The recap of the 2023 BET awards.
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The BET Awards is once here again for the 23rd time this century being held on Sunday 25th of June 2023 in Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles CA to celebrate the best of Entertainment and award the achievement of people in the sector of Sports, Music, Television and Movies in the Black race. The nominations were announced on June 8 with Drake having the highest number of nominations with seven, GloRilla with six, Lizzo and 21 Savage with five, and Beyonce, Burna Boy, Ice Spice, Chris Brown, and SZA with Four. Also, The Viewers Choice Awards category is back Since the 2021 BET awards but not on the last year's awards.
This year's performers were announced on June 15 and on June 23rd, 2023 it was announced that rapper Busta Rhymes the nominee of the Lifetime Achievement Award, will also be the recipient and Patti Labelle will perform a tribute to the late Tina Turner.
The List of Performances.
There were 21 Performances in the awards that were announced on June 15.
Lil Uzi Vert: "Just Wanna Rock"
The Sugarhill Gang, MC Lyte, D-Nice, Big Daddy Kane: "Rapper's Delight", "Cha Cha Cha", "Call Me D-Nice", "Raw".
Latto: "Put it on da Floor"
Warren G, Yo-Yo, Tyga, E-40: "Regulate", "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo", "Rack City", "Tell Me When To Go"
Coco Jones: "ICU"
Davido: "Feel", "Unavailable"
Quavo, Offset: "Hotel Lobby(Unc & Phew)", "Bad and Boujee"
Trick Daddy, Trina, Uncle Luke: "Nann Nigga", "I Wanna Rock(Doo Doo Brown)"
Chief Keef, Ying Yang Twins: "Faneto", "Wait(The Whisper Song)"
Doechii, Trillville: "Booty Drop" "What it is(Block Boy)" "Some Cut"
Jeezy, TI, Master P: "Dey Know", "24s", "Make 'Em Say Uhh!"
Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Redman: "Music" "The Most Beautiful Thing in This World"
Doug E. Fresh, Mad Lion, Patra, Vicious: "Take it Easy"
GloRilla: "Lick or Sum"
Mad Skillz: Hip Hop 50 Spoken Word Tribute
Patti Labelle: "The Best" (Tribute to Tina Turner)
Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Fabolous, Styles, Ja Rule: "All The Way Up", "Breathe", "Good Times", "Put It On Me"
Ice Spice: "Munch(Feelin U)", "Princess Diana", "In Ha Mood"
Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma, Coi Leray, BIA, Cutty Ranks, Dexta Daps, M.O.P, Rah Digga, Scar Lip, Spice, Super Cat, Swizz Beatz: "Medley", "Ante Up", "Break Ya Neck", "Touch it", "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See", "This is New York", "Players", "Beach Ball" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part 2"
69 Boyz, DJ Unk, Fast Life, Yungstaz, Kid 'n Play, Soulja Boy: "Tootsee Roll", "Crank That(Soulja Boy)", "Swag Surfin"
(BET Amplified Stage) Lola Brooke: "Don't Play with it"
(BET Amplified Stage) Kali: "Area Codes"
List of nominees and winners.
Now the list of the distinguished winners and nominees of the awards:
Album of the Year:
"Anyways, Life's Great" - GloRilla
"Breezy" -Chris Brown
"God Did" -DJ Khaled
"Her Loss" -Drake & 21 Savage
"Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" -Kendrick Lamar
"Renaissance" - Beyoncé -WINNER (TIE)
“SOS" -SZA -WINNER (TIE)
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist:
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
HER
Lizzo
SZA – WINNER
Tems
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist:
Blxst
Brent Faiyaz
Burna Boy
Chris Brown - WINNER -TIE
Drake
The Weeknd
Usher - WINNER -TIE
Best Group:
City Girls
Drake & 21 Savage - WINNER
Dvsn
Flo
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Quavo & Takeoff
WanMor
Best Collaboration:
“Big Energy (Remix)” – Latto, Mariah Carey Feat. DJ Khaled
“Boy's a liar” – PinkPantheress & Ice Spice “
"Call Me Every Day” – Chris Brown Feat. WizKid
“Can't Stop, Won't Stop” – King Combs Feat. Kodak Black
“Creepin'” – 21 Savage, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd
“FNF (Let's Go)” – Hitkidd & GloRilla
“Tomorrow 2” – GloRilla & Cardi B
“WAIT FOR U” – Future Feat. Drake & Tems – WINNER
Best Female Hip Hop Artist:
Cardi B
Coi Leray
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Latto – WINNER
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Best Male Hip Hop Artist:
21 Savage
Drake
Future
J.Cole
Jack Harlow
Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Lil Baby
Video of the Year:
“WE (Warm Embrace)” – Chris Brown
“2 Million Up” – Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey Feat. Rob49
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
"Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
