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I just got through apologizing for giving anyone the impression that I was flaming Lil Wayne about having his daughter on stage during a performance of his ...

From: www.examiner.com

I just got through apologizing for giving anyone the impression that I was flaming Lil Wayne about having his daughter on stage during a performance of his hit, "Every Girl". But now Drake, who performed alongside Weezy, is sorry now, as he tells Complex Magazine here:

"That, actually -- to be honest -- was a terrible idea that I'll never do to myself again. But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes. I don't think it called for us to perform "Every Girl" and "Always Strapped," and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-n-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne's daughters and her friends coming out on stage -- it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn't planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it's nothing we can't bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn't intended to offend anybody."

Hmmm. I didn't see the performance of "Always Strapped". But that is another song children shouldn't hear. Ever. I can tell by the title. I'll listen to the song later.

But I'm glad Drake owned up to being involved in a terrible performance. And of course, sohh.com, who reported that Drake was a Young Money Entertainment signee, is the source of this story.

"Show executives watched, approved, and applauded as artists Lil Wayne, Drake, and Cash Money brought young, under-aged girls onto the stage to dance and serve as window dressing while they performed 'Every Girl,' a song that reduces girls and women to sex objects. In a culture where one out of four girls and women are either raped or sexually assaulted - and where manipulative men routinely traffic vulnerable women into the sex industry - it is not okay that BET allowed this to happen. BET owes its entire audience - particularly girls and women around the world - an apology for its failure to intervene."

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