BET Network’s New Direction: Soul Train and Hip Hop Awards Suspended
The BET network has announced that they will be pulling the plug on the “BET Hip Hop Awards” as well as the “Soul Train Awards” Indefinitely.
In a recent interview with Billboard.com BET’s CEO Scott Mills has confirmed that 2 of BET’s highly celebrated shows, the BET Hip Hop Awards and The Soul Train Awards will be canceled indefinitely.
He stated:
“We have suspended the Soul Train and Hip-Hop award shows. But we have a team that’s actively thinking about where those award shows might best live as the media climate continues to evolve. They aren’t gone. And we also still have the NAACP Image Awards and the Stellar Awards.”
“It’s less about them being no longer and more about our team having to reimagine them for this changing media landscape that we find ourselves in. I think what we’re going to see are more people taking franchises and saying, This might have started on linear television, but now I’m going to move it to another space. Do I move it to streaming? Or do I move it to another platform?”
Chile, I know Don Cornelius is turning in his grave. Like, The Bet Hip Hop Awards I can understand. But The Soul Train Awards!!!! And to think CEO Is BLACk.
How Y’all Feel About This One?
