Covering songs by Whitney Houston is widely understood to be a text-book no-no for today’s crop of stars. However, Keri Hilson shunned such apprehension when she tackled the legend’s 1992 classic ‘I Have Nothing’ at the BMI Pop Awards last night.
Hilson performed the fan-favourite in honour of its writer David Foster. Check out how she fared after the jump…
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I’ve leave this one to you guys…
90 COMMENTS
RitaOraStan
May 18, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Rita Ora would slayed this hoe
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bb
May 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
# MAJOOOOR FAIIIILLLLL OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA!!!!
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Stoney-Brie
May 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
oh no.. why? why wud anyone put their fingers on the fence of a lion’s cage??? why?
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Ethan
May 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
No.
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Joseph McCoy
May 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
SMH, what’s next?
Rihanna covering Patti Labelle’s ‘If Only You Knew’?
This is a big NO-NO.
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natalia
May 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
oh hell no
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TheGuyWhoNeverPostsAnything
May 18, 2011 at 3:53 pm
I can’t!! I don’t know what to say…I think she should be arrested. Stick to song writing & lip-singing.
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Dannii
May 18, 2011 at 3:53 pm
JOSEPH!!! lol pissing my pants here just imagining that
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JustinKeith
May 18, 2011 at 3:54 pm
she needs to be shot
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Ariana
May 18, 2011 at 3:56 pm
No-No!!!!!
Bitch please!!!
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KAT DELUNA FAN
May 18, 2011 at 3:57 pm
0.o ?
Why?
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queenbey will always shit on ur fave and leave them no option but 2 pout
May 18, 2011 at 3:58 pm
In other news: go to youtube and watch ‘I wanna be on Glee’ video by Todrick Hall and tell me wat u think bcuz im in disbelief
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ERIC
May 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Ok?
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Rashaan
May 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I like Keri Hilson but she had no business……I mean NO BUSINESS destroying this classic! She completely out of her element and was completely overpowered by the arrangement….I could not even make it through 33 seconds I feel so sorry for those in the audience!! NO MA’AM!!!
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blankitoswagg
May 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm
LMAOO.. listen i think she needs to cover a ashanti song… let beyonce ,jennifer hudson or even lady gaga take this big songs…lmaoooo EPIC FAIL
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queenbey will always shit on ur fave and leave them no option but 2 pout
May 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Go 2 youtube and watch the ‘I wanna be on Glee’ video by Todrick Hall and tell me ur honest opinion
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K
May 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! SHIT! And her hair, though?
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Whoa Now...
May 18, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Now I loves me sum Keri, lord knows I do! But when I saw the headline, I went Damn in my head. I just don’t understand why she would do this to herself. I have Nothing is such an task to undertake and while I think Keri can sing, she was better off not doing this disservice to herself. I still loves ya Keri but no…just no.
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James
May 18, 2011 at 4:12 pm
WELL AT LEAST SHE LOOKS PRETTY!!!!
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wow
May 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm
TIFFANY EVANS WOULD SLAY THIS NON SINGIN BISHH!!
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Kristen
May 18, 2011 at 4:18 pm
SMH!!!! That was a HOT BLAZING MESS!!! EPIC FAIL!
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~aMaZiNG.Lee~
May 18, 2011 at 4:21 pm
The fuck?
I……………………just………………
*cue Ciara’s Speechless*
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The King
May 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Well,she is not Whitney she is Keri… with that said I think she did ok.
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hmmmm
May 18, 2011 at 4:31 pm
@queenbey will always shit on your fave…
to me it just seemed a bit over the top. he would be a good choice i guess, but i just got annoying watching it. the dancing wasnt THAT great, but kudos to him for the song
And i laughed straight away, dunno what Keri thinks shes trying. i want to know who told her she should sing the song and what idiots told her it sounded good while she was rehearsing, cus they need to not be in the music biz anymore
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Jennifer
May 18, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Keri hilson…..WHY!!!! U WHAT JUST NO!!
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NICK
May 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm
hahahahaha CHILE!!!!!!!!!! i wont say nuffin!!!!! hahahahahaha….
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hmmmm
May 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm
and also why the hell is she moving away from the mic like her voice is powerful enough to be heard. it isnt. and what makes it worse is that she really looks like she is trying so hard. and this is what comes out. i feel for her.
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True Blue
May 18, 2011 at 4:36 pm
http://www.gifsoup.com/view7/2505443/george-clooney-laughing-o.gif
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Chua
May 18, 2011 at 4:47 pm
(faints on first listen…) Never again…
Keri Hilson should apologize to Whitney Houston for singing her song. How rude of her…with her low ass register.
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room319
May 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm
She looks beautiful.
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royalkev
May 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Keri barely could do Janet in Pretty Girl rock, why is she taking on a Whitney song ( when she was in her peak)? Keri’s way too ambitious right now!
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lola
May 18, 2011 at 4:49 pm
LMFAO and SMDH! Wow, right when the video started playing I was like “HM!” Her vocals cracked several times and she’s extremely pitchy! This bitch cannot sing. She’s an okay singer at best but not much of a damn singer. Why the hell would she even make more of a fool out of herself?
