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The “Lil Mama Is” Movement is Born After “Lip Gloss” Star Crashes VMAs Stage

9/14/09, 5:04 pm EST

Photo: Mazur/WireImage

Kanye West wasn’t the only one to crash the Radio City Music Hall stage at the Video Music Awards; he was just the loudest. As we reported in our live blog last night, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ performance of The Blueprint 3’s “Empire State of Mind” was hijacked in its closing seconds by “Lip Gloss” aficionado and America’s Best Dance Crew judge Lil Mama. We’re still not entirely sure why Lil Mama came onstage — perhaps she wanted to take the mic and express her disappointment that Jigga opted for “Empire” instead of “Off That,” or stage-crashing has become the equivalent of streaking at a baseball game ̬ but Mama issued a statement today through her publicist explaining her actions, MTV reports.

“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,” Lil Mama said in the statement. “I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.” Her emotions were running so high, the only way she could unleash them was by coming uninvited onstage and crossing her arms while Jigga and Keys stood on the opposite side of the catwalk. Reviewing the video tape, we hear Jay-Z utter the words “T-Paining” after Lil Mama comes onstage. Lil Mama’s friend T-Pain was one of Jay’s biggest targets in “D.O.A.,” so maybe this was all some sorry form of revenge — or a reference to T-Pain’s own stage-crashing habit?

Meanwhile, Twitter is having fun with the Lil Mama debacle with a #lilmamais trending topic, which is currently Number Two on Twitter, two spots ahead of any mention of Kanye West, the evening’s true star. Wikipedia is also having a laugh with Lil Mama, adding to her resume a nomination in the MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Hop category for “I’m With Jay-Z and Alicia.”


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errol dunlap | 9/14/2009, 5:23 pm EST

she’s a lame that just messed up what little recognition she had.

Truth | 9/14/2009, 6:03 pm EST

She was bogus for that. She has no talent and more than likely will be relieved of her hosting position. Everybody knows you don’t mess with Jay-Z and try to upstage him during his song. All please pray for Kanye that was just wrong! Can we say SECURITY! Next year Viacom needs to hire the Rock, Big, nah scratch that they need snipers to control the awards shows. LOVE YALL Mmmwah!

PorkChop | 9/14/2009, 6:12 pm EST

For as far as hip hop has came between Kanye and this dumb ass broad they set us back a couple of steps for pure ignorance
And to believe she attributes this to “I was feeling it cause I’m from New York” well, I’m from America but I’ll be damned that I jump up and crash the event during the star spangled banner cause I’m a proud american.

whitenikki135 | 9/14/2009, 6:40 pm EST

I think that Kanye just proved what I have been saying about him for a long time he is so arrogant . Taylor Swift deserved her moment and iI am glad that Beyonce gave her that if that was my daughter I would have been ready to put my foot up his rear.

nikki | 9/14/2009, 6:41 pm EST

kanye is arrogant that about sums it up.

Shamus Neeson | 9/14/2009, 7:18 pm EST

I agree. Security was definitely lacking through out the whole event…probably didn’t help things when Green Day told everyone to jump on stage with them!

rusty | 9/14/2009, 7:39 pm EST

what the hell is a lil mama. Are you ever going to get back to real music? RS used to be great. What happened with all this rap crap?

matthew | 9/14/2009, 7:43 pm EST

ok rolling stone, he said t painin cause she was on the stage without his knowledge or permission like t-pain did a few months ago!! but regardless what the duece was lil mama thinkin?

tayoplay | 9/14/2009, 8:18 pm EST

the reason Jay Z said Lil Mama was T-paining was actually because T-Pain crashed the stage during Jay Z’s set at the Summer Jam.

stumob | 9/14/2009, 8:19 pm EST

lil mama need to sit her ass down somewhere how the hell u host a dance show and u cant dance somebody please tell this girl to choose a different career cause this 1 is pretty much over

partygirl | 9/14/2009, 8:49 pm EST

Kanye has been ass since the day his career statrted and for the few good songs he has he is just a waste of space and talent. Stop buying the guys albums and maybe he will go away he is not that good anyways.

