Justin Bieber Denied Request to Partake in BET Cyphers - PopCrush

<div id="post-content-data" readability="105.653074028"> <div id="attachment_66504" class="wp-caption aligncenter" readability="8"><img class="size-full wp-image-66504" title="Justin-Bieber" src="http://wac.450F.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/popcrush.com/files/2011/10/Justin-Bieber4.jpg" alt="Justin Bieber" width="625" height="417"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Rick Diamond, Getty Images</p></div> <p>Eminem and his crew were the stars during the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers, a portion of the show in which rappers present freestyle verses to the world. But if Justin Bieber had his way, he might have been participating as well.<span id="more-66481"/></p> <p>DJ Premier, who helps select the artists for the cyphers, said that the teen pop singer wanted to take part, but he was rejected after it was learned he would be getting assistance from Ludacris.</p> <p>"Justin Bieber even asked if he could do the cypher," he said. "Everybody was worried that it might mess up the integrity of BET but I was like, 'Long as he got a dope rhyme, let him spit.' But then we heard, 'He wants Luda to write his rhyme.' I was like, 'Oh, no, no, no, no, no.' If you ain't writing your own rhyme, you can't do it. So, Justin, you gotta take a backseat on that one. Write your own rhymes, honey. You gotta call him honey on that one."</p> <p>After his initial comments, DJ Premier took to Twitter to say that he didn't block Bieber from performing and that he didn't even have to power to do so. "I can't ban nobody, I just stress my honest opinion on all my sh–," he wrote.</p> <p>Ludacris further tweeted that he had no intention of writing Bieber's verse, saying, "My Lil homie @justinbieber loves hip hop &amp; at no point was I supposed to write his cypher flow. #getyafactsright"</p> <p>So it's not clear who, exactly, felt Bieber wasn't cypher-worthy, but solebody kept the 'Never Say Never' singer from taking part. Keep writing, Justin, and maybe you'll get your chance next year!</p> </div>