It looks like everybody didn’t attend this year’s MTV VMAs. Some of Keyshia Cole’s fans were wondering why she was absent from the ceremony and the singer revealed on her official Twitter page that she wasn’t even invited. Check out what she said below:
So Trey Songz is considered to be an “MTV artist” but Cole isn’t? The last time I checked she has sold almost 4 times the number of records that he has in the US & almost all of her singles ranked in the top 10 of he Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. I guess that unless she’s willing to take off all her clothes like Rihanna, sell sex like Cole or jump on the auto-tune bandwagon like the rest of the industry she will just have to settle for her usual seat at the BET Awards. That’s a damn shame.
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what does she have out though? or did they not say she couldn’t attend? I don’t think she has crossed over either, but girl bye, MTV aint poppin no more anyway
They did her a favour, this years show sucked balls.
Um, ok?
And dear God, Trent, this is one of the first times I feel like the Rihanna shade is extremely unnecessary! Come on, man!
You have a typo in your rant Trent “I guess that unless she’s willing to take off all her clothes like Rihanna, sell s** like Cole”, unless you were talking about a Cole I don’t know about.
KEYSHIA IS A BET ARTIST. HER WHOLE CAREER TOOK OFF AFTER SHE LET HER FAMILY MAKE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES ON TV TO LAUNCH HER SECOND ALBUM.
ALSO SHE HAS NOT RELEASED AN ALBUM IN YEARS. MONICA, SOULJA BOY AND TREY ARE ALSO BET ARTISTS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
BE HAPPY AND GET OVER YOURSELF KEYSHIA
usually i WOULD FEEL BAD FORR HER BUT AFTER SHE DISRESPECTED JANET JACKSON..LETS SAY KARMA IS A B****!!!!
Minaj is a one hit artist so I guess she is allowed. In 5 years people will not remember this walking clones name. She sucks at anything she does live
Hope those injections aren’t expensive because baby girl when the money stop coming in.. Pancakes with no yeast – That ass just want rise!
Woow what a smack in the face….Keyisha has sold much more units than Trey
I really don’t think Keyshia was throwing shade @ MTV. She was asked why she didn’t appear & answered honestly. This is a problem I have w/ MTV going way back anyway – the lack of diversified African American females on their award shows. They don’t care about straight R&B artists, particularly AA females. I can’t even remember the last time they had such an artist perform on any of their award shows.
The only AA females who regularly appear are Bee, Rhi & Alicia – and although all are AA, they have cross over appeal & hits while Keyshia’s greatest success is in the R&B field. I wouldn’t care if I was her – I’m sick of people downgrading R&B music like it’s sooooo far beneath pop music.
Yes, it’d be great to cross over & make more $$$ but if you stay in your lane and cultivate that fan base while continuing to make great music, I believe the cross over success will come eventually – not just to Keyshia but other R&B artists as well.
Who the hell wants Frankie’s off-springs at their event? I wouldn’t. Keyshia gorl you’re only a celeb in Oakland, Cali. Stop acting like you matter to the rest of us who don’t reside in the ghetto.
I don’t think she was bitter. I think she answered the question to the best of her ability. The MTV crowd (young white teens) don’t use her or her music. Notice all the black people on the VMAs are crossover acts. Whether they have sold millions of albums or not. Jason Derulo is more of a cross over act than Keyshia is. That is MTV’s demographics. That’s what they like. They are only here for Beyonce Rihanna, and Alicia Keys. and maybe now Nicki Minaj. Any other black female could stay home. I wouldn’t worry about the VMAs anyway. They don’t matter. She should be thinking about the Grammy’s and AMA’s.
Funny because Teairra Mari was there
I never expected her to be there in the first place, but I didn’t know that MTV told her that. MTV has their pics of favoritism. But it is no need to get upset because MTV hasn’t been a music station in 2 years, and they also canceled their Best R&B Video Category 4 years ago. And the BET Awards garner twice as many viewers than the VMAs anyway. MTV uses this award show as a crutch now anyway to keep their name.
