Angie Martinez IRL - BET Awards Reaction: Teyana Taylor, Sylvia Rhone & more!

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3:175G speeds not available in all areas after 30 gigabytes customers may experience slower speeds customers will pay$25 a month as long as they remain active on the boost unlimited plan hey guys this BET awards recap episode is brought to you by boost mobile hello what's popping IRL family we have a special a bonus episode today um we have to jump on here to talk about the BET awards that were last night of course is a very big night and I feel like last night was really special and I iconic in so many different ways. And there's just some people I want to salute and congratulate and celebrate. And so we hopped on today.

3:55Hello, post BET family. First and foremost, first matter of business today, our guest this past week on IRL, Nia Long. First of all, before we get into what she had on, I just want to say, if you have not watched that episode yet, please go watch it. It's so much fun. She's so gorgeous. She's so smart. We opened up a conversation about her DMs and I jokingly said my DMs don't have anything going on. My DMs, Brittany, are you there? Big mistake. Big, big, big mistake. I've been forwarding all my DMs to Nia. She said, welcome to the world. She did this to me. She did. She opened up, she floodgated my DMs.

4:39I think it's really funny. So that's been an ongoing joke of her and I all week. But I love the episode. I hope you guys do too. the feedback's been great. But somehow after our episode, she must have flew back to LA, did a fitting and popped out in this brown silky number. Look at Nia. That photo is great, but there's a video of her where she's like walking in, she walks and she flings her hair and she walks away and she gives like a little backward wave. I'm like, look at this girl. She's such - Made for this. She's made for this. And look at this dress. Look at her. Come on now, Nia. So yeah, She looked amazing on the carpet.

5:15Lots of people look great. And there's plenty of places you could check the fashion recaps. By the way, speaking of fashion on the carpet at BET Awards, shout out to Azzy. Azzy, Azzy, as if Azzy. This was her first time hosting. I've seen Azzy on a panel. I've seen Azzy on her pod or on Instagram with dope looks. And I know Azzy, she's my niece. I know it's his birth. But watching her step into the role of like correspondent and be on the carpet and talking to young Miami and, you know, just everybody and looking as fly as she did. I was like, yo, she is such a natural scene. She is so in her bag.

5:57So shout out to Azzy for doing a great job at the BET Awards. Also shout out to Lauren La Rosa. I saw her. She had on a really pretty outfit and she was doing the carpet as well. And Ivy, our girl Ivy Rivera was out there hosting. The BET experience. The BET experience, yes. And Jazzy, Jazzy's world. She was not only there, but she got a BET award. I don't want to jack up the title of her award, but it was basically like a young person's award and she got it this year. And so I love to see our people, our people in our world flourishing. So that was really cool to see everybody out there doing their thing.

6:33and then let's get to the show because for sure one of the highlights of last night's BET Awards was the Lauryn Hill tribute which everybody and their mother popped out for actually her kids even popped out for that um but to me it's really hard to say because there were a lot of great pop-outs I mean Doja Cat and Nas did If I Ruled the World which a Nas pop-out always gets the people going and he always looks good and he's just he's just nice when now's was just nazing and Lauren looked really happy watching it and we don't get to see dojo that much especially in something in a moment like that and everybody's loves and respects Lauren so much you could tell by the performances Lizzo Thames don't let me forget anybody Rhapsody go cheese says he says yes like and you could tell that they popped up they didn't just pop out because BET was like you'll do this like you could tell that there was love inserted into that tribute.

7:32And on top of that, Queen Latifah popped out. Queen Latifah don't be popping out rapping for people like she's, you know what I mean? It's a special moment for a lot of pop out and she popped out with Common, which immediately gives you a nod to Just Right, those two together in that movie. But you forget like, you know, not only are they movie stars and these, you know, OG talents, you forget like their first rappers like so they killed the performance like the actual performance was was great. So yeah, I thought that was really special. Shout out to Lauryn Hill. Her kids coming on were so cute too.

8:12So cute. Yeah, yeah. And they're all so talented. Something about them kids boy, once your kids hop in, you can't be cool no more. She just, she was really happy to see that so um that was a super highlight last night the fact that she only has one album too and it's still being celebrated all this time last night i was like yo you just never know somebody got 10 albums and they just they're not revered in the same way as someone with one album now granted she has fuji albums and her contributions go beyond the one album, but it's that one album, man. It was so impactful that all these years later, those songs still hit.

