Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu's epic performance on the BET Awards wouldn't have happened if Prince hadn't personally put in a call to BET head honcho Stephen Hill...
Taken from Dr. Funkenberry
Prince: The B.E.T. Awards. They were not going to have Janelle on the show.
DocFB: What?!?!
Prince: Exactly. That was my response. So I called up B.E.T. for her to get her on the show. Janelle is a talent and they were not going to have her on?
DocFB: I'm really surprised.
Prince: Janelle was on and she and Erykah knocked it out!
(Stephen Hill of B.E.T. confirmed that Prince did make the call for her and he was going to give her the opening spot after the phone call, but it was taken so he let her close the show.)
