Drake feels sorry about BET Awards performance

July 3, 10:11 PMColumbia Urban Music ExaminerGeorge Butler

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Today is full of apologies.

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.

But it's BET and its president Debra Lee who should be sorry, says filmmaker Byron Hurt.

"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."

July 3 is officially "I'm Sorry Day". Nuff said.