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Alicia Keys and Debra L. Lee (BET Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) at the BET United Kingdom launch party at the Cafe de Paris on Saturday in London. BET UK officially launched on February 27th on Sky Digital Channel 209.
Guests at the party included: Musiq Soulchild, Estelle, Soulja Boy, Kelly Rowland’s rumored boyfriend Reggie Yates (the dude with the white scarf) and a whole bunch of UK singers and actors.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR U.K. READERS!
…LEMAR IS A CHOONG TING!!WID DEM PENG EYES!! omg why is bet coming here…like we need more shit on our telly screens..only difference is this is american shit!! wot is reggie wearing…he dont dress like dat innit he just suddenly looks gay
SOULJA BOY IS IN DA COUNTRY WOOHOOO IM GNA FIND HIM AND RAPE HIM
OMG IM FIRST WOOHOOO OMG ESTELLES GUEST HAS SOME BURNT TOAST BLICK !BLACKA THEN BLACK KNEES AND WOT ON GODS EARTH IS SHE WEARIN?? BLIMEY
Jamelia luks cute
yeah! uk reader over here lol!
The UK is runnin Big fingz …..
God knowz im happy BET has finally come to the UK
at last some decent sh*t to watch…ive been watching BET all week!!!
Big up to the UK doe ………….
WOW! BET UK …….BET is doing some big things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Akeys outfit so cute.
lol @ all the UK Loopers coming out from the dark and commenting in their slang! BLIMEY! Estelle’s friend know she wrong for them ashy knees. I’mma have to send her a bottle of Tone’n Fade skin bleach and a pumice stone. smh. and please tell me that is NOT cooch juice on her dress. urgh
I have to say, the rest of the women at the even look STUNNING! But not sure the UK arrival of BET is something to celebrate…..
you never forget us, concreteloop.
why oh why do they need to bring BET to the UK? Like Channel U wasn’t bad enough.
@ #2 that’s a bit harsh about Estelle’s guest don’t you think? I think she’s just got Hyper-pigmentation on her knees, something that some black people just have to live with.
The girl with \estelle is her sister, shes also a singer, she has done quite a few dance tracks. To Nurf West Londond finest, why are you upset that the Americans are coming over here, yet you wanna rape Souljah Boy so he can “supersoak dem HOES”. If thats what you would prefer the UK to promote, then you really do have a low opinion of UK music.
Its the way I walked past Caffe de Paris yesterday with my sis and we was cussing at how dry that place is…and to my surprise I come on CL this morning and find out the BET UK launch party was at caffe de paris lmao. I was wondering why there was bare people outside there. What the hell is Reggie doing though? He needs to kill that scarf. Makes ‘im look col’up.
Yeh live Estelle’s sister alone bout blick kness yours rude!!! It’s time black people start being happy about there skin colour cos with had enough with Michael and Lil’ Kim…
BET UK, Finally.. But why has the Channel been playing the same 106 & Park since wednesday???? I don’t think the launch was BIG enough or well thought out!! Cos i know peoples who still don’t know it’s dere!! (209 people)
Also all the music channel’s are around 434 and dat so why’s BET 209?????
More British singers shoulda been at the party. its the time UK get to shine, im tired of hearing people say the UK aint got talent!!!!!!
Lemar, Mutya, Kano, Estelle & Amy Winehouse…. I want that list to be endless
I bare lied there wasnt bare people…just more than usual coz that place is always deadout…
@ 11. That’s wassup. I’ll update the picture caption.
@ 13. Are you serious? Don’t tell me that’s the only show they are playing on the channel right now! I thought it was supposed to have local programming too?
I love kelly but her so called b/f looks like a total joke…lol….whats up with the scart and give kelly back her jeans
I guess black/African British people should now expect the barrage of images and narratives that depict African women as “strippers, whores, and objects for sexual exploitation” and African men as ‘’pimps, players, gangsters, thugs and drug dealers etc…”
African/Black people are further made the source of ridicule with the supporting rap chiming mocking insults such as ‘wear deodorant n***a, wear deodorant n***a.’, ‘brush your teeth n***a, brush your teeth n***a.
BET in the UK… What a f….n waste, they aint gon show us da current stuff their gon give us a load of repeats & adverts…. UK r so useless @ promoting stuff that aint theirs…. Whatever!!!
BET goes international! I hope they step the game up and start representing us in a more favorable light on the global front. I’d hate to think that all we have to offer the UK is more booty videos!