@ mely b i agree with you all the way!!!!!
keshia is so beautiful!!!!!
poor thang
” I guess that unless she’s willing to take off all her clothes like Rihanna” talk about double standard, but i guess thats ok since rihanna powerful image is at the tip of your tongue
She’s an R&B artist….a real one at that. She doesn’t strip down, and gyrate around or make b******* pop music. So yeah, MTV doesn’t want that. She’s had popular songs, and everyone likes her…but they think of her as a ‘BET’ artist. Whatever…she doesn’t need them. MTV isn’t s*** anyway…they don’t even play video’s on the main station anymore.
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No shade but you and us already knew that…and for a woman that claims to keep it real…why so suprised whem MTV kept it real and told you the truth?? Hate to say it but it’s true R&B doesn’t matter as much when it comes to money…people that like it (most times) don’t even buy album…they download it, steal it, ect…
No body watches MTV anymore
I AGREE HOW CAN KEYSHIA COLE NOT BE AN MTV ARTIST BUT TREY IS SMH. OH WELL.
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the mtv awards arent all that anyways
Why would she be there? what does she have out now and why do people take every opportunity to bash Nicki, when you keep peoples names in your mouth they stay around longer . If you dont like her dont talk about her and she will be gone quicker
I can’t!!!!!
Ok for starters Mtv allowed Keyshia to promote her second cd on their show a while back. Trey isn’t an Mtv artist either, but i guess because he’s whats popping right now they are jumping all over the bandwagon. I know that stung her a little bit, because yes she’s primarily an r&b artist, but still her sales are solid and she makes good music.
Mtv is terrible. Keyshia is in the same domain as Trey. Mtv had it’s highest ratings in yrs. So they should look at that and say people wanna hear music again. Thats what they were known for. F*** all this reality shyt. Keyshia will be fine tho.
Rihanna have hit every year since 2005 look how much number 1 she has and look how long it took foe her to perform on the BET awards just once. DO you see Gaga @ BET Awards? NO, its not her crowd. SO why b**** because MTV said you’re not for their crowd.? They’re just telling the truth.
or sell her soul…
never wondered why she wasn’t there i guess i dont think she’s an mtv artist either.eh.
Keyshia is my girl! LOVE HER! 🙂
And for the record, she doesn’t need MTV. Haven’t been popping in years. Screw them.
And I agree w/ @Mely B
…. but didnt they want Gaga to perform at the BET awards………
and wasn’t she on 106 and park????
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usually i WOULD FEEL BAD FORR HER BUT AFTER SHE DISRESPECTED JANET JACKSON
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WHAT DID SHE SAY ABOUT THE QUEEN???
are yall serious? why the f*** we should be allowed after she DESTROYED B.O.B’s “Airplanes” at BET?? She f***** that up on her own, so Hayley Williams had to show her to do it right. Put simply, lets get into how relevant Keyshia is. Her twitter isnt even verified! But u know who’s is? @Sn00ki #PoW | Keyshia Cole= Fail
Keyshia isn’t an MTV artist, nor has she ever been. Or better yet, MTV hasn’t showcased R&B acts since God-knows-when. I’m guessing the sole explanation behind Trey’s crossover appeal is solely due to his association with Nicki Minaj (and the last I checked he got no nominations, either). It really doesn’t take a genius to figure it out. Until white people start getting into Keyshia as well, she’s not gonna be anywhere other than BET on VH1 Soul.
@LUV-LEE there is a clip floating around somewhere where Keyshia is doing some kind of radio interview and is asked what she thinks of Janet Jackson. Keyshia responds, “who?” and there is audible laugther and then she says, “I don’t listen to Janet Jackson” or something like that. The jury is still out as to whether or not she was throwing shade but I don’t think it was that deep. Yet and still SHAME ON YOU KEYSHIA!!!
* BET or VH1 Soul.
*Dead* @ IDONDO. Lol….anyways I don’t believe this nonsense. But maybe they didn’t want her to bring her ghetto ass mama, family, and some to the show. Also stop the bs “she’s real r&b” excuses because Mary was there amd Monica has been there before along with many “real r&b” artist. Hell DMX has invited too, so basically they didn’t care for her being there. Lol, she’s not on their (or anyones) radar. Also no need to throw shade at Rihanna about the same thing your fave Kizzy Rowland is doing and getting way less than a quarter of the attention Rihanna is getting.
why would MTV feel obligated to invite keyshia cole. she’s a quality R&B artist, but SHES NOT DOING S*** WITH HER CAREER. like the people who actually attend the VMAs have something out or is in the process of releasing songs/records. if you aren’t doing anything musically, why would you want to sit your ass at an music awards show?
