Black Voices columnist Jawn Murray is reporting that BET has pulled the plug on its 106 & Park spinoff, 106 & Gospel, which was hosted by 21:03 member Jor’el Quinn and Trin-i-tee 5:7 singer Angel Taylor.
The spiritual spinoff of the countdown show–which featured a format of pretaped segments and live interview–premiered on Jan. 11 and aired at noon on Sundays.
“Buzz that the show was going to be nixed because of poor ratings began online a few weeks back,” Jawn wrote on Monday.
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The sixth season of the urban reality hit College Hill will premiere on BET on March 24–and this time the drama unfolds with eight university students living under one roof in Miami Beach.
According to an official statement from the network, College Hill: South Beach’s major players will include: “Brandon, the eye candy; Tiffany, the cheerleader; Allison, the musician; Paul, the Jamaican poet; Kyle, the aspiring publicist; Milan, the house diva and video vixen; Terri, the pageant girl; and Chris, who has dreams of being the next Sean “Diddy” Combs.”
Uh-oh. Lil Kim is stirring up big controversy once again after she allegedly hung up the phone on BET reporter Clay Cane after he inquired about the Grammy-winning star’s drastic change in physical appearance after undergoing numerous plastic surgeries.
Let me ask you this Kim, this is a big question that we get from everybody and you can decide if you don’t want to answer it or not. There is a perception in the African-American community that Lil’ Kim didn’t like the way she looked as a Black woman so she got plastic surgery to make herself look less Black. What’s your reaction—
**CALL ENDS**
Note: Kim’s publicist called shortly after the call was disconnected to say Kim was running into rehearsal and I was not hung up on. Yeah right, if she was being rushed away she would say, “I’m sorry, I have to go – thank you BET for all your support,” or something. As Kim once said, “I got no time for fake ones.”
