As Jadakiss and others have pointed out, dead rappers get better promotion.
Master P isn't feeling that phenomenon.
The industry vet ripped BET for honoring Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy now that he's dead, but not giving him the time of day when he was alive.
[Related: Havoc talks about Prodigy’s death for the first time.]
“I’m at the BET Awards right now. I ain’t even going in, bruh. This shit ain’t even cool,” Master P said in an IG video. “All of a sudden they celebrate Prodigy. Prodigy, last week, couldn’t even get in here. Couldn’t get backstage. Couldn’t have a pass. All of a sudden, when you die, you this big superstar. Why couldn’t we give the man his flowers while he here?” “Sad. Forreal. I ain’t with it. I ain’t with none of it,” he continued. “Forreal. That man couldn’t get a show last week, couldn’t get nothing. All of a sudden he the man. They changed their whole program to dedicate to this man. It’s embarrassing. They probably don’t even know who Mobb Deep is. Rest in peace homie, man. It’s sad. They did the same thing with Prince and Whitney Houston. C’mon, man. Give the people they flowers while they still here.”He explains his point further in the caption of the video.
Do you agree with Master P on BET and Prodigy?