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Originally posted by 12dn94dst:
Who says that having NSYNC on BET is necessarily "expanding" the audience? I know of SEVERAL African Americans, myself included, who LIKE NSYNC. Are we "sell outs" too? Black ENTERTAINMENT Television should be just that, ENTERTAINMENT for Black folks. Having NSYNC on 106 & Park is a step in the right direction. Not every Black person enjoys listening to rap/hip-hop or seeing rap/hip-hop videos whenever BET actually decides to show videos. I like a variety of music (Limp Bizkit, Moby, Jagged Edge, NSYNC, Ludacris) & I'm sure other Black folks do to. Now if BET dropped showing Black atrists to a level comprable to that of MTV, that's another story but I don't see that happening. We as a people would not & should not let that happen. Maybe it will actually turn out good that Viacom bought BET so long as we make sure our comments & concerns are heard by the proper ears.
[This message has been edited by 12dn94dst (edited June 28, 2001).]
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I TOTALLY agree with you SOROR!!
I listen to ALL types of music (country, new wave, techno, gospel, bubble-gum, old school, disco, ecttt.... The ONLY music I dislike is hard core Rap, and Rap that has a lot of foul laguage in it, or degrades women (foxy brown, lil' kim, well you get the point) I am from Chicago and I remember when WGCI an WBMX use to play ALL types if music (George Micheal, Madonna, ect...) But now they only play music performed by African Americans. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy listening to my people but they play the same song OVER AND OVER AND OVER........Again (Did I say Over?) Especially when a song first comes out!!! I like Variety!!! That's why my friends tease me when I listen to B96 (it plays ALL of todays hits from Afro-American, Whites, Hispanics, ect....
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