Nicki Minaj was on hand at the 2011 BET Awards which were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles this past Sunday. The 26-year old rapper picked up the award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist during the show and had a hard time getting what she wanted to say across to the audience. Nicki started her speech by saying “Wow, I can’t believe I won,” which ended up getting some laughs from the crowd. She then said “That’s not what I mean!” But seriously, who else would have taken that trophy away from her considering the oh so stiff competition she had in the category?
2011 BET Awards Nominees & Winners
Video of the Year
* Chris Brown – Look At Me Now
Marsha Ambrosius – Far Away
B.O.B. – Airplanes
Keri Hilson – Pretty Girl Rock
Willow Smith – Whip My Hair
Kanye West – Runaway
Best Female R&B Artist
* Rihanna
Jennifer Hudson
Beyoncé
Marsha Ambrosius
Keri Hilson
Best Male R&B Artist
* Chris Brown
Cee-Lo Green
Bruno Mars
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Group
* Diddy Dirty Money
Cali Swag District
N.E.R.D.
New Boyz
Travis Porter
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
* Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Cymphonique
Lola Monroe
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
* Kanye West
B.o.B
Drake
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Best Collaboration
* Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look At Me Now”
B.o.B ft. Haley Williams of Paramore, “Airplanes”
Kanye West ft. Rihanna, “All of the Lights”
Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall, “Deuces”
Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale, “No Hands”
Rihanna ft. Drake, “What’s My Name”
Best New Artist
* Wiz Khalifa
J. Cole
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Willow Smith
YoungStars Award – TIE
* Jaden Smith
* Willow Smith
Shenell Edmonds
Keke Palmer
Diggy Simmons
Best Gospel
* Mary Mary
Byron Cage
Deitrick Haddon
Karen Clark Sheard
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Centric Award
* Marsha Ambrosius
Eric Benét
Cee-Lo Green
R. Kelly
Kem
Best International Act (Africa) – TIE
* 2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
* D’ Banj (Nigeria)
D-Black (Ghana)
Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
Angelique Kidjo (Benin)
Teargas (South Africa)
Best International Act (UK)
* Tinie Tempah
VV Brown
Chipmunk
Laura Izibor
Skepta
Tinchy Stryder
Best Actress
* Taraji P. Henson
Halle Berry
Regina King
Zoë Saldana
Kerry Washington
Best Actor
* Idris Elba
Laz Alonso
Chris Brown
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Best Movie
* For Colored Girls
Death at a Funeral
Takers
The Book of Eli
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, Too?
Sportswoman of the Year
* Serena Williams
Tamika Catchings
Candice Dupree
Maya Moore
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
* Michael Vick
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Derrick Rose
Viewers Choice Award
Chris Brown – Look at Me Now
Lifetime Achievement Award
Patti LaBelle
Humanitarian Awards
Steve Harvey
It has been confirmed that Justin Bieber is scheduled to make an appearance at the BET Awards. How could the most popular act in the music business not make an appearance at the annual hip hop and R&B award show anyway? Note my sarcasm. The 17-year old pop, I reiterate, pop singer joins a list of other artists including Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Drake, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, DJ Khaled and Jill Scott. If Chris Brown is performing, I’m willing to bet that Justin will perform alongside him with their collaboration “Next 2 You”.
Rihanna kicked off her “Loud” world tour this past Saturday in Baltimore, Maryland. Among her exciting and lengthy set list, the R&B singer performed her brand new and controversial single “Man Down”. After the premiere of the music video for the song, the US Parents Television Council immediately went out to accuse Rihanna that the video was “an apparent enticement to young women to turn to violence”. She has since addressed the issue on BET’s 106 & Park and on Twitter. And to shut it all out, Rihanna did a killer performance of “Man Down” during her concert. Work it!
