Lil Mama Apologizes to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
By now you’ve probably heard that Lil Mama crashed Jay-Z’s VMA performance and made a fool out of herself. During Jay’s performance of “Empire State of Mind” with Alicia Keys, Mama invited herself to the stage and started dancing. Jay tapped Mama’s knee and motioned for her to get off the stage, but she ignored him and kept swaying. At some point, Jay even told her, “You’re T-Paining right now,” a reference to T-Pain’s impromptu stage appearance at Jay’s Summer Jam rendition of “D.O.A.”
Lil Mama offered the following apology to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys via MTV:
“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys. 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.”
Pop the lid for a video of Jay-Z punching Lil Mama backstage after the performance.
