{"id":17389,"date":"2013-07-01T08:35:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=17389"},"modified":"2013-07-02T14:16:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T22:16:53","slug":"watch-janelle-monae-and-erykah-badu-deliver-a-fiery-finale-to-the-bet-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-07\/watch-janelle-monae-and-erykah-badu-deliver-a-fiery-finale-to-the-bet-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Janelle Mon\u00e1e (and Erykah Badu) Deliver a Fiery Finale to the BET Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2013 BET Awards<\/strong> and BET Experience<\/strong> took place over the weekend in various venues in downtown LA, with performances by Kendrick Lamar, Miguel, Erykah Badu<\/strong>, a bit of Stevie Wonder<\/strong> (at least SOME inclusion of the patriarchs) and, most importantly, Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/strong>.\u00a0 Watch below as Mon\u00e1e<\/strong> <\/strong> closed down the BET <\/strong>Awards<\/strong> with a blistering rendering of her new song\u00a0Q.U.E.E.N.<\/strong> <\/em>with Badu<\/strong>.\u00a0 Monae’s<\/strong> ferocity in the last minute of the performance is riveting (despite that big-@$$ white poodle). After, check out the au courant Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> and his big band performing M.A.A.D. City<\/strong><\/em> and Bitch<\/strong><\/em> [TLR<\/strong>: we assume Kendrick is name-checking that white poodle] Don\u2019t Kill My Vibe<\/strong><\/em> (also with Badu<\/strong>).\u00a0 At bottom is neo-soul savant Miguel<\/strong> (with Lamar<\/strong>) performing a rearranged How Many Drinks?<\/strong><\/em> When you watch, you might want to hit “Full Screen” mode to avoid all the miasma-inducing distractions.<\/p>\n

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The 2013 BET Awards and BET Experience took place over the weekend in various venues in downtown LA, with performances by Kendrick Lamar, Miguel, Erykah Badu, a bit of Stevie Wonder (at least SOME inclusion of the patriarchs) and, most importantly, Janelle Mon\u00e1e.\u00a0 Watch below as Mon\u00e1e closed down the BET Awards with a blistering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t