BET Awards 2016: D’Angelo Forgoes Prince Tribute Performance

BET Awards 2016: D'Angelo Forgoes Prince Tribute Performance

D’Angelo was scheduled to appear for a Prince tribute during tonight’s BET Awards in Los Angeles, but was nowhere to be found during the last tribute performance, where Sheila E. whipped through a medley of the Purple One’s cuts. Questlove alluded to the singer’s absence in a tweet to a fan while the award ceremony was ongoing; see that below. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for D’Angelo for comment. In April, D’Angelo performed “Sometimes It Snows in April” on “Fallon” following Prince’s death.

Not gonna happen

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