The 10th Annual BET Awards was held last night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
Hosted by Queen Latifah, the star studded event featured performances from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Diddy, Rick Ross, Eminem, T.I.,Drake and B.o.B. just to name a few from the Hip-Hop realm.
Other highlights included a tribute to Prince as well as performances from R&B greats El DeBarge and Denise Williams and Chris Brown’s touching tribute to Michael Jackson.
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Winners included Nicki Minaj who took home the award for “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” and Drake for “Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.”
Nicki Minaj also took home the “Best New Artist” award while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys won
“Best Collaboration” for “Empire State of Mind.”
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- Best Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keys
- Best Male R&B Artist: Trey Songz
- Best Female Hip Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
- Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Drake
- Best New Artist: Nicki Minaj
- Best Gospel: Marvin Sapp
- Best Group: Young Money
- Best Collaboration: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
- Video of the Year: Beyonce Knowles (featuring Lady GaGa) – “Video Phone”
- Best Actress: Mo’Nique
- Best Actor: Idris Elba
- Best Movie: “Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire”
- Youngstars Award: Keke Palmer
- Subway Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams
- Subway Sportsman of the Year: LeBron James
- Viewer’s Choice: Rihanna (featuring Young Jeezy) – “Hard”
- Best International Act: Dizzee Rascal (U.K.)
- Centric Award: Monica
- Fandemonium Award: Chris Brown
