On Wednesday, October, 11th, BET Networks threw a bash in BKLYN Studios in honor of their new series titled Hustle in Brooklyn. Before the party kicked off, the attendees were able to take part in a meet and greet with the cast as they entered. The cast features millennials as they hustle throughout Brooklyn to make their dreams a reality.
This week, I sat down and spoke with Kyndall Ferguson about her upcoming debut in season four of the BET sensation, ‘Hit the Floor’!
BET is celebrating social media this weekend leading up to their first social media awards ceremony, with the opening of a pop-up temporary exhibition in New York City called Museum of Meme.
With this day and age of social media being a catalyst in the careers of many of the talents you follow, it seems most fitting the BET would be hosting the Inaugural Social Awards show.
BET is bringing the highly-anticipated 2017 Soul Train Awards to your TV screen
On July 11th, the JAY Z room at the 40/40 club was crammed with bloggers, journalists and tastemakers eager to see the premiere of BET’s On Tour with Meek Mill.
The special follows the days leading up to rapper Meek Mill’s concert in his home town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The twist of the series is that his story is recounted by his team, who he affectionately calls the Dreamchasers, comprised mostly of his family and friends. They chronicle the beginning of his career to where the rapper is now.
The series opens with Robert Williams aka Meek Mill, discussing his criminal history. He divulges his struggles with the law and says he has been on probation for 16-years of his life. But despite his legal trouble, he feels obligated to provide for his team because they all rely on him.
“I really thought my whole life would be in the streets, but Meek definitely helped me get away from it,” said aspiring rapper Omelly, first cousin to Meek Mill. “Now I don’t have to risk my life.”
As the special comes to a close, Meek Mill performs to a sold out crowd the intro to his album Dreams and Nightmares which debuted in 2012, but is a Meek Mill classic and fan favorite. As the guests begin to leave the sold out arena, the camera transitions to Meek sitting in a dark room.
“A lot of people aren’t going to understand me, and if you don’t understand me it’s okay,” said the Philly rapper. “Tupac had to die for people to understand him, but I’m not going to die before you understand me.” “I don’t care if it takes one year, two years or four, you will understand me one day.”
Did you guys catch The Quad on BET last week?
With the absence of the black college experience over TV screens since the days of A Different World and in even movies like School Daze, BET is on to something with their newest series ‘The Quad’.
BET will kick off Black History Month this February by premiering part one of a three part mini-series about Nelson Mandela called “Madiba.”
After screening night one of the upcoming BET New Edition biopic mini series in cities such as Washington DC, and Philadelphia, a screening with cast members Elijah Kelley, Luke James, Keith Powers, Algee Smith, Woody McClain, Caleb McLaughlin, and Dante Hoagland along with the series director Chris Robinson and producer Jesse Collins came to New York (January 14th) to show the first two hours of the six hour mini series to lucky fans and press, as well as speaking about the project before and after the screening.