12/16/09 Obie Says BET Banned Him Because Eminem

[fearless31666]

Former Shady Records artist Obie Trice says that BET blackballed his music in the past after Eminem did not show up at their annual awards shows. Obie says that Eminem's highly publicized performance back in 2006 was set-up in order to get his records played again on the network. "I can only talk about my last album, Second Round's On Me. There was a lot of things going on with that record as far as promotion-wise and the marketing scheme of the record, and then a bunch of issues with MTV not playing my lead single with Akon, and that kind of hindered things -- we needed that video look," Trice explained in an interview.

"BET wouldn't play the video because Eminem had missed the BET Awards three years in a row, so he had to shake hands with them, kiss and make up with them by going back to the BET Awards with Busta Rhymes that one year to fix that situation so we can get music played. So honestly, it's the push of the label, the push of the radio playing the music and just working the record. Some people work records, and if it ain't an instant hit they leave it alone. That's kind of like Interscope's format. You have other labels that work records for six months--they believe in this record, and they believe in that record. So it's just about the mechanics behind the whole situation, I believe."

Source: http://www.rapbasement.com/obie-trice/1 ... wards.html

[Spyder]

damn those BET muufukkasss

[Robbie G]

Wasn't this already known?

[Tornado]

Wasn't this already known?

I thought so but it's still gay what they did to Obie

[embm]

wtf
dumbass networks

[Dark Blue]

wow thats mad gay

[macdaddy019967]

wow...fuck BET

[BabyBLue91]

Wow, that suckss i love obie
+i didnt know that was the reason behind eminem's performance in 2006.. thought he really just wanted to surprise everyone

[macdaddy019967]

Wow, that suckss i love obie
+i didnt know that was the reason behind eminem's performance in 2006.. thought he really just wanted to surprise everyone

check ur inbox

and yea BET is fucked up

[AliJack]

faggots.

[Ella]

thats fckd up.. they made Em do that after Proof just passed..

[DrRapid]

I don't remember ever seeing that video of the BET 2006 with Busta Rymes but I can't find the video on Youtube.

[Bistnal]

I don't remember ever seeing that video of the BET 2006 with Busta Rymes but I can't find the video on Youtube.

it's the touch it remix. I know it's definitely on youtube, that's where I saw a few months ago. If I find it again, I'll post it.