Aretha Franklin didn’t even pass away a week ago and people are already screwing up her tributes.
For some insane reason, MTV thought it made perfect sense for Madonna to deliver a tribute to the late, great Queen of Soul at its Video Music Awards Monday night. However, it really wasn’t a tribute. It was Madge in some strange ethnic garb saying she, a “skinny-ass white girl,” sang an Aretha song at an audition and became a star. The speech was narcissistic, uncomfortable and appeared to be pre-written. Who at MTV approved this?
Watch below:
Consequently, Madonna and the VMAs have been destroyed on Twitter. While the tribute was disrespectful, thankfully these hilarious tweets dragging Madonna ease the pain a bit.
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Like An Appropriator! Madonna And The VMAs Destroyed On Twitter For Bizarre Aretha Franklin Tribute was originally published on newsone.com
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Enough‼️ Be mad at me if you want. But, we as a nation ... must stop letting #Madonna do the tributes to great black music legends. First there was that Billboard debacle to Prince. And NOW ... Madonna babbling about Madonna, in that faux #MTVVMAS “#Aretha tribute”. #nomore 😡
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) August 21, 2018
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Why in the world would any rational person care what #Madonna had to say about #ArethaFranklin ? One is the Queen Mother of Soul. The other, like the culture she has successfully used for fame, is wholly derivative of that Queen Mother and the people who produced her.
— Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) August 21, 2018
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Madonna did the tribute speech for Aretha Franklin. Madonna did the tribute performance for Prince. Madonna did the tribute speech for Michael Jackson...why? Who keeps thinking its a good idea to hire Madonna to eulogize Black artists who have passed away?
— L E F T, PhD ⚫️ (@LeftSentThis) August 21, 2018
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Did Madonna make her Aretha Tribute about Madonna with a sprinkle of Aretha's name in it??
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) August 21, 2018
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#Aretha or Madonna remember what she did to prince? Madonna is officially banned from any more damn tributes!! pic.twitter.com/KSe4YhGW8T
— kimberly (@ScorpKimberly) August 21, 2018
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Madonna made Aretha Franklin's death about herself and her own musical journey, and honestly, this is some of the whitest shit I have ever seen. #VMAs
— Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl) August 21, 2018
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What a touching tribute to Aretha Franklin where Madonna talked about her goddam self for like 30 mins
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) August 21, 2018
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Madonna really gentrified an entire tribute to Aretha with more anecdotes than a Presidential candidate. You gotta be kidding me... #VMAs
— Jeff (@JeffJSays) August 21, 2018
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Aretha is up in heaven listening to Madonna talk, like...#VMAs pic.twitter.com/PIKaubSl2B
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) August 21, 2018
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Yall Had Lenny Kravitz there the whole time but let Madonna do the Aretha tribute?! Bye #VMAS pic.twitter.com/1uBVWue2LM
— DKT (@darleneturner53) August 21, 2018
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Madonna:
— ToraShae (@BlackMajiik) August 21, 2018
Aretha’s music inspired me to sing my way out of a crackhouse where I got mistaken for a prostitution-whore
I know all you blacks can unders-#VMAs pic.twitter.com/0zoSBf85Uf