Even if that doesn’t happen, the Awards show should be hilarious, thanks to co-hosts Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer, who are nothing if not, er, entertaining.
The Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre June 25, though if you live in Los Angeles or elsewhere on the West Coast, you’ll have to watch it via tape delay. New categories added this year include the Viewer’s Choice for Best Video, which will be voted on at BET.com. Last year's awards show was the most-watched BET show in the network’s 22-year history, netting a 4.26 Nielsen rating (2.83 million households).
This year, BET is hoping that it will be a non-vanilla thrilla.
And the nominees are:
Best Group: 112, B2K, Destiny’s Child, Jagged Edge, OutKast.
Best Male R&B: Craig David, Jaheim, Maxwell, Musiq, Usher
Best Female R&B: Aaliyah, India.Arie, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Alicia Keys
Best Male Hip-Hop: Busta Rhymes, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Nas
Best Female Hip-Hop: Foxy Brown, Angie Martinez, Missy Elliott, Mystic, Trina
Best New Artist: Ashanti, B2K, Craig David, Alicia Keys, Tweet
Best Gospel Artist: Yolanda Adams, Kurt Carr, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, CeCe Winans
Best Video of the Year: Aaliyah ("Rock the Boat"), Busta Rhymes f/P. Diddy ("Pass the Courvosier"), Missy Elliott ("One Minute Man"), P. Diddy ("Bad Boy 4 Life") Usher ("You Got It Bad")
Viewer’s Choice: Aaliyah ("Rock the Boat"), B2K ("Uh Huh"), Ja Rule f/Ashanti ("Always on Time"), Lil’ Bow Wow ("Take YaHome"), Alicia Keys ("Fallin’")
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