On Sunday night, the King of R&B was less like “Yeah! Yeah!” and more like “No! NO!” During the annual BET Awards, Usher, the aesthetically pleasing aesthete featured in horny ads and hornier Super Bowl performances, was scheduled to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the network. But during the live telecast, parts of his acceptance speech — for what was intended to be the honor of his career — wound up muted, according to USA Today.