Eminem, Snoop Dogg’s BAYC-inspired VMA performance slammed as money grab

Eminem and Snoop Dogg’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) show has divided opinions, with immoderate fans heavy criticizing the act’s Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) component.

"From the D 2 The LBC" allllll the mode to the #VMAs Stage: @eminem and @snoopdogg pic.twitter.com/gqQgaTQGWD

— MTV (@MTV) August 29, 2022

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) cannot prevention MTV

MTV’s VMA 2022 took spot astatine the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, connected August 28. As expected, celebrities lined the reddish carpet, showing disconnected their prime of manner attire with exposed midriffs and gender-fluid menswear arsenic the ascendant themes of the evening.

“The MTV VMAs 2022 celebrates the champion euphony videos of the past twelvemonth and features unforgettable performances, tributes and appearances from the biggest stars successful music.”

The archetypal VMAs occurred connected September 14, 1984, and soon became known arsenic an authorization successful popular culture. However, successful caller times, overmuch similar the Oscars, the cachet of the VMAs has been connected the decline.

A 2019 nonfiction from the Washington Post said caller VMA performances “have been notable for not being notable.” It continued by calling retired MTV’s waning taste power and the chiseled deficiency of borderline successful caller shows.

“VMAs contiguous different accidental for america to scratch our heads and wonderment wherefore the amusement is inactive astir and however galore much years it volition fuss hanging astir the fringes of mainstream popular culture.”

Nonetheless, successful a bid to recapture a grade of the taste zeitgeist, Eminem and Snoop Dogg turned to BAYC successful their show of “From the D 2 the LBC,” which featured a premix of unrecorded signifier and pre-recorded Bored Ape-inspired animation.

But acold from earning the brace taste credibility, elements of the mostly no-coiner mainstream assemblage voiced their disapproval calling the show “cringe.”

Rap fans unimpressed

The YouTube comments showed a premix of contrasting opinions. Some praised Eminem’s “super crisp” vocals and the pair’s longevity. While others were not keen connected the “cartoon effects.”

“It was terrible. They trying to enactment aged legends up determination to entreaty to young gamer nerds?? Who the hellhole wants to spot a cartoon show for real”

Turning to Reddit and Twitter, which has a much crypto-knowledgeable audience, the antagonistic comments were scathing successful scope. One user identified arsenic an Eminem instrumentality and said the performance  “made maine laughter astatine however pathetic it was,” portion besides trashing the prime of the BAYC animation.

The comparatively lengthy station implied the brace “sold out” for promoting and condoning “nft sh*t that cipher has talked about.” Adding that helium would alternatively Eminem discontinue than spell down this route.

Another said helium would request to beryllium precocious arsenic Snoop Dogg to enactment wealth into BAYC “pictures” and the JPMorgan-backed Ethereum blockchain, adjacent with “Gensler’s protection.”

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