Noir | 9/14/2009, 9:39 pm EST

I thought Jay-Z and Alicia’s performance was incredible. I even got chills when the camera was following behind Jay-Z while he walked to the center of the stage. The New York backdrop was breathtaking. But then Lil Mama scuttled up on stage and it literally made me cringe because she made the ending (of what would have been an epic performance) completely awkward. Then she had the nerve to go stand and pose with Jay and Alicia like she has a right to share the moment! Jay-Z needs to start carrying mace with him so he can just spray all these wannabes in the face when they try to soak up his stage time. Jay-Z handled it with class, and Alicia was graceful as always.

Anonymous | 9/14/2009, 9:50 pm EST

Lil Mama is WACK!!! Don’t get me started on her. It’s enough that she hosts ABDC and has NO dance experience…her comments are ignorant than hell and she is biased towards anyone who doesn’t live in NYC…..She already annoys me on that show an this is the icing on the cake…r u kidding me???? Soooo RUDE to the Jay and Alicia!!!!!! Peace

hahahhah | 9/14/2009, 9:53 pm EST

Jay-z’s facial expression says it all

brittany | 9/14/2009, 10:40 pm EST

jay-z looked pissed when bow wow — i mean lil mama jumped up there. lol she kinda looks like bow wow though right? thought it was him for a second.

t-paining | 9/14/2009, 10:48 pm EST

Who let that dumb fan on stage? LMFAO. Who is she/actually who cares

water | 9/14/2009, 11:08 pm EST

The fame game is crash and burn test at times.

Kanye crashed driving drunk behind the wheel of his star. Little Mama just doused herself in gasoline and lit a match and burned her little star right out.

Mark Awesome | 9/14/2009, 11:23 pm EST

I’ll tell you what lil mama was thinking. ‘How to make headlines’. Face it, 5 million people who have never heard the phrase ‘Lil Mama’ now know who lil mama is. Same thing with Kanye West. Be a jackass… make headlines. I’d say there will be more jackass manuveurs by more desperate a-holes to follow. After all, if you can’t beat them, crash their party.

rnmustang | 9/14/2009, 11:35 pm EST

Kayne must think in his own pious,prejudice way that he`s some sort of expert on whose music or video was or is the best,there are many other videos and female singers who in others eyes are actually better than Beyonce, hmm ya think??? jerk OFF!!!!

dirtyjax | 9/15/2009, 12:42 am EST

Oh and lil mama??? Man.. I would midget tossed her ass right back into the crowd.

Nina | 9/15/2009, 12:46 am EST

The fact that she crashed cuz she was feeling it so hard made me feel the performance even more. Don’t judge his reaction off of this picture, watch the video on mtv dot com. She was giving him mad eye contact, he started laughing. She crashed at the verrrrry end, at the perfect time. After she and he exchange some energy, he says “yeah!” one more time, then rejoins Alicia at the fron of the stage for a final pose, which Lil Mama joins (see photo) and then Jay shakes Alicia’s hand and laughs again. It was the perfect stage crash. She’s an artist and a New Yorker, they’re in NY. It was real nice. Don’t trip, hip hop is known for having huge entourages on the stage during performances. My black people are highly social and we exchange lots of energy because of the melanin. Keys and Z are not mad at Mama.

LADYSNAKE | 9/15/2009, 1:06 am EST

I WAS DUMBFOUNDED WHEN I SAW THIS GIRL DOING THE AMERICAN TOP MODEL WALK TO THE STAGE;I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL…SHE LUCKY I WASN’T JAY BODYGAURD!!!NOW SHE SOMEWHERE LOOKING LIKE AN ASS,,APOLOGIZING….STOP DRINKING PEOPLE..LOL

robgilhan | 9/15/2009, 1:39 am EST

So I’m the only one who saw what really went on right?
Lil Mama was just stage crashing, yeah right. I suspect a little more malicious intent was involved. The look on everyone’s faces said it all. I happened to see a recording from a video camera that a fan filmed of the performance, Am I the only one that noticed “who” that scowl on Lil Mama’s face was directed to at the end of the performance? What about the look she gave Jay Z when she first came on stage and the words that they exchanged. The look on her face wasn’t from her feeling the song believe me. Any man thats ever had a “side piece” or any woman thats ever been a “side piece” knows exactly what that look was.