“First Class” – Jack Harlow
“Kill Bill" – SZA – WINNER
“Tomorrow 2” – GloRilla & Cardi B
Video Director of the Year:
A$AP Rocky for AWGE
Benny Boom
Burna Boy
Cole Bennett
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
DIRECTOR X
Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor – WINNER
Best New Artist:
Ambré Coco Jones – WINNER
Doechii
Flo
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Lola Brooke
Dr. Bobby Jones
Best Gospel/Inspiration:
“Bless Me ” – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin – WINNER
“Finished (Live)” – Tamela Mann
“I've Got Joy” – CeCe Winans
“Kingdom” – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
“New – Tye Tribbett ” One Moment From Glory ” – Yolanda Adams
“The Better Benediction (pt.2)” – PJ Morton Feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le'Andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Audience Choice Award:
“BREAK MY SOUL ” – Beyoncé – WINNER
“Jimmy Cooks” – Drake Feat 21 Savage
“Kill Bill” – SZA
“First Class” – Jack Harlow
“Super Freaky Girl” – Nicki Minaj
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
“Last Last” – Burna Boy
“WAIT FOR U” – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
Best International Artist:
Aya Nakamura (France)
Ayra Starr (Nigeria)
Burna Boy (Nigeria) – WINNER
Central Cee (UK)
Ella Mai (UK)
KO – (South Africa)
L7NNON (Brazil)
Stormzy (UK)
Tiakola ( France)
Uncle Waffles (South Africa)
Viewer's Choice: Best International Newcomer:
Asake (Nigeria)
Camidoh (Ghana)
Flo (UK)
Libianca (Cameroon) – WINNER
Maureen (France)
MC Ryan SP (Brazil)
Pabi Cooper (South Africa)
Raye (UK)
Werenoi ( France)
BET She:
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
“Boy's a liar” – PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
“BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyoncé – WINNER
“Her” – Megan Thee Stallion
“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ” – Music by and inspired by Rihanna and Ludwig Göransson
“Players” – Coi Leray
“Special” – Lizzo
Best Movies:
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" - WINNER
"Creed 3"
"Emancipation"
"No, Don't Look"
"The Woman King"
"Till"
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody - The Whitney Houston Story"
Best Actor:
Amin Joseph Joseph
Brian Tyree Henry
Damson Idris – WINNER
Daniel Kaluuya
Demetrius Flenory Jr.
Donald Glover
Michael B. Jordan
Best Actress:
Angela Bassett – WINNER
Coco Jones
Janelle James
Janelle Monáe
Keke Palmer
Viola Davis
Zendaya
Young Star Award:
Akira Akbar
Alaya High
Demi Singleton
Genesis Denise Hale
Marsai Martin – WINNER
Thaddeus J. Mixson
Dylan Gilmer
Sportsman of the Year Award (Women):
Alexis Morris
Allyson Felix
Angel Reese – WINNER
Candace Parker
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
Sha'Carri Richardson
Sportsman of the Year Award (Men):
Aaron Judge
Bubba Wallace
Gervonta Davis
Jalen Hurts – WINNER
LeBron James
Patrick Mahomes
Stephen Curry
The Red Carpet/The main event Summary.
This year's awards are to celebrate 50 years of the existence of Hip Hop and many celebrities are to show on the red carpet to take some pictures in the background of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop. Many celebrities and legends came out on the red carpet some being the debut on the American red carpet like UK artists FLO and PinkPantheress even some came like a couple like Summer Walker and Lil Meech. The List of artists who came as guests and also came for the red carpet are Rae Sremmurd, Summer Walker, DaBaby, Moneybagg Yo, Boosie, Victoria Monét, Blxst and NLE Choppa.
Quavo and Offset once again reunite for the performance of "Hotel Lobby (Unc & Phew)" and their classic hit "Bad and Boujee". Also, other artists from different decades came out to perform to celebrate the 50 years of the genre's legacy like Lil Uzi Vert with his hit from November of 2022: "Just Wanna Rock " and an unreleased song from his long-time project "Pink Tape" which is out now and Ice Spice with her hit singles in her first time BET show performance. And Busta Rhymes received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Swizz Beatz and Marlon Wayans.
Beyoncé and SZA had the majority of the awards with Three each with Beyoncé album: "Renaissance" and SZA's "SOS" having a tie, Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" won both the Viewer's Choice and BET Her awards and SZA winning Video of the Year with her music video: "Kill Bill" and Winning the best female R&B/Pop Artist
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