{"id":17029,"date":"2016-06-28T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T09:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desihiphop.com\/?p=17029"},"modified":"2016-08-18T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T12:43:40","slug":"16th-bet-annual-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/16th-bet-annual-awards\/281502","title":{"rendered":"16th BET annual Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>16th annual<\/strong> <strong>BET Awards<\/strong> show aired live Sunday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.\u00a0The show, which honors artists, actors and athletes across 20 categories, also featured tributes to Prince by a slew of artists, including <strong>Jennifer Hudson<\/strong> and <strong>Stevie Wonder<\/strong>, and a surprise performance by <strong>Beyonce<\/strong> and <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17053\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17053\" title=\"beyonce kendrick lamar bet annual awards\" src=\"http:\/\/desihiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/beyonce-kendrick-lamar-bet-awards.jpg\" alt=\"beyonce kendrick lamar bet annual awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/beyonce-kendrick-lamar-bet-awards.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/beyonce-kendrick-lamar-bet-awards-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyonce &amp; Kendrick Lamar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BET Awards Pay Tribute to <strong>Prince<\/strong> With <strong>The Roots<\/strong>, <strong>Stevie Wonder<\/strong>, <strong>Maxwell<\/strong>, <strong>Erykah Badu<\/strong>, <strong>Sheila E.<\/strong> &amp; More.\u00a0For me personally the highlight was Grey&#8217;s Anatomy star Jesse Williams was given the Humanitarian Award, he also delivered a spectacular Black Lives Matter speech, while Samuel L. Jackson received the Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ww9HmAdy0vc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A complete of winners is below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Female R&amp;B\/Pop Artist &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\nBeyonce (WINNER)<br \/>\nAdele<br \/>\nAndra Day<br \/>\nK. Michelle<br \/>\nRihanna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Male R&amp;B\/Pop Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nBryson Tiller (WINNER)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/desihiphop.com\/chris-brown-scared-tour-manager-high-on-drugs\/341704\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown<\/a><br \/>\nJeremih<br \/>\nThe Weeknd<br \/>\nTyrese<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Group<\/strong><br \/>\nDrake &amp; Future (WINNER)<br \/>\n2 Chainz &amp; Lil Wayne<br \/>\nPuff Daddy &amp; the Family<br \/>\nRae Sremmurd<br \/>\nThe Internet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Collaboration<\/strong><br \/>\nRihanna ft. Drake &#8211; &#8220;Work&#8221; (WINNER)<br \/>\nBig Sean ft. Chris Brown &amp; Ty Dolla $ign &#8211; &#8220;Play No Games&#8221;<br \/>\nBig Sean ft. Kanye West &amp; John Legend &#8211; &#8220;One Man Can Change the World&#8221;<br \/>\nFuture ft. Drake &#8211; &#8220;Where Ya At&#8221;<br \/>\nNicki Minaj ft. Beyonce &#8211; &#8220;Feeling Myself&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Male Hip Hop Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nDrake (WINNER)<br \/>\nFetty Wap<br \/>\nFuture<br \/>\nJ. Cole<br \/>\nKanye West<br \/>\nKendrick Lamar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Female Hip Hop Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nNicki Minaj (WINNER)<br \/>\nDej Loaf<br \/>\nLil Kim<br \/>\nMissy Elliott<br \/>\nRemy Ma<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nBeyonce &#8211; &#8220;Formation&#8221; (WINNER)<br \/>\nBryson Tiller &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t&#8221;<br \/>\nDrake &#8211; &#8220;Hotline Bling&#8221;<br \/>\nKendrick Lamar &#8211; &#8220;Alright&#8221;<br \/>\nRihanna ft. Drake &#8211; &#8220;Work&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Director of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector X (WINNER)<br \/>\nBenny Boom<br \/>\nChris Brown<br \/>\nColin Tilley and the Little Homies<br \/>\nHype Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best New Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nBryson Tiller (WINNER)<br \/>\nAlessia Cara<br \/>\nAndra Day<br \/>\nKehlani<br \/>\nTory Lanez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel\/Inspirational Award<\/strong><br \/>\nKirk Franklin (WINNER)<br \/>\nAnthony Brown &amp; Group Therapy<br \/>\nErica Campbell<br \/>\nLecrae<br \/>\nTamela Mann<br \/>\nTasha Cobbs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actress<\/strong><br \/>\nTaraji P. Henson (WINNER)<br \/>\nGabrielle Union<br \/>\nKerry Washington<br \/>\nTracee Ellis Ross<br \/>\nViola Davis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actor<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael B. Jordan (WINNER)<br \/>\nAnthony Anderson<br \/>\nCourtney B. Vance<br \/>\nIdris Elba<br \/>\nO&#8217;Shea Jackson Jr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YoungStars Award<\/strong><br \/>\nAmandla Stenberg (WINNER)<br \/>\nQuvenzhane Wallis<br \/>\nSilento<br \/>\nWillow Smith<br \/>\nYara Shahidi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Movie<\/strong><br \/>\nStraight Outta Compton (WINNER)<br \/>\nBeasts of No Nation<br \/>\nConcussion<br \/>\nCreed<br \/>\nDope<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportswoman of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena Williams (WINNER)<br \/>\nCheyenne Woods<br \/>\nGabrielle Douglas<br \/>\nSkylar Diggins<br \/>\nVenus Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportsman of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nStephen Curry (WINNER)<br \/>\nCam Newton<br \/>\nKobe Bryant<br \/>\nLeBron James<br \/>\nOdell Beckham Jr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coca-Cola Viewers\u2019 Choice Award<\/strong><br \/>\nBeyonce &#8211; &#8220;Formation&#8221; (WINNER)<br \/>\nBryson Tiller &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t&#8221;<br \/>\nChris Brown &#8211; &#8220;Back to Sleep&#8221;<br \/>\nDrake &#8211; &#8220;Hotline Bling&#8221;<br \/>\nFuture ft. Drake &#8211; &#8220;Where Ya At&#8221;<br \/>\nRihanna ft. Drake &#8211; &#8220;Work&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Centric Award<\/strong><br \/>\nBeyonce &#8211; &#8220;Formation&#8221; (WINNER)<br \/>\nAndra Day &#8211; &#8220;Rise Up&#8221;<br \/>\nK. Michelle &#8211; &#8220;Not a Little Bit&#8221;<br \/>\nRihanna &#8211; &#8220;BBHMM&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Internet &#8211; &#8220;Under Control&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best International Act Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nWizkid (Nigeria)<br \/>\nAKA (South Africa)<br \/>\nBlack Coffee (South Africa) (WINNER)<br \/>\nCassper Nyovest (South Africa)<br \/>\nDiamond Platnumz (Tanzania)<br \/>\nMzvee (Ghana)<br \/>\nSerge Beynaud (Cote D&#8217;Ivoire)<br \/>\nYemi Alade (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best International Act UK<\/strong><br \/>\nSkepta (WINNER)<br \/>\nKano<br \/>\nKrept &amp; Konan<br \/>\nLianne La Havas<br \/>\nStormzy<br \/>\nTinie Tempah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 16th annual BET Awards show aired live Sunday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.\u00a0The show, which honors artists, actors and athletes across 20 categories, also featured tributes to Prince by a slew of artists, including Jennifer Hudson&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":17052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[11400,10858,883,818,11017,6411,9237,11399,9432,9395],"class_list":["post-17029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos","tag-16th-annual-bet-awards","tag-bet-awards","tag-beyonce","tag-drake","tag-entertainment","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-los-angeles","tag-microsoft-theater","tag-missy-elliot","tag-straight-outta-compton"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsoftwaresolution.com\/desihiphop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}