Feelin the song, yeah right more like blowin up his spot.

TY | 9/15/2009, 1:51 am EST

What a LOSER! It wasn’t her time to shine. So disrespectful. She looks so stupid. What an embarrassment to MTV.

jen | 9/15/2009, 1:56 am EST

damn, this could have been a great performance. what the hell was she thinking? was she on crack? lame.

Oski Woski | 9/15/2009, 2:46 am EST

Ya’ll need to stop. You all act like crazy stunts haven’t happened at the VMA’s before. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. Kanye is Kanye we saw it on Punk’d and he even had a line on “Through the Wire” where he talks about how much of a big kid he is. As far as Lil’ Mama so what she “T-pained” I’m surprised a lot more New Yorkans didn’t do what she did. That song is HOT and I aint even from the place. Nobodies perfect and people do silly things all the time at least they wasn’t shooting the place up, they were enjoying themselves like the whole world should’ve. I know I was. “Sitting at home watching the Mtv VMA’s = $59.99/mo., one 2 liter of soda = .99 cents, the look on Taylor Swift’s face after Kanye crashed the stage = priceless.

Itsssnevada google me | 9/15/2009, 3:40 am EST

Lil Mama is the bird that flew outta Lady GAGA’s Nest Face!!!

Anonymous | 9/15/2009, 6:52 am EST

That Nina chick is a dumb ass….do you really think Jay-Z and lil mama got something goin on??…you idiot!….bottom line is..YOU DONT JUMP ON STAGE WITH JAY-Z AND MS.KEYS!!!..PERIOD…she ruined the whole show…she was lame for that…and stupid…but let this Nina chick tell it…jay laughed about it…Nina you prolly get played all the time because you are terrible at reading body language…terrible…the song was dope tho..Jay-Z is back

Lu | 9/15/2009, 7:49 am EST

Okay, a lot of people are misunderstanding what happened.
1. Lil Mama got hyped (like everyone was–that performance was INCREDIBLE!!) and jumped on the stage.
2. Jay-z is like “wtf?” so he’s looking at this little nobody who has the nerve to blemish his performance, then says “so u t-painin’ now, huh?” meaning she’s coming out with that fake, auto-tune music that he’s complaining about in “DOA,” meaning she does NOT DESERVE to be sharing the stage with him.
3. Then Jay shoos her away in a “please, don’t waste my time, get outta here, u joke” fashion.
4. Lil Mama tries to save face by posing next to them so nobody knows she just got PLAYED, but Jay makes the message clear by leaning towards Alicia and not paying Lil Mama any mind… now THAT IS BROOKLYN 4 U.

GET RID OF THEM BOTH | 9/15/2009, 8:12 am EST

What would become of a congressman who would walk uninvited onto the podium take the mic from the President and offer his own speach or commentary?

What would become of an actor that
would walk unannounced and unvited
into the set of a play or movie to
FORCE themselves into the scene?

THEY WOULD BE DONE! OVER FINISHED!
FIRED NOT TO BE HIRED!

Both Kanye and Lil Mama should be dismised. Kicked out of the business! OVER FINISHED! FIRED!

It is one thing to promote yourself or your views, it is another thing to should contempt and open disrespect for your colleagues, and decency and do it
on NATIONAL TV.
RADIO SHOULD NEVER PLAY THEIR MUSIC
AGAIN! THEIR MUSIC SHOULD BE PULLED
FROM CIRCULATION! THEY SHOULD BE BANNED FORVER!

