Our favorite perpetually side swept tiny Canadian singing boy wonder has been nominated for a BET Award! Congratulations, Justin Bieber!
Reports Reuters:
Bieber, 16, will compete in the best new artist category and was nominated for the awards alongside such prominent black performers as rapper Jay-Z, who led the field with five nominations, and his wife Beyonce, who scored four.
The BET Awards typically honor black singers, actors, actresses and athletes, but officials described Bieber as a cross-over artist.
“Bieber has crossed the color boundaries the same way that hip-hop has crossed the boundaries the other way for a number of years,” said Stephen Hill, BET’s President of Music Programing and Specials.
I guess? Sure, boundaries of being insanely popular and a ratings booster. BUT. BUT. Lest we get overly cynical and cray-zee about this, let us not forget the past. Because Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke and Eminem have all been nominated for a BET. (They’re all white, that’s my point). Bieber arguably is the whitest of these three (don’t even, you know what I mean), but I say go for it BET! Hell, let’s call it Bieber Entertainment Television for one night only! That one’s for free, you’re welcome.
In other BET nominee news, did you see that Jay-Z called Kelsey Grammer Chelsea Grammer at an event the other night? That was probably my favorite item of the day.