8:55Like every one of them songs still hit. And when she performed, because she performed at the end, I think she did Everything is Everything and one other one. But she - X-Factor. Yes. And then even that, they just still hit. Everybody was up on their feet. It was really a beautiful moment. Man, another beautiful moment was Tiana Taylor. All the icons, Tiana Taylor. Taylor got icon of the year. And Janet Jackson gave it to her, which was a surprise. It was really a surprise too, because Tiana had no Tiana was a mess. She was trying to gather herself together. Like she couldn't pull herself together.

9:32Look at that baby. Look at Tiana. Still so pretty when she cries. I was trying to think who would make me when I was watching this, I was like, wow, she really loves Janet. She really, this is so meaningful to her. Even the way she was like standing on the stage and watching Janet talk, you could just tell. And I just, I was trying to think who could honor me or be giving me an award or who could be in front of me giving me love. And I would feel that I was trying to think who that would be. Mary? Well, Mary's my friend. That's for a different reason. It's not because I worship Mary, but I love her.

10:09That's because my friend, but I'm saying she like worships Janet. Like, who's the person that if they spoke on your accomplishments and they called you great would make you weep like an infant? I guess if Oprah Winfrey. That's what I was going to say for you. For me, it would have to maybe Oprah. It would depend what she said. It would depend how much she loved her. If it was like she was reading it like a newscaster, I think I could put myself together. But if she was like, Angie, let me to, I might, I might fall apart. I might be man down. I might be man down. I might be. Yeah, I don't know.

10:47But she just, I don't know. She had a really extraordinary moment. It was fun to watch Tiana in that state. But eventually she pulled it together. And eventually she said, you know, she felt like she deserved this award in a way. She said she expected, you know, she's grateful for it. But she's been working her whole life. And she has. Hollywood thinks she's new. but in that BET Awards audience, everybody knows she ain't new. She's been birth building this career and it hasn't been easy. By the way, if you would like to watch the episode we did with her, it's definitely one of our favorite episodes of IRL.

11:24It's Britney's favorite. Still is. Still is. But she really breaks down for us like the mountains that she had to climb, not just like career-wise, but emotionally career wise, like the hits that she took and then so many times she was told no, and she talked to God about it, like when, but she just wanted it so bad. She wanted it so bad. And it's really a beautiful episode. She's gotten a couple awards this season, and she's actually pretty good at the speech giving thing. She always, number one, the one thing I love about Tiana is she's going to thank God and she's going to thank him a lot. Every sip, she does not play about giving the Lord his flowers, okay?

12:11She's going to thank Jesus all throughout the thing. That's one of the things I love about her too. But my favorite thing though that she said in the speech, and we could play that clip, Josh. This is my favorite line from her because it just shows her humility as a person. Because she's like, this business could get wicked, but she says this. Because I believe greatness isn't measured by how many people stand beneath you. It's measured by how many people stand beside you because you're willing to reach back.

12:43Oh, Tiana. We love her down. We love her down. That girl can give me speech. And you can just tell she meant it. Like, it's one thing. Of course she did. Her mom was there. You know, her kids weren't there. She shouted them out in the thing. but she's, it was a whole moment for her. Janet Jackson giving her the award. It's just a full circle. All of it is full circle. And she's living really in such a great moment right now in her career and her life. And that type of joy, you can't fake that. You know what I'm saying? That wasn't the only award she got that night too. No, she got like seven of them, right?

13:23She got like the Fashion Vanguard award. She got, I think she got a director, the video director. and best actress heard you tiana taylor it's funny you know we call her tiana janet jackson last night kept saying tiana what do you say i've been calling her i've been calling her tiana her whole life so yeah tiana i probably met her she was like 15 16 i've been calling her that for that long. So if I've been saying it wrong, that's terrible. I've been calling her that since Sweet 16. We call her T too. Anyway, that was a beautiful moment. Congratulations to Tiana Taylor. Yes, she won for video director too.

14:09There it is. I see it right now. Best new artist was Olivia Dean. Album of the year was the Clips. Here's a funny thing. The camera, so Wale was in that category. category, right? And then the camera kind of goes on while the clips were, and I was like, don't be messy. Don't be messy, cameraman at the BET awards. And that happened a couple of times. It was another moment when Kehlani won and you can see Mariah, the scientist kind of reacting that the problem is, you don't know if they're reacting to something somebody said next to them, if there's a delay, but if, if, if you're in the other category and your face even looks remotely like, like if you don't look like this, if you look like anything else, you're gonna look like a hater.

