From the beginning of his beef with the network, it was about much more than being shut out of the nominations despite having two of the biggest hits of 2021. “Wow I really love this man,” Lil Nas X wrote on Twitter ahead of the ceremony. Apart from tapping Lil Wayne and Brandy for his performance, the rapper hit the red carpet sporting a Lil Nas X shirt after the pop-rap star’s highly-publicized dispute with BET. For as much as he’s hit with claims of pandering to his black audience, Harlow spent most of his night sharing his platform with black artists.
