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BET, Chuck and Al -- Hallelujah!

That's what a lot of critics said when The Full Tonsil Gospel Choir (actually it was the Victory Baptist Church Gospel Choir from L.A.) brought their performance to a close at BET's lunch today.

Not that the singers weren't great and filled with power. They had too much power so early in the day, with speakers turned up to the pain level, as BET tried to divert attention from the low-down music videos it so frequently telecasts. rap.jpg

The Rev. Al Sharpton and veteran rap legend Chuck D were there to promote a BET special, Hip-Hop Against America, coming this fall, in which various and sundry will debate the degrading influences of rap, but nobody mentioned that BET was one of the prime purveyors of over-sexed and violent videos.

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