14:57You know what I'm saying? It's like a setup. So guys, if you're ever nominated for an award and somebody else wins, just hold this the whole time. Don't ask your friend a question. Don't shake it because you do this. Something's in your ear, you have a scratch. Don't do that. Because if they go to you while she's giving her speech and you're like this looks like a hater you know what i'm saying you got to be very careful there was a couple of funny moments like that at the bet awards i said there's always and maybe that's just me that's just like the no no no that's not just you that cameraman was was shady boots because when drewski was roasting a lot of people throughout the night but one of the parts was he was doing the could have been records his like skit that he does and he took it to the bet stage and the first person that comes on was a gentleman who was rapping and he seemed to have of a enhanced.

15:49Yes, and they were like, I've never heard of a gangster rapper with a BBL. And the camera goes to Lotto. And the camera is - I saw that too! And goes back and I was like - And she was smiling, she was laughing. Well, why you went to her cameraman? Right. Let me look at my phone, because while I was watching last night, I was actually like, ooh, I think we're doing a recap tomorrow. I wanna mention this. Speaking of the Could Have Been Records skit though, I did love Duran redoing his Grammys run. Can we say that he's going to be on this week? Yes. Are we allowed to say that? Okay, Duran's going to be our guest this week on IRL, and he is so much fun.

16:30I laughed so much. You know what's so funny? I laughed in this episode that's getting ready to drop so much, but also, I don't know, he gave me something else too. It was real hard in it, and I just like him. I liked him so much. We had a great time. and i think you guys are gonna like the episode anyway so that's coming up but yes duran was there and he did the d 'angelo tribute he did he also did that what you're gonna say i just cut you off sorry no i wanted to say that he reenacted his moment when he got his grammy which was him running to go receive the award so i love that he gave he also did his another version for bet running down to go do that because it was just such a depiction of the type of fun and bright spirit that he is.

17:19And yes, he's going to be our guest. Who else I have to... Yeah, this week. It drops Wednesday evening. Sylvia Rhone. So Sylvia Rhone was the other icon. And she looks incredible. She's 74. I heard her say she's been in the music business for 55 years. I just looked up her title. They say she's the first black woman to ever lead a major label and many other accolades. They were running down all of the artists that she supported and the times that she supported. Fun fact, Sylvia Rhone also signed Angie Martinez to her first record deal. You didn't know that? You never knew that? No, no. We didn't know that.

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20:41Monthly rates on the total base 5G unlimited plan. For new subscribers, applies only to the monthly rate for your plan additional terms apply see website for details sylvia was um yeah she was great she she was a badass even then i don't know how many years ago that was she she was already like an elite level you know uh executive running a high level um record label back then so the fact that she's been doing this for that long and then hearing like missy elliott and buster rhymes talk about her and if you think about it too that time that whole electra time when they were spending millions of dollars on videos you know that's that's a sylvia rome call that's somebody who says okay let's do it let's invest this crazy rapper bust the rhymes and spend all this money on this video and and missy elliot and you know she was making like courageous decisions back then and there's a laundry list of artists whose careers she has her hands on.

21:45So she deserved that. I thought it was sweet. She seemed a little nervous to me last night, but in a good way. I feel like the moment really meant something to her. Her daughter was there in the audience. We don't talk about Sylvia enough for all the barriers and the doors she's opened. It was nice to see her honored in that way last night. So congratulations to Sylvia Rhone. that was another there was like so there was like multiple icon awards i guess one was icon of the year uh and then the lauren one uh lauren hill and sylvia roan so those were great moments last night shout out to the women it was super loaded it's the year of the of the girl the year of the girl i saw that's why i loved seeing all our girls out there ivy azzy you know lauren la rosa Jazzy.

22:33Even during the Lauryn Hill tribute, everybody was singing and the camera went to Ivy. And I was like, look at Ivy. She was like singing on camera, you know, you know, the shots when you're in the audience and you're performing and you don't even know. But she looked like she was having a great time. So that was always fun to see. Now that I know that she signed you, she's always good in my book. I had no idea that she signed the earliest rendition of the Destiny Shop. When Kelly Rowland was up there to present to Sylvia, I was like, what's Kelly doing up here? And when she said that she was responsible for that, I was like, wow, Sylvia's rap sheet is absolutely nuts.