Old girl’s knees aint that bad yo. I bet Vivica would kill for those knees!!!
Last comment – Please don’t tell me Kelly went all the way to London to hook up with that HAM who looks like a gender bending idiot! Why the scarf WITH the ladies’ necklace???? WHY?
Wow, you commeNters are HARSH!
There is nothing wrong with her knees.
A bit of INFO for US loopers:
North West London is actually the biggest DUMP in London Town, so if you think you the finest from there you are hurting in comparison!!
LOL
Nonetheless, every1 looks nice, BIG UP BET for hitting the UK , I know they are looking to produce some UK shows in the near future!
Oh God, I pity the folks in the UK gettin our trash.
I just hope BET UK does more justice for black British people and not turn into the nasty ass coonfest that BET over here does.
Hopefully it’ll show some positive side of black ppl and not turn them into stereotpyes. Are they showing the same stuff like 106 and Park over there, or are they producin their homegrown own shows?
Also would b nice if they showcased black women, cause i got relatives in London, and apparently a lot of the black males over there lagely prefer white women. Its supposed to be real rare to see a black man with a black woman over in England, from what i hear but i might be wrong.
I seen dat Jamelia chick on past posts on CL and DAMN yall must hav sum real fine sisters over there
LMAO @ the “dude” wearing that scarf! I’m all for fashion, but he looks like a damn fool.
Dude looks dumb as hell with that neck brace (scarf) on his damn neck!
Lmao @ the UK posters slang! I couldnt read a lick of it! But yall seem cool!
ok I had to post after seeing some of the stuff us ‘UK’ ppl are saying some of y’all kinda sound desperate like BET UK is the water needed to quence your dying thirst damn it’s a channel…the UK had BET before when Videotron used to run cable tv….and @22 all I have to say is do you remember the ‘North Weezy Song’ overhyped opinion of themselves LOL
‘Where do we come from North Weezy, How do we make money real easy’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUfZjZn7prs
i live in the UK and i didn’t even know! BET were showing a few of there shows on MTV BASE, but i didn’t think they would go this far. i personally hope they do shows aimed at the there black British audience and not re-runs of the shows they do in the US.
Nothing like exploiting Blacks worldwide!
Soulja Boy in England……they must think we are crazy as hell over here.
Kelly Rowlands boyfriend.??? more like her girlfriend……….”how you doing…”
It’s some pretty artist in England…I don’t know if they have talent, but they are pretty.
Alicia Keys, dresses like that cool guy who lives down the street from me.
who tha hell compares BET to channel U pliz BET iz way betta
I’m so happy we got it now!!!:D:D:D
I am from the UK and we really don’t need BET U.K. I’m telling you people, no one cares about BET in the U.k. Keep your crap in America please.
@23.Greatestloveofall
just to let u kno i live london yea..and im black british ….lol
ur fact bout being ‘rare to see a black man with a black woman over in England’ is actually not true..lol….
anyway… lol…BET is alrite nuffin to spescal maybe because they keeep REPEATING the same thing gosh..they reli need to sort dat out man ..itz gettin reli annoyin….
pls channel u cannot be compared to BET cause it more of a known channel …u get me?? lol ….but im all for channel u man …..love my grime and alll
Debra Lee looks like a fool. I hate this expoitative bitch how can she live with herself and look at herself in the mirror everyday, selling out the black community?
And that guy sure is lucky if he got beautiful Ms Kelly Rowland by his side. He still looks a hot ass mess with that neckbrace lookin thing.
PPl Chattin Shit BET is the Sh!t…Bare ppl Wachn it…all channel U does is play the same video more then ten times day then bare dumb competition jus tryna steal ppl money.. occasionally the have good programmes but overall it aint all that..Dun Kno North West is Big Out ere thro the slum up….cause really nd trully NAME ANOTHA CHANNEL THAT CELEBRATE BLACK PEOPLE LIKE BET…urban tv is orite still but name anova
dont even try say OBE cause will u get shamed
kelly looks so cute. i hope soulja boy isnt a one hit wonder hes a funny guy
@2&8 why make fun of the sista for being dark,very un-cool and low-rent!
thank concreteloop !!! i’m french
So B.E.T. wants to spread their trashy, nasty, no talent, black-folk degrading, “make me ashamed to be black american”, network across the Atlantic. Fuck that. And Fuck Debra. L. Lee. Yall know SHE was the reason Bob and Sheila Johnson divorced!!!! skank ho!!! I hate your network. That’s why my alma mater–an HBCU–had a boycott B.E. T. club!!
p.s. our boycott B.E.T. was unsuccessful and we were unable to get it removed from the on-campus cable lineup…lol. . Not enough people were down with the cause.