I’ve never seen such idiots with such good jobs they don’t deserve!

Lu | 9/15/2009, 8:29 am EST

T-painin’ does not mean she jumped on the stage like t-pain did. Why do people keep saying that? Doesn’t MTV follow hip hop a little? You act like you never heard Jay or other rappers say that before (rant over, lol). T-painin’ refers to using auto-tune. That’s what everybody here in Brooklyn–and anywhere that hip hop is popular– called it before most of us knew the word “auto-tune”. Plus, “T-painin” is just funnier (and derogatory, whereas the saying “auto-tune” doesn’t necessarily reveal whether you like or dislike auto-tune in music).

l boogie | 9/15/2009, 8:42 am EST

Yeah kanye was real rude and lil mama made herself look even dumber. Jay z looked like who the fuck told lip gloss girl to get on stage lookin like a nobody hoodrat

robgilhan | 9/15/2009, 9:05 am EST

Okay, do me a favor watch the performance again. Watch Lil Mama’s body language watch her mouth she’s saying something to Jay Z. (and it sure wasn’t singing)

Other than her throwing her hands up when Jay Z walked away from her nothing about her body language said “I’m lovin this song”

I’ve seen that face before (an angry black woman) She was clearly mad AT HIM. I’m sure he’ll dismiss it though. I’m not saying that they have something going on…but Jay Z did something to that girl, this wasn’t a “stage crash” this was a blatant confrontation. She didn’t come on stage and go straight for the audience to be seen she went straight at him! And would have stayed in his face if he hadn’t blown her off.

And to be honest I’m not sure what “autotune refers to, what I do know is when she came on stage he said “Okay, you T Pain’n now huh?”

El | 9/15/2009, 9:14 am EST

Lu, T-Painin was used because T-Pain crashed Jay-Z’s first performance of D.O.A. this past summer. That’s why he said that FYI

Lu | 9/15/2009, 9:34 am EST

El–go look up the lyrics to “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-tune)” and that’ll explain it. There’s a line in it when he says it… FYI ;-)

M@ | 9/15/2009, 10:47 am EST

Let me set the record straight:

“Lu | 9/15/2009, 8:29 am EST

T-painin’ does not mean she jumped on the stage like t-pain did. Why do people keep saying that? Doesn’t MTV follow hip hop a little? You act like you never heard Jay or other rappers say that before (rant over, lol). T-painin’ refers to using auto-tune.”

You are straight up WRONG. lol. There was a situation with Jay and T-Pain where Jays people asked T-Pain to go on stage with Jay and JAY DIDN’T KNOW about it, so T-Pain was standing there, and Jay “thought he was a fan.” So THATS what Jay meant when he said that Lil Brah was “T-Paining;” he meant that she was coming up on stage uninvited, as he thought T-Pain did. Do YOU follow hip hop? lol

blayze | 9/15/2009, 11:21 am EST

IN D.O.A. JAY IS TALKING ABOUT AUTOTUNE “WHEN HE SAYS GET BACK TO RAP, YALL T-PAINING TOO MUCH”….SAYING EVERYBODY WANNA SING NOW AND FOLLOWING IN THE AUTOTUNE FAD…

blayze | 9/15/2009, 11:35 am EST

@robgilhan:“Okay, you T Pain’n now huh?”

WHAT JAY SAYS IS “QUIT T-PAINING YALL”

Lu | 9/15/2009, 1:31 pm EST

blayze: thank you. thank you. thank you.

M@: How is Jay referring to the incident that happened when he first performed D.O.A., when IN THE SONG ITSELF he says “you n*ggas singin too much. Get back to rap, you t-painin too much”?

Think about that one. And I follow hip hop enough to at least pay attention to the lyrics =)

Lu | 9/15/2009, 1:42 pm EST

by the way, Lil Mama did use auto-tune (I think it was in that song with T-Pain and Chris Brown… Shawty Get Loose, or somethin like that).

as for what Hov actually said, I heard “so u t-painin now, huh?” but I could be wrong. Everybody’s quoting something different. But I’ve no question about what he MEANT. The chick is wack, and needed to get the hell off Hova’s stage. Brooklyn has better artists to boast, ha!

