Madonna bumbled out a travesty and tragedy of a tribute to the late, legendary Prince, but Sheila E. was not qualified to come onstage?!?
The people who planned the Prince tribute must have been wearing Mickey Mouse ears. That performance at the Billboard Music Awards 2016 was a dumpster fire and an abandoned outhouse combined.
Then again, it was Madonna who also gave a curious and strange tribute to the equally legendary Michael Jackson after he passed away in 2009. She blubbered on about how she and others forgot about “The King of Pop” as he spiraled into prescription drug dependency, depression and hideous legal battles. She also displayed tone deafness then.
For some reason, the “sharp” pencils who produced this awards show thought that none of the people who performed with, and produced chart-topping hits with, Prince over the years were not relevant enough for the audience to give a more appropriate send-off to one of the greatest artists of all time. Hell, at least they could have been a part of the ensemble of artist paying homage to the intergalactic talent that was Prince Rogers Nelson.
This is how I felt about #Madonna Prince Tribute pic.twitter.com/lq3Q8NG77C
— Reallyfamous (@R3allyfamous) May 23, 2016
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Please, BET Awards, make sure you mop up and disinfect behind Madonna, who crapped onstage in her efforts and stumbled through her performance. The whole production, which closed out the BBMAs, was ill-conceived, poorly planned and desperately tried to leverage the fame and unassailable image of Stevie Wonder to try to rescue Madonna from totally sinking into infamy. Who thought this was a great idea? Sheena Easton, Apollonia, the New Power Generation, the Revolution and, most of all, Lisa and Wendy, could not have done worse. In fact, each one of them would have done Prince more justice than what Madonna proffered.
All they did was desecrate the memory of Prince, and many of the fans watching were outraged. Take a look at how they express their rage and shock at the Prince tribute:
#Prince looking down from Heaven watching #Madonna like: pic.twitter.com/HPM9H5ESmn
— Tha Celebritea News (@thacelebritea) May 23, 2016
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Aesthetically spkeaking #Madonna appeared to be rocking a tribute to #Amadeus https://t.co/hPSnfghplS
— De Las Mercedes (@fdlm) May 23, 2016
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Let me be the first to say…….she sounds awful. #Madonna #BillboardMusicAwards
— Karla M (@TheNFL_Chica2) May 23, 2016
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As an artist, surely there are times when you have to raise your hand and say “Thanks for the offer. I’m not right for this” #Madonna #BBMAs
— Shadé (@TheShadyFiles) May 23, 2016
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Best joke all night about @Madonna! Took lots of brains to come up with this one #Madonna. https://t.co/nemDTsdAQD
— Antonio Beardall (@mr_madonna) May 23, 2016
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I love Madonna but nah….#PRINCE #steviewonder #madonna #bbma #bbmas #purplerain #violetmist https://t.co/89Hs9j5A8o
— Mario Price (@TheMarioPrice) May 23, 2016
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#Madonna doing the #Prince tribute?!? Puh-lease!! Were Chaka khan, Patti Labelle, Diana Ross, Mavis Staples & Rosie Gaines all busy tonight?
— Oracle Albert (@OracleAlbert) May 23, 2016
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lalah’s tweet was all i needed to confirm that i never need to see whatever trash madonna put on tv tonight.
— crissle (@crissles) May 23, 2016
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Sheila E should’ve done the #PrinceTribute with her amazing drumming. #Madonna‘s attempt…unimpressive ? #BBMAs
— Shant Boshnakian (@Shanthusiastic) May 23, 2016
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After that “performance” #Madonna should go purify herself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka ????
— Rebel Czar (@rebel_czar) May 23, 2016
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Why would they let #Madonna disgrace the #PrinceTribute like that? That was nothing less than horrific.
— Lucas Crawford (@lucascrawford) May 23, 2016
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We just finished being in shock at the mockery of a #MadonnaPrinceTribute #BBMA #SMH Prince is throwing eternal shade to #Madonna 4 this.
— Ms. V and Mr. G (@MsVAndMrG) May 23, 2016
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That was just wrong #Madonna! I know people want to like it but really? Its like it was a last minute thing! #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/ESkYgDl5bN
— NatCarter Artography (@NatCarterArt) May 23, 2016
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This is how I felt about #Madonna Prince Tribute pic.twitter.com/lq3Q8NG77C
— Reallyfamous (@R3allyfamous) May 23, 2016
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Why would they let #Madonna disgrace the #PrinceTribute like that? That was nothing less than horrific.
— Lucas Crawford (@lucascrawford) May 23, 2016
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Yeah I’m w/ you .@_MissPerspectiv! I am not giving #Madonna credit for crap! It was HORRIBLE! #BBMAs https://t.co/AXV9ILxxxp
— My2Sintz (@My2Sintz) May 23, 2016
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Madonna should be banned from earth after that potato less potato salad of a performance #madonna #BBMAs #princetribute #PrinceRIP
— CHIEF_CHOKE_AHOE (@ROYALTEEEE1) May 23, 2016
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#BBMAs #Madonna killed Drake’s creativity and murdered #PrinceTribute with those same lips. I can’t… ?
— Kulu Candia (@JaeWhy) May 23, 2016
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If Prince were alive he would’ve given us a lifetime supply of shade gifs. Watching #BBMAs #Madonna #PrinceTribute pic.twitter.com/4VEHFKb6fi
— Craig Brimm (@Kissmyblackads) May 23, 2016
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