{"id":447697,"date":"2022-05-16T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/morgan-wallen-travis-scott-return-from-controversy-at-billboard-awards\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T05:34:14","slug":"morgan-wallen-travis-scott-return-from-controversy-at-billboard-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morgan-wallen-travis-scott-return-from-controversy-at-billboard-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"#Morgan Wallen, Travis Scott return from controversy at Billboard Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25989d28bbb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25989d28bbb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morgan-wallen-travis-scott-return-from-controversy-at-billboard-awards\/#%E2%80%9CMorgan_Wallen_Travis_Scott_return_from_controversy_at_Billboard_Awards%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Morgan Wallen, Travis Scott return from controversy at Billboard Awards&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMorgan_Wallen_Travis_Scott_return_from_controversy_at_Billboard_Awards%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Morgan Wallen, Travis Scott return from controversy at Billboard Awards&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Chuck Arnold\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/chuck-arnold-byline-photo2.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It was a night of redemption at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>First, there was country star Morgan Wallen \u2014 who had been banned from performing at the Grammys and the Country Music Association Awards for a video that surfaced in early 2021 of him using the N-word \u2014 getting the chance to take the stage at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. He milked the opportunity by going gospel for maximum sympathy with his song \u201cDon\u2019t Think Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then there was Travis Scott performing publicly for the first time since last December\u2019s Astroworld tragedy that killed 10 concertgoers. With baby mama Kylie Jenner in the audience, he missed an opportunity to make any kind of a statement with a mystifying medley of \u201cMafia\u201d and \u201cLost Forever\u201d that looked and felt more like a \u201cMad Max\u201d-esque video.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the 40th anniversary tribute to Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d near the end of the show in which Maxwell \u2014 delivering a sexy, silky-smooth rendition of \u201cLady in My Life,\u201d complete with a sequined black jacket and not one but two gloves \u2014 showed much love for the King of Pop despite the child molestations that have marred his legacy. \u201cWe love you, Michael Jackson!\u201d he said at the end of his performance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-349.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Travis Scott at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards\" class=\"wp-image-22281245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-349.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-349.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-349.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-349.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Travis Scott gave his first public performance after the Astroworld concert deaths at the Billboard Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matt Baron\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-380.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Janet Jackson and Mary J. Blige at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards\" class=\"wp-image-22281184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-380.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-380.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-380.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Janet Jackson presented Mary J. Blige with the Icon Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the emotional highlight of the night came when another superstar Jackson \u2014 Janet \u2014 got a standing ovation and then presented the Icon Award to Mary J. Blige. It was one of the show\u2019s truly iconic moments as queen recognized queen \u2014 and you could feel all the love and respect for both women.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-353-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards\" class=\"wp-image-22281188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-353-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-353-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-353-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs hosted, performed and served as executive producer at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It provided some much-needed star power on a night when the biggest winner \u2014 Olivia Rodrigo, taking home seven trophies \u2014 wasn\u2019t even in attendance. Neither were other heavy-hitter winners such as Drake and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>The night began with host Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs \u2014 who also served as executive producer \u2014 breaking out some of his old Puffy moves to lead a medley that also included \u201cShe Don\u2019t Want It\u201d singer Bryson Tiller and \u201cFirst Class\u201d r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Jack Harlow. It all ended with Diddy doing a bit of \u201cMo Money Mo Problems,\u201d his 1997 hit with the Notorious B.I.G., just a week before what would have been Biggie\u2019s birthday on May 21.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-383.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Machine Gun Kelly at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards\" class=\"wp-image-22281192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-383.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-383.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-383.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Machine Gun Kelly gave love to fianc\u00e9e Megan Kelly and their \u201cunborn child\u201d during his Billboard Music Awards performance.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for MRC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although the ultimate hip-hop hype man was overly hyped at times, Diddy \u2014 who won his first BBMA 25 years ago \u2014 brought some ghetto-fabulousness to the event. \u201cI\u2019m putting on a fashion show,\u201d said the New York native after one of many costume changes. \u201cHarlem in the house!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then there was Diddy\u2019s Bad Boy signee Machine Gun Kelly, who, with his pink hair and painted nails, jumped the gun by calling fianc\u00e9e Megan Kelly \u201cmy wife\u201d and then addressing their \u201cunborn child\u201d in a medley of \u201cTwin Flames\u201d and \u201cBorn with Horns\u201d that veered from acoustic guitar ballad to pop-punk rave-up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-354.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Silk Sonic at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards\" class=\"wp-image-22281203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-354.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-354.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/billboard-recap-354.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Silk Sonic covered the Con Funk Shun classic \u201cLove\u2019s Train\u201d at the Billboard Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the night\u2019s best performance came from retro-soul superduo \u2014 aka Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak \u2014 who, decked out in maroon three-suits, took a break from their Las Vegas residency to deliver a cover of Con Funk Shun\u2019s 1982 classic \u201cLove\u2019s Train\u201d that had everyone feeling superfly.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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