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Tiff
May 18, 2011 at 4:50 pm
She has a nice voice for the low parts, but not the high ones.
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TresChic
May 18, 2011 at 4:59 pm
lol!! erm no… lacked plenty
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KAT DELUNA FAN
May 18, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Leave Keri Alone
Rihanna got a contract by murdering Mariah song ?! so what …Do you skeri
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mobwife
May 18, 2011 at 5:09 pm
OUCH!!
I like Keri but this aint it boo boo! This performance reminds me of Toni Braxton trying to sing a tribute song to Stevie Wonders a few years back……ewww what a hot mess that was!
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mobwife
May 18, 2011 at 5:13 pm
I agree with @kat deluna!
This song was simply not in her vocal range! She should have tried another song or arranged the song differently! IMO
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Leo
May 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm
she sings it better than whitney does it today.
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MissLeeleeBaby
May 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm
ummm they shoulda let tiffany evans sing that because she slayed that song when she sang it ….watch her sing it here —–> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEA7AuD9hVs&playnext=1&list=PL6F01F1F4882398C5
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Gaga The Useless
May 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm
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StanN
May 18, 2011 at 5:19 pm
SOMEONE SAID LADY GAGA WOULD SLAY THAT SONG……I CAN’T LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU’LL KIDS NEED HELP THO LADY GAGA WITH THAT VOICE??? THAT CHICK AIN’T NOTHING SPECIAL THE BITCH IS ALL SMOKE N MIRRORS HER OUT FITS ARE SPECIAL THO… OH N KERI GURLLLLL BYE!!!!!!
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KSH
May 18, 2011 at 5:31 pm
She needs to be slapped 13 times for that madness. Stop yourself.
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queenbey will always shit on ur fave and leave them no option but 2 pout
May 18, 2011 at 5:36 pm
@UMMM- Lol, I thought he did pretty good. Ur right it was kinda over da top but so is Glee. It reminded me of d Glee episode.
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TheMan4u
May 18, 2011 at 5:37 pm
this is the reason Whitney had to go back to Rehab.
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KAT DELUNA FAN
May 18, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Dead at Kesha cole and Lil kim beef on twitter -_-
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Speaks Truth
May 18, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Omggggg
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BLACK
May 18, 2011 at 5:45 pm
u shady bitch…..lol
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MadonnaLover
May 18, 2011 at 5:46 pm
TERRIBLE.
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sense
May 18, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Why o why would she do this to her already struggling career? I mean gurl #Bye
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MrIncredible
May 18, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Was this a joke? She can’t possibly be serious? Horrid.
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credits
May 18, 2011 at 6:15 pm
It was a 33 second clip, i want to see more before i judge. It didn’t sound horrible, it sounded like keri hilson and keri can sing so….
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Terrell Vanity
May 18, 2011 at 6:15 pm
TIFFANY EVANS DID THIS BETTER
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B4REAL02
May 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm
@queenbey will always shit on ur fave…..
I thought it was pretty good…..the rap part was….umm…Okay…..but not great but overall it did look like a glee performance.
Oh, and are you Todrick??
Now as for Keri doing this song I’ll have to comment later can’t see the vid right now.
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kelly
May 18, 2011 at 6:28 pm
oh my, why kerri, why! this was mess.com all the way turned up! lmbo!
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fab
May 18, 2011 at 6:37 pm
RIHAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GET OUT OF THIS BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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E11
May 18, 2011 at 6:45 pm
an she comes for beyonce with those vocals…? #bitchplease
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HUDSON MORRIGAN
May 18, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Her tiny voice is getting wrecked by the song
And then the falsetto notes at the end are pitchy
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BAD BYTCH
May 18, 2011 at 6:53 pm
SCAREY HILSON… GIRL TAKE SEVERAL SEATS
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Tru Voice
May 18, 2011 at 6:58 pm
REALLY????! Okay, Keri, you got the late-90s-Whitney Look going but the vocals, No Ma’am.
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icanticanticant
May 18, 2011 at 7:10 pm
OH MY GOOOODNesssss *shaneneh jenkins voice* No keri NO
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muni
May 18, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Come on it was OK
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Mahogany
May 18, 2011 at 7:37 pm
EPIC FLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #LOSER NOT A WINNER. KERIL BITCH SHOULD JUST GIVE IT UP ALREADY. FIRST SHE FUCKS UP THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NOW A WHITNEY SONG. YOU ONLY GET SO MANY CHANCES… SMFH!!
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JimmyBoy
May 18, 2011 at 7:48 pm
that was all the crap…… maybe she should cover a Posh Spice sing next, seems more in her range
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KELENDRIA ~LEGEND~ ROWLAND
May 18, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Well she sang it BETTER than current Whitney dats for sure. Current Whitney has LOST her voice
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Prince&Queen Bey
May 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm
LMAO! I cant believe she just Humiliated herself like that. That song is TOOOOO BIIIIGGGG for you Ms.Keri!!! Keri your voice is too weak for that song!!!
LOL WOW that was HORRIBLE!!!!! Lol she trying to prove that she should be considered 1 of the Voices and she Epically FAILED!!!!!
