After the BET Awards, a Look Back at How the Network Helped Hip-Hop Grow
Briefly

Like Lil Jon, other hip-hop artists took advantage of the exposure from BET which often highlighted positive images of Black people through shows such as Teen Summit and 106 & Park.But in the early-2000s, the network started to take an odd turn as several popular figures from filmmaker Spike Lee to Public Enemy's Chuck D heavily criticized the channel's content for depicting African Americans in a negative light.
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