The sole purpose of watching the BET Awards was for Prince! I LOVE him. He is a true artist that knows all about innovation, branding, and style. I knew everything else on the award show would be trash. Well at least thats what I thought until I saw Chris Brown's performance.
Last year, Chris Brown did not participate in BET's tribute to Michael Jackson. We all know why, unless you've been living under a rock but just to be clear, he beat the crap out of Rihanna. He made many efforts to apologize and move past the incident but nothing seemed to work. Stations and other media outlets refused to play his music or work along him. But I really believe this performance saved his life and career!
Chris Brown idolizes Michael Jackson. His whole presence as an artist is clearly influenced by Michael Jackson. When he didn't get the chance to show his appreciation and respects to Michael, I felt sorry for the fella. Chris Brown did an amazing job. The best Michael Jackson tribute I've ever seen. The dancing was amazing! But what makes it even better was the emotion. You could feel Chris Brown's love for Michael and what he did for music. When it got time to sing "Man in the Mirror," Brown choked. Filled with emotion and tears, he couldn't even sing. Brown struggled the words out "I'm staring at the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways." Great song choice for a guy thats trying to change and saw the error in his ways.
