Perhaps because I have no interest in looking at pictures of Katt Williams and suspected the same about you guys, I missed these photos of the diminutive comedian wearing a noose around his neck on the red carpet at the BET Hip Hop Awards. Hilarious*, especially considering two of the Jena Six were also in attendance.
*But, of course, not really.
If you’re wondering who those two gentleman are on stage with Kanye West and Katt Williams at the BET Awards, they are Carwin Jones and Bryant Purvis. Still don’t know? They are a third of the infamous Jena Six. It appears they were flown to Atlanta and given some new clothes and the honor of presenting an award. I’m not sure how I feel about the move to make celebrities out of these kids, who should probably be somewhere doing school work or attending to their world-famous legal troubles. This all seems inappropriately celebratory. These kids don’t deserve “special” racist treatment from their local DA or their peers. But I’m not sure if they deserve this kind of special treatment either.
More pics from the show, which airs Wednesday at 8 p.m., after the jump.
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Was it a calculated move for the feds to arrest T.I. before he was set to perform at the BET Hip Hop Awards (and subsequently win some top honors), thus humiliating the rapper and ruining a well-planned show? Probably. Would we have a lot more to complain about if the authorities hadn’t actually found a shitload of evidence that T.I. was trying to illegally buy machine guns with silencers? Definitely.
It is a serious crime with potentially serious jail time, compounded by the fact that Harris, a convicted felon, cannot own any firearms, let alone the ones that the feds accuse him of buying, or the three they allegedly found in his car, or the ones they say were tucked in his bedroom safe that used a fingerprint scan for access.
Saturday, a few hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta bestowed upon him the “Best CD of the Year” award, Harris, 27, might also have earned himself up to 10 years in federal prison. His first court appearance on the weapons charges is Monday afternoon.
Also busted in the sting — Young Dro, Mac Boney, and T.I.’s girlfriend Tiny, who was arrested for possession of marijuana and Ecstasy. The AJC has all the sorry, sorry details.
