American Music Awards Part 2

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We find stars like Busta Rhymes, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Nickelback, Nelly, Bobby Brown, Steve Harvey, Dru Hill, Joey Fatone and Christina Aguilera hanging out backstage at the American Music Awards. Hosted by R.J. Williams.
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It's a who's who. We've got Missy Elliott, we've got Buster Rhymes, Paula Abdul, I mean you name it, Sharon Osborne. Every one of these people has been in this room. This question is finish the lyrics. So after it's over, two words finish the lyrics. Okay. Catch me I'm falling.
Catch me I'm falling. Catch me I'm falling. Catch me.
Buster Rhymes. There you go, the last two words.
Buster Rhymes. I tell you these guys are good, boy. This is hot. Cheers. All up the Rhyna. Yeah, I might walk out with these. We got to try her pair on. See if they're unisex. Oh, that. That's not. It better not be a pink lense in my shit. Actually, there is one. You got to put that on. Hell no. I said Joe's got the booty call bag. You got the belt. What's going on here?
I know, right. There's a lot of like sex stuff. A little sexual, doesn't it? Little sexual. We are with Scott K. Now, he designs all the jewelry that's going to actually be in the gift bags that all the presenters and everybody at rehearsals is going to get. So what's in store for everybody this year? What do you got?
When you have rappers to country music to pop. You have to really do something that just has a rock and roll feel and you got to slip into it.
Now, do any celebrities come to you for some custom work?
Uh, I do quite a bit of work.
You don't have to name names, but just what's the most crazy extravagant thing that a celebrity has come to you for?
A $60,000 platinum belt. All platinum, everything, all around is very sexy. It's draped on the hips.
All right, we're back here in the gift room. As you can see, the stars did their damage. There's not a whole lot left. But one star hasn't made it in yet. He forgot to get his gift bag. We have the last bag in the house. Let's see who it is. None other than Aussie Osborne. I got a feeling Aussie's going to come back and and pick this baby up. Now, we're going to have to be quiet because rehearsal's about to start. All the performers are coming here to do it today. Word is Missy Elliott is about to go on stage. You got to check this out. So how's the day been going so far? What's been happening?
Um, we did our sound check for the performance. We're about to go get these glasses. That's tight. I'm telling you. They're like this big. Oh, they're changeable. We were with Ja Rule in the other room with him yesterday and he was like changing them. We were trying to get him to put the pink one on, but he just wasn't feeling it. You can't put the pink one on, man. We put the pink on Ashanti, though. That was tight. She's beautiful, so you can do that. Yeah, so it worked. It's all good. She can wear anything.
How hot is Ashanti? Man. You guys seen her this weekend? I have a crush on Ashanti.
No, I haven't seen her yet. You heard it here, B2K Ashanti. When are you guys going to get together? Man. I'm trying to see her live.
After all the stars have spent all day rehearsing, they come in here where they get treatment like you've never seen before. Now, this is truly star treatment. Did you see the booty call bag, though? Because that's my favorite. The booty call bag. Get a booty call bag, would you? The booty call bag. You got to go through it now. And I have the cologne. Okay, what do we got here? What is this for? One. Oh, that was where the condom came out of. I've already been used. I've never seen one before. This is a lot of This is a lot of sex rock here. It's a sex rock? You need Barry White. If you need you need just like. You need Barry White. You know, baby, yeah, yeah. You need all that to that. What's been the craziest thing that's gone on here today?
Probably this interview.
Yeah, this so far is the best. It's the highlight. Best one so far. It's the interview. We've had the most fun with you.
Yeah. See? You heard that. Best interview right here. You're live for the AMAs, man. What's going on here?
Yeah, man. I mean, you know, I'm going to get here when the show starts getting hot.
Busta has definitely got one of the dopest outfits here. Just show us this real quick. This is hot, man.
Man, I ain't posing for you, man. Woo! Who did this on? I know I look good. I ain't got to pose for nobody tonight. I'm handsome today, brother.
I'm here with Nelly. He's just coming out fresh. So what'd you think of the show?
It was nice, man. Missy did her thing.
What about Ja and Bobby, though? That was kind of cool, the helicopter.
Yes, that was cool, too.
Here we are, actually on stage. That helicopter right there. Ja Rule and Bobby Brown. You knew I was on my way out, though. Oh, no. I thought it rehearsed. Oh, no. I saw the one foot. I said, when he does a performance, Bobby's jumping. I'm jumping. I was going to jump. I had to drag Steve Harvey down because when we were talking to Busta, Steve said something about an after party. We want to get to the bottom of it.
Yeah, there will be no after party at my house.
What's up with that?
No. My security has been ordered to shoot people.
So where are you guys off to right now?
Uh, party. Second guest: party.
So unless you don't want to spend the evening in hospital emergency, their after party will not be at my house.
Where's the hot after party? Where are you going? Second guest: I don't know yet. Uh, there's a few. I know Nelly's having a party.
Oh, I heard you got a hot after party tonight. That's the one everybody's talking about.
Yeah, yeah, we're doing our thing over at um, at the Nike Town.
Nike Town? That's going to be hot. What about the after party? Which one are you going to go to? Where's the hot spot tonight? Because you guys. Second guest: Lots of the party. We will part take. Uh, I'm going to a one in the back of that bus.
Oh, I might be hopping around. I might be hopping around.
What have you got planned then? You got a surprise on there?
Well, I hope so.
I heard you got a club in New York actually. I was with Jay-Z the other day and he's like, Joey's got a club.
I don't got a club. It's not my club. I hope. I usually I used to host when I was over in New York, Tuesday nights over at Swayde. It's a good club. Yeah.
We invited?
Well, no, but thanks for asking.
You see that? He doesn't invite everyone invited us to their after party but you. Pretty dry party. No drinks, no dope. But you've got the best one, I think.
I might work it out that way. Ladies, Joey. He's there. Of course he's going to be there. Be good, man. Thanks.
That's it. We're finished here at the AMAs. You're a lot of celebrities as they were leaving behind the stage, everywhere. Who else gets you that kind of access? Only us. Stick around because you're going to see a lot more.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Busta Rhymes
Seen backstage, finishes lyrics, and discussed for his outfit.
- Ja Rule
Seen backstage, discussed with glasses, and his performance mentioned.
- Ashanti
Seen backstage, discussed for her beauty and trying on pink glasses.
- Nelly
Seen backstage, discusses the show, and mentioned for hosting an after party.
- Bobby Brown
His performance with Ja Rule and the helicopter is discussed.
- Steve Harvey
Seen backstage and jokes about his after-party plans.
- Joey Fatone
Seen backstage, discusses after-party plans and his club.
- R.J. Williams
Host of the backstage interviews.
- Missy Elliott
Seen backstage, discusses her performance and sound check.
- Paula Abdul
Mentioned as a celebrity who has been in the room.
- Sharon Osborne
Mentioned as a celebrity who has been in the room.
- Ozzy Osbourne
His unclaimed gift bag is a focus of a segment.
FAQ
Who was seen backstage at the American Music Awards?+
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