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Rihanna stole the show at Prince’s tribute
Everything else about it got dragged
12:01 PMSunday night at the Billboard Music Awards on ABC, Madonna and Stevie Wonder performed a tribute to the late, great Prince. Let’s just say it wasn’t exactly well received.
This "Prince tribute" was just……. pic.twitter.com/jruBqtnjqe
— VIC JAGGER • ♡ (@VictoriaOnPaper) May 23, 2016
I don't think I could have watched the Prince tribute even if I'd liked the choice of performer. I'm stuck in anger/denial.
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) May 23, 2016
For those asking "Why Madonna?" for Prince tribute, they dated (he proposed) and were longtime friends #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/SPmcEJ4KDf
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) May 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/DearLeader10/status/734579626744373250
Alrighty then. Now, whether or not you thought it was a little too soon for such a thing, or if the choice of performers was a tad off base, there was one undeniable fact: Rihanna is winning. Watch as she charms with this “I know the camera’s on me but I’m gonna act like I don’t and just dab on them folk” move, which should net her a separate award of its own. (Meanwhile, BET is upping its own ante.)
Rihanna hit her dab to Purple Rain. #BBMAs #PrinceTribute pic.twitter.com/1q9VfO1Q3U
— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) May 23, 2016
Slay.