Last night BET premiered a new reality show entitled Tiny & Toya. Tiny is the baby mama of jailed rapper T.I, and Toya the ex-wife of rapper Lil Wayne. Buffoon Entertainment Television found these individuals so compelling that they gave them their own show, really? BET should apologize to viewers for not warning us we needed to be fluent in SHEEP speech....This show made someone speaking Ebonics sound like the Queen of England.
What bothers me most about the network is news that Jayz had the talented Chris Brown removed from performing a tribute to Michael Jackson(his idol) at the BET Awards, yet there's no movement to have this low brow, disgraceful programming removed. My favorite line from the show came when Tiny(seen here), stated, "it's hard for Toya to top where she's been, when it comes to a man." Hmmm, well lets see where she's been... Lil Wayne, high school drop out at 14, arrested for possession of 29 grams of cocaine, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia, and drug sale, and shooting himself with 4.4 caliber gun at age 12......perhaps she meant it would be hard to top so many jail visits.
BET announced earlier this year, plans to start delivering more upscale programs....I guess anything is a step up from their previous shows where viewers were treated to watching singer Mario's mother do drugs on camera, or Keisha Cole's family. However, it's very disappointing to see BET drop the ball on what could have been a great Michael Jackson tribute, and coverage, immediately following his death, to spoon feed viewers disgraceful, tasteless, programming such as Tiny & Toya. "That's What She Said"