Keri girl BYE!
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Clueless Mack
May 18, 2011 at 8:17 pm
aww..yall hating hard body..I got like every color Lip gloss now..they been giving back after PETA got them for animal testing.. http://goo.gl/7fzo5
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demi
May 18, 2011 at 8:26 pm
LMAO.
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DION_ISH
May 18, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Why in the HELL would she do that?? Like….omg
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DION_ISH
May 18, 2011 at 8:38 pm
That was Almost JUST as bad as Ciara Covering Michael Jackson!
ROFL …Ciara & Keri Should form a club F.F.B (Flop, Failing, Bitches)
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The Naked Truth
May 18, 2011 at 8:41 pm
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JB
May 18, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Honestly, the cover wasn’t horrible. However, of course her version is no where near on Whitney’s level. In fact, I don’t think anyone can perform the song better than Ms. Houston in her hay day.
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Put That On Everythang
May 18, 2011 at 8:51 pm
That was not it miss keri baby
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jb
May 18, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Her voice is not that powerful for that song Whitney we know only one hit home run with that song…
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Jamie
May 18, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I enjoyed every bit of it. A laugh well needed.LOL!!!!!!! Never come for Whitney’s wig ever again ok Skeri!!!!!!!
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VA STAND UP!!
May 18, 2011 at 11:19 pm
SMH! Po Keri! Just when I thought she couldn’t embarass herself any further after that National Anthem flub, she does this! Did she pick this song to sing herself…or did they ask her to sing it?? Either way this was NOT IT! The worst part was the facial expressions she was making as if she was ‘killing it’! Chile……..
Keri is a dope songwriter, her album is fire and she has great single material, but she just keeps giving lackluster performances and I think that makes people ignore her music. She NEVER kills it! It’s either , ok to decent, to bad, to horrible! SMDH! She never WOWS! Plus her look isn’t really well put together.
I keep rooting for her, but then stuff like this just makes me go….blah! She hasn’t proven herself at least with a live performance that she is worthy of any real shine. I truly think that maybe she is just better off sticking to songwriting cause she just doesn’t seem like she has what it takes to be a bigger star. Even her features on other artist songs don’t get her any shine. It’s like she is cursed. SMH!
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VA STAND UP!!
May 18, 2011 at 11:22 pm
wow
May 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm
TIFFANY EVANS WOULD SLAY THIS NON SINGIN BISHH!!
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Yaaaasssss! Tiffany Evans cover of this slaaaaaaayyyyyed! She sung it better than anyone else I have ever heard cover this song. She was the best since Whitney. She deserves so much more shine that all these other non singing twits! SMH!
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VA STAND UP!!
May 18, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Leo
May 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm
she sings it better than whitney does it today.
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True! Whitney’s voice is loooong gone. Keri could most definitely out sing her now. It’s a sad day when you realize Keri Hilson can out sing Whitney Houston.
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BREEZYTHEBEST
May 18, 2011 at 11:51 pm
This bitch is bold.
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brian b
May 19, 2011 at 12:19 am
I don’t even like this chick but after watching that i’m crying on her behalf, what the fuck was that
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WithLotsoflove
May 19, 2011 at 12:27 am
Oh hell no!!
Come on Keri… You should know better..
Go cover a Janet song.. Maybe, … Better yet, just go sit down
Nontheless… That takes a lot of balls Keri…
Applaud for courage, cause your “talent” keeps the audience quiet
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Onemil02
May 19, 2011 at 12:36 am
DEAD!!!! AT “SMH, what’s next? Rihanna covering Patti Labelle’s ‘If Only You Knew’?” LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Alexandre Santos
May 19, 2011 at 12:50 am
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can'tbelieveit
May 19, 2011 at 2:45 am
Keri you have not arrive. Even Rhianna would have sound better . A big epic fail on you part. Wow your career is offically oooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr
over over over.
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Gismaro
May 19, 2011 at 5:59 am
Okay, it’s obvious she can sing,
But this song is too much for her.
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Jazz
May 19, 2011 at 7:22 am
she wasnt that bad, she was actually good
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carla
May 19, 2011 at 10:10 am
sorry sleep on whitney if you want to, even today she can slay this song better than keri- no one should touch a whitney song. It’s her TONE that can’t be duplicated and her vibrato.
I kept hearing Whitney’s voice as keri sung and keri’s voice was just weak, she had no vibrato or range andher imitating whitney’s move was just whack!
Stay in your lane MsKeriBaby!
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raraskils
May 19, 2011 at 5:09 pm
she should stick to singing in the shower!
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NikkiIsChillin
May 19, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I like Keri, but …no, this ain’t it.
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OhThatsJr.
May 19, 2011 at 9:25 pm
i don’t normally comment on these things…..but she should know better….
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BeautyLovesBeyonce
May 21, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Wow….OK I THINK KERI IS AN OK ARTIST BUT THIS RIGHT WAS A MESS…I CAN’T BELIVE THEY LET HER DO THIS I MEAN REALLY…WOW I NEED A DRINK AFTER THIS RIGHT HERE…
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