
Stellar performances by
Rihanna, Al Green, Maxwell, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown and
Ne-Yo couldn’t draw viewers to the
BET Awards on Tuesday night. This year’s awards show which honors the best in African-American music, sports and film, only drew
5.8 million viewers according to
Nielsen ratings.
Tuesday night’s ratings was the smallest in the
BET franchise’s eight-year run since 2004.
Meanwhile, there are rumors that
Clifford Harris aka T.I. was not invited to attend the awards this year even though he’s in LA filming his
MTV reality series. We can speculate as to the reason why. If you recall, T.I. was arrested the day of the BET Hip Hop awards last October in Atlanta.
There are also grumblings about the sentence handed down by the feds to
Jacob Arabo aka Jacob The Jeweler, this week. Arabo was given a
30-month sentence in Club Fed for lying to federal investigators about his financial dealings with the
BMF crime family. He is to begin serving his sentence on
January 15, 2009 - the same month T.I. is required to start serving his 9 months for gun collecting.
The difference between the two sentences is that T.I. cooperated with the feds while Arabo lied his ass off to protect himself. A 5-time felon can have 50 guns in his arsenal, but it’s a totally different ball game when you mess around with Uncle Sam’s money.
Source:
SandraRose.com
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