YEAH!!! What about MONICA????? Why she was not invited ???? I think nowadays MTV does not really care about real music or real artists!!!!
MTV nowadays is a REALITY TV full of drama, comedy, soap-operas! SORRY BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REAL STUFF, WHAT ABOUT REAL ARTISTS, MUSIC???? Don’t we deserve better???? Like the michael song: “they don’t care about us”.
Keyshia, monica, kelis, they don’t belong here… MTV sucks
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WAIT I SAW WACKA FLACKA there at the vma’s , why could keyshia be invited, i guess she really isnt doing anything so i understand why a lil bit….
F*** MTV. THEY SAID THE SAME ABOUT EM
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF RELAPSE.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP COLE. WE GOT YOU!!!!
Im sorry invited for what, this person ain’t have a f****** thing out in about three years,. She needs to worry about being a wife and a mother. She hasn’t even been seen let alone heard so why would they invite a nobody no offense. ANd the reason Mjb was there she’s a f****** super star there should be no surprises.
Keyshia, like some have said above me, doesn’t have the crossover appeal like Beyonce, Rihanna, Gaga, AKeys, etc do. She is an R&B artist, and a “BET” artist since they are the ones who gave her and her fam reality shows and let her perform at their awards shows. I guess she isn’t “pop” enough for MTV.
I wouldn’t even care if I were her. MTV is garbage anyways, nothing but a bunch of crappy ass reality shows (not that BET is much better). I didn’t watch the awards, but I heard they sucked major ass this year. Keyshia, keep doing you, don’t even worry about MTV…
Ciara and MaryJ produced a major feat in getting invited.
And even they weren’t given a solo opportunity. No black woman was given a solo opportunity. And no black got an award.
Ciara getting a cameo and a collabo performance was a major feat in today’s climate
i notice they are giving Ciara a Pop title too. she deserves that. she is not R&B. she is in a class all her own really.
mtv didn’t invite dirty money either
I don’t understand how Teairra Mari got to go but Keyshia cole didn’t and if you don’t believe me that teairra was there check out rap up
All of you people who had terribly negative things to say about this woman’s character are straight rude and disrespectful and I am sad to see that yaw were raised in such a way! Sure Keyshia may not be an “MTV Artist” or whatever the hell that means but she still makes good music and has great record sales to prove it! This woman has 3 platinum selling albums! I cant believe I read all that negativity! MTV or BET.. the woman is still an MUSICAL ARTIST! That is why there is such a divide in music now because of people like you all and your simpleminded jibber jabber! I am not throwing shade at any artist i the industry on this blog! But I will say this, all of you bastards that chose to attack her character and her music presence, PLEASE show me your record deal, album, contract, ANYTHING……. I didnt think so! #Andithankyou
SMH at that whole ‘not an mtv artist’ deal if that’s true…my initial thought was why invite her if she’s been m.i.a. this whole time. but wow.
F*** MTV they have ZERO creditability these days. what the f*** is up with all these “reality shows” with these stuck up white b******? that aint bein racist, just an obvious observation. MTV can go to hell they need to change their name cuz music has NOTHING to do with MTV anymore. they shouldnt even be giving out music awards they know nothing of music these days
WTH? Is this a joke? You mean that MTV – who did say that they were no longer recognizing R&B as a form of music worthy of a VMA Award (WTF???) – would not allow a R&B artist to attend the award show? Oh but if you are a country artist like Taylor Swift then you are acceptable? If you don’t sing at all and just use auto-tune…*cough* “Your Love” songbird Nicky Minaj then you are a MTV artist? This is complete b*******! I simply can’t say it any clearer then that! The other artists should speak out against this crap! Yes, I know don’t hold my breath!
Okay…So if MTV is garbage, then what the hell is BET? Surely we do not consider them to be classy! I am still unclear as to why anyone feels that MTV should have invited her. When was her last album? Exactly. There was no reason for her to be there.
