The second annual BET Honors taped the other day and gossip is starting to leak out from behind the scenes. They say producers were really hot to have Keyshia Cole sing a tribute to Mary J. Blige, who was honored along with Tyler Perry and Magic Johnson, but Mary's husband/manager nixed the idea claiming there're too many comparisons between Mary and Keyshia as it is. Instead, Monica and Anita Baker sang the tribute to Mary while Keyshia was relegated to introducing choreographer Judith Jamison.
People were also talking about how great Whitney Houston looked, who didn't sing, but is scheduled along with Jennifer Hudson, to sing at Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy party this year.