23:11No, it's crazy. No, it's outrageous, actually. She, yeah, and for 55 years. Could you imagine all the different ways that the music business has changed and a black woman running these companies and you don't really hear her name you know running a label is hard running a label by nature people are going to want to be angry at you artists you know because artists are always going to feel like they're not supported enough or they're not getting enough money or they you know the artist the artist label relationship is always challenging. It always for forever, for all time. So the fact that this woman has been running labels for that long and we don't hear that much of that type of talk surrounding her really says a lot.

24:06Do you understand what I'm saying? Like anybody in a high level position like that, the name gets tossed around. Artists get angry. They get, they notoriously always have problems with their label. And I'm not saying she hasn't over the years, but I'm just saying she's done a lot of good by a lot of people and it shows. And it was nice to see her honored that way yesterday. It was pretty great. And then I was going down memory lane, I remember being sitting in her office. I have just signed the label, my first deal. So she gave me my first big check. First check that I, and I went and bought a car like a dumb Is that the BMW?

24:48It was a BMW. It was a BMW. It was a used BMW, but it was a BMW. It was my first, yeah, it was my first, no lies. It was a Benz. It was brand new. I was driving the used BMW for my radio money. Like I was doing on the radio, I was doing okay. I was, you know, I got my little car. I was hosting a lot of stuff and I bought a used 325 BMW and that was like my first nice car. But then when I did the deal, I got my first big check. And then I went and I got a brand new car, a new Benz, which is so stupid. Never made a big check in my whole life. And when I say big, it's not like big, you're good for life.

25:27Big, you're good for right now. It could set you up, you know, like that type of money. And what did I do? I went and bought a stupid car, but I owe that to Sylvia Rohn. So if that's just my one little story, could you imagine how many people's lives that she's impacted throughout her career. So I just pulled up a list of Sylvia Rhone artists that she's either signed or developed. You ready? First of all, Sylvia Rhone became the first Black woman to lead a major record label and later the first Black woman to serve as both chair and CEO of a major label. And here's her list. It's so weird. Angie Martinez is not on here.

26:10I don't know why they forgot about me. But Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, Tracy Chapman, En Vogue, Brandy, MC Light, Dice Effects, Akon, India Ari, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, Future, 21 Savage, DJ Khaled, French Montana. Shout out to French, who was also at the awards last night. That was so nice to see. Meghan Trainor, Giveon, Tyler Metallica ACDC and it goes on and on and on and on over a 55 year run I think that's what she said 55 years I mean this is a woman who deserves an award it's pretty great congratulations Sylvia Rome for sure and that's just the artist when you think about like as I remember Clark Kent shout out to the rest in peace my brother DJ Clark Kent.

27:04Clark had told me I guess he was an A &R for her at one point. And, you know, he adored her. And I'm sure there's a lot of music execs also that have stories for days about the impact and the influence and the checks. And, you know, just that good Sylvia Rhone work. So shout out to her and congratulations again. Love that moment. We didn't talk about Cardi at all, by the way. Cardi B was out there with a little red wig, jumping around, looking happy. My favorite part of that performance is right at the end. I was just watching it and at the end, she just looked so happy, you know, because Cardi sometimes could get in her own head and she gets nervous and she notoriously like took forever to put her album out cause she was worried about how it was going to be received.

27:50And she just, she's honest about that. She gets nervous. So I think the way she was received in that room and the energy in there. I think she was so happy that her performance went well. She just looked happy and I love to see that. So shout out to Cardi. But she did fly her awards in for the occasion. Are we going to show? Do we have a clip of that? To quote the iconic Cardi B loving hip hop meme, if you're going to have beef with me, you're going to have beef with me forever. She brought in during her performance of Pretty and Petty, and she indeed was petty. she brought out all of her BET awards to show do she even have a BET award in reference to you know who Bia so Cardi is always going to stay 10 toes down on whatever she puts out there and I well this is why we love her because she's just her at any point she's a petty queen yes yes she is just and she always does it with like it and it's fun and like i don't know over the top and outrageous and yeah pretty good pretty good cardi i love what a bet award represents too a lot of times in many like artists or talents career especially for black people, BET is often the first major award show that acknowledges a talent.