BET Has Been Disrespecting African Act A Long Time - Reggie Rockstone

Reggie Rockstone, widely regarded as the ‘grandfather’ of Ghana’s Hip life has Also Talked about the going on and controversy surrounding the recently concluded BET Awards. The veteran rapper said he wanted Sarkodie then a nominee and Stonebwoy, who emerged winner of the 2015 BET Awards to boycott the ceremony. ‘My whole idea before they (Sarkodie and Stonebwoy) left was to boycott the ceremony. I said it over and over again, Stephen Appiah is my witness. When we were on the plane to Kumasi for the Charity game. I wanted to tell Stone but people said I should stop.’ Reggie said he believes ‘When the nominees boycott the ceremony, they would get bigger publicity than how they are treated now. A lot of African-Americans are not aware what is going on because a lot of the African-Americans are Pan-African. If they get to know this is how the Africans are treated, you will see the kind of support we will get. Nigerians will definitely support us too, because they don’t need award for anything, they are already rich.’ ‘If we had done that (boycotting the ceremony), it would have empowered us and it would have had more publicity. What I’m trying to say is, BET over the years has not shown respect in every single way. Do you know what BET stands for? It stands for Black Entertainment.’ Speaking further, Reggie who is obviously pissed, added: ‘How can Justin Bieber, a pure white and other whites who use the ‘niga niga’ words be awarded on stage and the Africans are awarded backstage? We are kings and queens. I’m so happy somebody stood up to speak up. If you live on your knees, you will never get anything to stand for. So this is the case, and look, I’m Pan-African to the bone, and I’ve always said, if we boycott them, they will change. ‘If we had boycotted, we would have had the support of the Nigerians; immediately Fuse ODG said it, Wizkid threw his support behind him and Yemi Alade as well. We would have had the biggest publicity if we had boycotted it. ‘Even when they perform, those who sit at the main event don’t witness it, although it is big award, it is fulfilling that we have won but we have to think for the future kids and the ones who are coming. You can’t continuously disrespect our Acts.’...