Rihanna – Man Down – Performance Video
The 10th Annual BET Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah,
Drake, Trey Songz and P. Diddys Dirty Money were among the scheduled performers. See the winner list below:
BET Awards Winners Full List
Best Female R&B Artist
Alicia Keys *WINNER*
Beyonc
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Trey Songz *WINNER*
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Usher
Best Gospel
Marvin Sapp *WINNER*
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Vickie Winans
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Drake *WINNER*
B.o.B.
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best Group
Young Money *WINNER*
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Wale
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind *WINNER*
Beyonc f/ Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars Nothin On You
Drake & Trey Songz Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem Forever
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous Say Aah
Video of the Year
Beyonc f/ Lady Gaga Video Phone *WINNER*
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars Nothin On You
Melanie Fiona It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West Run This Town
Video Director of the Year
Hype Williams *WINNER*
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
YoungStars Award
Keke Palmer *WINNER*
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Viewers Choice Nominees
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy Hard *WINNER*
Beyonc Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Monica Everything To Me
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd Bedrock
Centric Award
Monica *WINNER*
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Sade
Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK) *WINNER*
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
KNAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Best Actress
MoNique *WINNER*
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor
Idris Elba *WINNER*
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington
Sportswoman of the Year
Serena Williams *WINNER*
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
LeBron James *WINNER*
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
Tiger Woods
Best Movie
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire *WINNER*
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jacksons This Is It
The Blindside
Kanye West is set to take the stage at the BET Awards on June 27. That would mark the rappers first awards show performance since interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs. Kanye is nominated for two BET awards including Video of the Year for Run This Town with Jay-Z and Rihanna. On Tuesday, he performed at 3 different high schools in the Chicago area as part of the Kanye West Foundations annual Stay in School event. Kanye also made an appearance at a Manhattan nightclub for a listening party featuring songs from his upcoming album Good Ass Job. Its about time he got back in the spotlight!
Justin Bieber has been nominated for a Black Entertainment Television award, earning a nomination in the Best New Artist category alongside Nicki Minaj, B.o.B., Young Money and Melanie Fiona. Stephen Hill, BETs President of Music Programming and Specials, says Bieber has crossed the color boundaries the same way that hip-hop has crossed the boundaries the other way for a number of years. He’s had rhythm in his music. He makes the type of music our audience likes. Im not entirely sure about all those things fitting the young pop singer but to each his own I guess. The fact that hes been mentored by Usher must have helped. Congratulations Justin!
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars Nothin on You
Drake featuring Trey Songz Successful
Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Eminem Forever
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous Say Aah
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Video of the Year
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars Nothin on You
Melanie Fiona It Kills Me
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna, Kanye West Run This Town
Viewers Choice
Beyonce Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Monica Everything to Me
Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy Hard
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous Say Aah
Young Money. Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga, featuring Lloyd Bedrock
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
KNAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
YoungStars
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Full winners list of 2009 BET Awards:
* Video of the Year: Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
* Best Male R&B Artist: Ne-Yo
* Best Female R&B Artist: Beyonce Knowles
* Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Lil Wayne
* Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: M.I.A.
* Best Group: DAY26
* Best New Artist: Keri Hilson
* Viewer’s Choice: T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
* Best Collaboration: Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
* Video Director of the Year: Benny Boom
* Centric Award: Jazmine Sullivan
* Best Gospel Artist: Mary Mary
* Best Actor: Will Smith
* Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson
* Best Male Athlete: LeBron James
* Best Female Athlete: Serena Williams
* Humanitarian Award: Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean
* Lifetime Achievement Award: The O’Jays
The singer will be performing at this year?s BET Awards together with her husband Jay-Z and other resounding names such as Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy. Beyonce herself is a favorite for some of the awards including favorite R&B female, video of the year and so on. Still, isn?t anybody thinking of giving Beyonce a ?super-duper-uber-pooper diva of the year? award. After all, she most likely deserves it more than anybody else, what with the fifty meter car rides and all. Really, it would be a real dang shame if Beyonce wasn?t honored for all of her talents at such prestigious events.
