Former BET President Stephen G. Hill has entered the chat, responding to Jermaine Dupri’s claims of being responsible for creating ‘106 & Park.’
Initially, the whole ordeal began after JD claimed during a podcast interview that he started 106 to combat an era in which Black artists were underrepresented. Bow Wow later caught wind of JD’s claims and tweeted the Atlanta music mogul’s assertions were false.
“JD ain’t create ‘106 & Park’ stop the cap,” he tweeted. “Stephen Hill, Rick Grimes and all the great people in the BET OFFICE and staff created that show. All I did was capitalize off of what they created and made it mine. I would know…. I am Mr. 106! I would never take away from someone’s creativity.”
In response, Bow Wow’s former labelmate, Da Brat, called him out for essentially biting the hand that fed him, labeling the rapper-turned-actor “ungrateful.”
However, Hill later chimed in to support Bow Wow’s claim.
“Yeahhhhhhh, our memories on how ‘106 & Park’ differ GREATLY,” said BET’s former president of programming. “No one challenges that Bow Wow helped launch ‘106’ to great heights… that is for sure true. But ‘CREATED BY ME’ might be a bit of an overstep for ya, my man Love you ALWAYS!!!”
