Last night, the Billboard Music Awards took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and featured performances from many entertainers, including Madonna. There was much speculation as to what would happen with her performance, especially since it was introduced by Questlove of The Roots and she was joined by Stevie Wonder.
Many folks took to social media, mainly Twitter, to voice their frustrations with what they thought was a lacking tribute to the musician. Even BET—known for their detailed musical tributes to fallen artists, managed to throw shots at Madonna’s performance via a tweet saying “Yeah, we saw that. Don’t worry. We Got You. #BETAwards #PrinceTribute”
Questlove, who worked closely with Prince immediately hit Twitter to defend Madonna’s tribute, saying “Because of P’s well known love for the *poof* vanishing act. A lot of us are left feeling incomplete in the act of saying goodbye. For starters it’s hard to accept him no longer being here. & in the upcoming award season for ‘17 there will be a gang of tributes. Naturally there will be folded arms & shade thrown because the Purple Standard is hard boots to fill & a lot of us don’t wanna come 2 grips w the fact that Prince – (an on the surface) face of health & invincible agelessness – succomb [sic] to something so… friggin basic.” He also mentioned that others will have the opportunity to pay homage, saying “EVERYBODY wants and deserves a chance to say goodbye in their own way. But remember: there will be AMAs, SoulTrain, NAACP, mtv, GRAMMYS, and a gazillion other tributes. But the point is let’s not get ugly with playing the ‘Prince would and wouldn’t approve’ game.”
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