Brooklyn Girl | 9/15/2009, 2:21 pm EST

For all of you who got the T-paining messed up, here it goes: Yes, T-Paining in DOA means the auto tunes that everyone is using. When Jay said it to Lil Mama at the VMA’s he was referring to the fact the T-Pain came on one of his sets uninvited. OK. Trust, I know what I’m talkin about.

pink maxwell | 9/15/2009, 2:59 pm EST

Pork Chop, that is the funniest comment ever. Of course the T-Pain comment is talking about stage crashing. It has nothing to do with auto-tune. The performance was top notch Grade A. That is why they are the best in the business. Lil Mama wanted a spotlight because otherwise noone would have paid any attention to her. When she wasn’t acknowledged, she felt stupid. The Lil Mama is Jay-Z side piece is just presposterous. Beyonce should’ve smacked Lil Mama with her butt pads backstage for messing up her boo-boos finale.

DARK WOLF! | 9/15/2009, 5:42 pm EST

Jay-Z you need to pile drive that ugly gremlin. Then you need to tombstone that no-TALENT wanna be rapper. How in the world did she become a ABDC Judge is beyond me. Her album flop! HER music is horrible. How did this no-talent girl alien get a record contract? Lil mama needs to go under a rock and stay there………

Puddin"G" | 9/16/2009, 4:15 pm EST

I agree with Dark Wolf, I to have been wondering about how Lil Daddy, I mean Lil Mama became a judge on ABDC. She cannot dance and then they made her a judge. Does she think because she has a small amount of fame from ABDC that she can crash Jay_Z’s performance? She thinks she’s an A-List star now, I feel bad for her when reality sets in..lmao

GIMS | 9/16/2009, 4:37 pm EST

lil mama is a despertae loser who cant appreciate other ppls success

kanyesuxxx | 9/16/2009, 7:31 pm EST

Lil mama jumped on stage for 1 reason : Any publicity is good publicity. It was her lazy way of getting people to notice her by jumping on the d**k of the biggest star that night. Kanye is just a stupid ignorant jackass who cant sing so he interruped someone who could sing better than him with an excuse that made no sense.

Tee Yea | 9/16/2009, 11:46 pm EST

If she was the back up singer or featured on the song, it would of been alright. Who else from New York does that?

Alicia | 9/17/2009, 4:14 pm EST

She committed career suicide

Desiree | 9/17/2009, 4:17 pm EST

She just killed what little of her career she had left. I smell a Lil’ Mama diss track coming from Jigga (But then — he doesn’t really need to), maybe a blacklist. But then again, who actually bought Lil’ Mama’s album? Ahh…poor child!

Deecee | 9/18/2009, 1:29 am EST

The sad thing about lil mama is she actually does have some
talent. I watched some
youtubes of her before her album dropped and thought she was ol skool hip hop like roxanne roxanne. Then she came out with a bunch of bubblegum garbage. she has been a disappointment.
Her jumping on the stage was so out of line. She and her five head just need to go away.

momono3 | 9/20/2009, 9:16 am EST

hmmmm, maybe they are linked in some way. she did sort of come at him in an aggressive sort of way, as if to say ‘HEY’ I thought you were going to have me up here after all I let you do to me’.

kamikaze | 9/29/2009, 11:15 pm EST

Lil Mama is a frriggin LAME-O! I was totally feelin Jay-Z and Alicia’s performance, and lil Lame-O has to run up there and interrupt it.

WTF | 10/22/2009, 2:25 pm EST

See what people need to realize is that Lil Mamma is not actually “lil”. She is in her late 30’s. See her children ages 18 and 17 call her mamma but since she is so little they put the lil in front of it. In 10 years she is going to be big mamma (as in grandma)

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