I suppose Kim is an MTV artist then…..SMH!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe once she turns down the ghetto, then she’ll cross over. but until then she can just keep hoping that BET never cancels its award shows. Seeing as that arent that many black artist doing it big anyway.
She hasn’t had a hit in a while….so I don’t think takin her clothes off wouldn’t make much difference…HATER!
aren’t the vma’s the show that snoop dogg showed up to with 2 women on dog chains (about 4 years ago)?? if so, k.cole, hold ya head and don’t let it bother you. having crossover appeal isn’t the most important thing to posess.
I think MTV HAS SOMETHING AGAINST RNB ARTIST , THEY DON PLAY RNB ARTIST A LOT .. IF U AINT RIHANNA BEYONCE OR A RAPPER THAN MTV AINT GON CHEK FOR U UNLESS U WHITE YEPP~!!!! RIHHANNA AND BEYONCE DOES A LOT OF POP MUSIC AND THATZ WHY MTV CHEKS FOR THEM AND THEY ATTRACT WHITE AUDIENCES THATS YMTV CHEKS FOR THEM ~~
NOW TREY SONGZ WAS PROBABLY THERE BECAUSE HE IS POPULAR WITH THE LADIES AND HE IS ALWAYS TALKIN BOUT S** AND HE IS A MALE ARTIST THAT IS POPULAR RITE NOW AMONGST SOME OF THE POP AUDIENCE OF WOMEN BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS TLKN BOUT S** AND HE SELLS S**~!!
WHY WAS RIHANNA MENTIONED?!
HER AND KEYSHIA ARE NOT SIMILAR AT ALL …THE ONLY MAINSTREAM ARTIST SIMILAR TO KEYSHIA IS BEYONCE OR ALICIA?!
THE SAME REASON KEYSHIA WASNT INVITED TO THE VMA’S IS THE SAME REASON BRITNEY SPEARS ISNT INVITED TO THE BET AWARDS!!
TRENT IS EXTREMELY PRESSED OVER RIHANNA AND I SAY……STAY MAD!! IF YOU DONT HAVE HATERS YOU AINT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!!
Aww key, dont worry about it was lame anyway. Did yall hear about J. Lo becoming new idol judge along with Steven Tyler? I will not be tuning in….
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/389729/idol-opinion-is-jennifer-lopez-really-worth-12-million/
@DION-ISH
grow up, nobody checking for rihanna
@black
then why is only girl in thw world Numba one on itunes……….somebody checkin for her
The reason for the snub is simple: The music is adult contemporary. She may sell a lot of cds, but it is easy listening at best. Please don’t play the race card. MTV has played a TON of black artists in the past. The problem with MTV today is to get them to play any music at all.
How is she not an “MTV Artist”??????
The MTV Jams channel keeps her music videos on repeat!
And MTV invited Teairra Mari!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ks0MC452f8&feature=player_embedded
There’s no friggin excuse why Keyshia wasn’t allowed in. smh
She is a damn lie. Tyga was there, Teairra was there, a lot of people that are technically not “MTV artists” were there. They probably 4got her invite *since she’s irrelevant now* and she was feelin’ salty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0IG2H2Af3o&feature=youtu.be&a
Thebelief that Keyshia shouldn’t have been there because she hasn’t had any product out since ’08 is short-sighted. She doesn’t need to be apart of the show (performing or presenting) to be invited. There are alot of networking opportunites at awards shows (interviews) that would help an artists chances at a successful LP.
@Misty
Tyga didn’t get invited individually, Cash Money/Young Money was invited. Hey got a ticket because he’s apart of that crew. He was allowed to go because of his affiliation, not his merit.
Tyga got in with Drake/Nicki whom are hot right now. Mtv is fake. They go with whatevers hot at that moment. Teairra Marie was probably with someone else, which is why she got in.
Come to think of it she prob din’t come cuz she effed up b.o.b. song and the real singer was ther to perform it right…just a thought…
Why Is every one hating on Keyshia Cole… Keyshia Cole is doing her best an will eventually past out by beyonce a keyes mjb and all others