Awards show.It’s a shame!

  • @lizwilliams9233

    @lizwilliams9233

    5 ай бұрын

    AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH NON SUPPORTING, DISRESPECTING FLAGRANT SCOFFLAW DISGRACEFUL BLACK MALES THAT WIYHOUT 'EBT' ABORYIONS/BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND WOULD NOT LIVE, EXIST

  • @mikelast3146
    @mikelast31465 ай бұрын

    This generation is not into award show like pervious generation were. But calling it EBT awards and downgrading the ceremony is not being part of the solution either.

  • @bubbleslovesmichael81958

    @bubbleslovesmichael81958

    25 күн бұрын

    Right

  • @ChanelFB
    @ChanelFB11 ай бұрын

    Haven't watched since Mindless Behavior 😭

  • @dreya3

    @dreya3

    11 ай бұрын

    Back when RayRay made that Lauren Hill joke. Their career fell off after that and sad part is that wasn't his joke the writers wrote that for him to read. He should of known better though.

  • @onlythemarkk

    @onlythemarkk

    5 күн бұрын

    Mannn that joke ended them Literally After 2013 they declined hard as fuck 😂😂😂 Then all of em disappeared after 2014 hit

  • @mbalenhlebuthelezi3198
    @mbalenhlebuthelezi31987 ай бұрын

    Not you quoting Nene🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @butterflies9383
    @butterflies93838 ай бұрын

    When the quality of the music declined,the awards shows went downhill.

  • @BellyvsPMM
    @BellyvsPMM6 ай бұрын

    Facts because when I was kid BET was must see TV but today I don’t even watch BET awards or shows and I wonder when you said outside black race and genre of music it that include Afro beats ?

  • @melzerr
    @melzerr5 ай бұрын

    There were so many other ways to expand audiences. Africa, S America, The Caribbean, Black Europen, Black Asia smh

  • @career5690
    @career569011 ай бұрын

    The shade

  • @HighPriestess_Studio5
    @HighPriestess_Studio54 ай бұрын

    0:31 Cuz' EV'rybody get a trophy now... 💅🏾 for just "showing up" talented or not...shower or no... 🙄 thanks to "iKim K. - nfluencer culture"... 😐

  • @JermaineHarris-kp8jv
    @JermaineHarris-kp8jv7 ай бұрын

    0:07 🧃🍪📬🎁

  • @MarvinNicholson823
    @MarvinNicholson82311 ай бұрын

    EBT Awards😂WTF😂

  • @lizwilliams9233

    @lizwilliams9233

    5 ай бұрын

    AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH NON SUPPORTING, DISRESPECTING FLAGRANT SCOFFLAW DISGRACEFUL BLACK MALES THAT WIYHOUT 'EBT' ABORYIONS/BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND WOULD NOT LIVE, EXIST

  • @TheJoelef
    @TheJoelef5 ай бұрын

    Except if your rockers like in living color or Lenny Kravitz

  • @robertlewis5544
    @robertlewis554411 ай бұрын

    The last time I watched was 2016 when Beyoncé performed Freedom with Kendrick Lamar. She got a lot of slack for not performing there anymore. Whenever they wanted her, she skyped in her performances. In 2016, she opened the show and left right after. She had to fly back across seas to do concert for her Formation tour. She didn't have to but she did. This EBT show is a mess. Bobby Jones face confirmed it when he saw some street walker rapper gyrating to her song with a stack of money. I bet you Bobby Jones not coming back. Hopefully the rumors about Tyler Perry buying EBT are true. Im sure she can turn it back into BET.

  • @JukuduB

    @JukuduB

    10 ай бұрын

    Tyler Perry turn it back? Child...you will see that BET will turn into TPT.

  • @Rainap806

    @Rainap806

    7 ай бұрын

    They shouldn’t even beg for her to go after the comments they made on her daughter’s hair

  • @jojoe4325
    @jojoe432511 ай бұрын

    Even though the show was definitely ghetto asl, i have to be honest and say that this is the littest it's been in YEARS

  • @truthtorpedo4068

    @truthtorpedo4068

    11 ай бұрын

    Therein lies the problem! Classlessness runs RAMPANT in 'The Community'.

  • @kekosunny6202
    @kekosunny620211 ай бұрын

    Ghetto ratchet

  • @lizwilliams9233

    @lizwilliams9233

    5 ай бұрын

    AND YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH NON SUPPORTING, DISRESPECTING FLAGRANT SCOFFLAW DISGRACEFUL BLACK MALES THAT WIYHOUT 'EBT' ABORYIONS/BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND WOULD NOT LIVE, EXIST

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