If you remember, the Harlem native attended the VMA awards in 2009 and danced her way to join the stage with Jay Z and Alicia Keys uninvited even ignoring Beyonce’s failed interception as she bypassed her toward the steps and crashed their legendary performance of “Empire State Of Mind.” By the end of the moment, the seasoned performers concluded their song with a rehearsed pose and displeased facial expressions while the intruder stood front and center, matching their stance.
It was the rookie mistake that ruined her promising career before it started.
Both Jay Z and Alicia Keys have spoken publicly on the matter during interviews and didn’t mince words when describing the preparation involved in crafting their performance, only for it to be ruined by a “Lip Gloss” rapper.
Actress and TV host
Niecy Nash said that while people are entitled to their opinions, she’s personally not a fan of the “ugly part” of these public debates.
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“We all have opinions and everybody has a right to that, but people also have a right to just live their life,” Nash tells
theGrio during a recent sit-down with Managing Editor Gerren Keith Gaynor.
“Some people are so negative and so mean, you know, and you say, why would I ever want to listen to you? Why would you even think that is the way to speak to somebody, to judge somebody, to be toward another individual?”
In March, Dwyane “thanked” Boosie and J-Boog for their negative comments because it promoted essential conversations that needed to happen. He said, “So, Boosie, all the people who got something to say, J-Boog, who just came out recently… all the people who got something to say about my kids, I thank you because you’re allowing the conversation to keep going forward because you know what? You might not have the answer today, I don’t have all the answers, but we’re growing from all these conversations.” He continued to show them appreciation,
“So I thank everybody for even hating and starting those conversations because those conversations are starting other conversations that we need to have. And that’s happening out there.” Take a look:
Lil Mama says Jay-Z, Alicia Keys ignored apologies for 2009 VMAs incident I entered the industry as a teenage Black girl from Brooklyn & Harlem NY. These situations are with mature adults at least 10 years my senior, said Lil Mama
Jay-Z and
Alicia Keys on stage.
The “Lip Gloss” rapper took to Instagram to respond to a fan who made a comment about the time she ran on stage and interrupted Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” performance at the VMA awards in 2009.
Jay-Z (C) and Alicia Keys (R) performs during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)