Channel U is a disgrace, it just reflects the dire state that Black British people are in; it glorifies illiteracy, making money the easy way and other ghetto stereotypes- I can’t stand it and if BET is the same then that is ridiculous. Real music has gone out the window anyway.
The woman above looks just like an older Alicia keys, if I hadn’t seen Alicia with her mum before then I would have thought that was her mother lol.
Reggie Yates seems like a nice dude but his outfit is horrendous and hes actually okay looking in real life. I doubt Kelly is with him, its probably a rumour that started off by the Sun Newspaper lol
that sucks for the UK
pps. and Debra Lee is the perfect example of how you can open your legs to climb up the corporate ladder.. lol!!!!!
I been watchin BET since it came 2 da UK same crusty adverts 24/7 but stil its livo!!!
hell date is 222 much joke stayed up till 5am couldnt help ma self.
all the hype about 106 an park…..rubbish!!! same 1 since last week
Boycott BET
am british and embarassed about that corny ass slang you talk
leave that to Jamaican Niggaz ok
thats some dumb shit bitches
BET TO UK IS A WASTE
WE ARE DONE WITH MTV TAKING OFF MUSIC TO PUT
RICH WHITE KIDS shows
BET IS doing the same thing just hows and shit
ALL I CAN SAY IS ABOUT TIME! =) WAS TUNED INTO BET ALL DAY !..
LARGEE URP BET…AND CONCRETELOOP!..
LOVE ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH LONDON XX
ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMAERICAN WITH A LICK OF SENSE, I APOLOGIZE TO THE UK FOR WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE WITNESSED THE GOLBALIZATION OF NIGGERIFICATION.
God help us all.
P.S.: How come every time I see Debra Lee’s ol non-readin, non-SPEAKIN ass I feel like she’s just waiting on all of Black America to sing so she can steal our voices and souls and trap them in a damn amulet around her neck…and then all the clams and sea urchins start to sing and dance around her… She is destructive, her very presence symbolizes ethnic genocide and war on Black intelligence, and I DO NOT fuck with her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol im from london too and having BET here aint that at all, BET is degrading (to blacks) and unoriginal and the fact that it has washed up upon our shores is a real shame. peace
alicia looks ah-mazing!!! love the jacket
BET has arrived… yezzur… finally… after how long??
106 and park so far seems over rated, and the way the americans go on about it.
Lovin college hill though
have you seen the video of soulja boy in london… pounds on deck lol. check it out on you tube!
ps- #38 i agree WHOLE HEARTEDLY!
BET UK has only been on about a week and they’re showing more repeats than MTV. If the sh*t they are showing is what Americans watch I feel sorry for you. They’re little discussion shows are bullsh*t and so are them reality shows with Lil Kim and DMX. Do they think people are that shallow? I never thought it could get worse than MTV.
BET take you channel back, because it does nothing for most.
Another one from the UK (woot woot!)
If Kelly is dating that dude, her interests have really changed since the last guy and I’ll just leave it at that.
Please we have enough problems in the UK without adding BET trash to it…BET is the polished version of trashy chanel U where black girls and boys emulate all the negative aspects and stereotypes about black folks in the US. My brothers and sisters in the States please come and take your stuff back.
What is interesting is that we use to have BET when I was younger it use to be on cable…Now we can expect more foolishness from the young boys “on road” because that’s who will watch it (for examples of these people look at the earlier incoherent comments
White folks are just gonna watch this and see that it reinforces all that they think black people are about. I watched it yesterday and today, it is on a very obscure channel, I hope nobody finds it…lol.!
IMAGINE IF THERE WAS WET???
what would it be ? racist? YES I GUESS
take your shit back to AMERICA and yes am BLACK
Channel U doesn’t reflect the true state of British music, i find it insulting to know such a low budget channel represents us. Just like some of the commenters have said, they continue to show the stereotypes.. illiterate, druggies.. pants-half-down-there-ass type ‘brothers’… and yeah, they definitely show a sector of British black people but they are moving up in the world, they are probably more intelligent.. individuals than they are.. ghetto idiots.
#8-OUCH!