This was highlighted by an amazing showing via
the winner of "Best Female R&B Artist", Alicia Keys.
Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton and Maxwell sang a number of classics, including "Let's Stay Together," "I'm So Tired of Being Alone" and more.
Chris Brown came correct, while T-Pain brought a boatload of people to the stage with his erratic performance. Lil Wayne also did his thing with T-Pain as he collaborated with him for "Lollipop" before performing "A Milli" to close out the evening.
Other performers and award presenters during the evening included a new, shapely Lil Kim, Rihanna, SWV, David Banner, En Vouge, Usher, Ciara, TLC, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Gabrielle Union and numerous others. If you missed it, it will be replayed Friday, June 27th at 7:30 p.m.
Below are the winners (in bold) of the 2008 BET Awards.
Best Female R&B Artist
Mary J. Blige
Mariah Carey
Keyshia Cole
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Raheem DeVaughn
J. Holiday
Ne-Yo
Trey Songz
Chris Brown
Best Group
Danity Kane
Day 26
Gnarles Barkley
Playaz Circle
UGK
Best Gospel Artist
The Clark Sisters
Deitrick Haddon
Marvin Sapp
Kirk Franklin
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Missy Elliott
Eve
Kid Sister
Lil Mama
Trina
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Common
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Snoop Dogg
Kanye West
Video of the Year
"The Way That I Love You" - Ashanti
"Honey" - Erykah Badu
"Just Fine" - Mary J. Blige
"Like You'll Never See Me Again" - Alicia Keys
"International Player's Anthem" - UGK & OUTKAST
"Good Life" - Kanye West featuring T-Pain
Best Director
Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Best Collaboration
"Kiss Kiss" - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
"Let It Go" - Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
"Low" - Flo-Rida featuring T-Pain
"I'm So Hood (The Remix)" - DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Young Jeezy,
Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe & Birdman
"Good Life" - Kanye West featuring T-Pain
Viewer's Choice
"No One" - Alicia Keys
"Lollipop" (featuring Static) - Lil’ Wayne
"Kiss Kiss" (featuring T-Pain - Chris Brown
"Let It Go" (featuring Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim) - Keyshia Cole
"Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)" - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
"No Air"(featuring Chris Brown) - Jordin Sparks
BETJ Award
Raheem DeVaughn
Chaka Khan
Ledisi
Jill Scott
Angie Stone
Best New Artist
Estelle
Flo-Rida
Chrisette Michelle
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
The-Dream
Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Queen Latifah
Jill Scott
Chandra Wilson
Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Terrence Howard
Denzel Washington
Best Female Athlete
Cheryl Ford
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Tamika Catchings
Best Male Athlete
LeBron James
Tiger Woods
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Chris Paul
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient 2008 - Al Green
Humanitarian Award Recipient 2008 -
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COMMENTS
Why do you say that? That was a real hot song and the video was good too. Go back and look at the videos that it was up against, and tell me which one should have beat it, cuz when I look, it's obvious the correct video won. PEACE Check me out Friday mornings from 11-1EST on The Livin' Large Morning Show at www.clubmegamix.com Listening to a freestyle by Lupe Fiasco
yu jus sound retard
international players anthem was a great video dat deserved to win
da best group was probly the easiest to predict lol
Man UGK deserved that award. That video was amazing so stop hating. The awards itself was mediocre. Kanye/Jeezy was cool, Luda's part was hot, Alicia Keys performance was cool. The gospel was cool too. Everything else I didn't even bother checking out.
International player's anthem was a great song and video
I wanna fuck Rihanna.
i feel yu on fuckin rihanna lol
ur a fuckinn joke if u say ugk dont deserve there awardss they came correct thiss year nd shiittty of what happend to my nigga pimpp but he free noww nd still gettin awardss
Gnarls Barkley shoulda won best group, but UGK did come hard. Common is nominated for BET Awards every year, and he never wins, what's the point? And they didn't even mention Lupe. WTH? Ego Trip vs The Cool. American Gangster vs The Cool? Man get outta here.
common is the token conscience rapper nomination. he ill as hell which means he'll probably never win. hope i'm wrong though abou him never winnin.
Ghostface should have been nominated for SOMETHING; he had the 2007 Hip-Hop Album of the Year.
Rihanna is just a pretty face (that I would fuck like Gethip said). But as far as talent goes she has none. She doesn't write her own material and she can't sing to save her life. Did yall see her performance?? She sounded like a dying hyena.
Homeboy that said UGK only won b/c of Pimp C, your an idiot. Their whole album was on point, and that video was banging.
I'm in love with Alicia Keys yall. Word to everything, I would wife that chick. And Lil Mama did get screwed. Missy has to be one of the most overrated rappers ever. I mean she got hits for days but Lil Mama would rap circles around her.
PS: I was surprised by Wayne's performance, he ripped it! .
ha ha its a good thing dat soulja boy didnt win shit..
ha ha its a good thing dat soulja boy didnt win shit..
is it me or were some of em up for last years award or was that some other award shit
MAN HIP HOP SUCKIN KAYNE DICK FAREAL
HE WOULD OF WON VIDEO TOO IF THY DIDNT GIVE IT TO UGK
HOW ND THE HELL DO U HAVE EVERYBODY THT COME ON THE STAGE TALKING BOUT HIS ALBUM
SELL AMILLION.5 IN ONE WEEK
THEN THT GOT HIM TO CLOSE OUT THE SHOW CAUSE THY KNO HE THE HOTTEST RAPPER OUT
THEN PLAY HIM FOR THE BEST HIP HOP ARTIST
WE ALL KNO WHO IM TALKIN BOUT
THTS SOME BULLSHIT BET PLAYED MY NIGGA WAYNE
SO FUCK B.E.T
THT NIGGA KAYNE EVEN WENT UP THERE ND ONLY TALKED ABOUT WAYNE
HE EVEN KNO HE SHOULDNT HAVE WON DAT BITCH
Excuse me!!!!
How in the fuck is Playaz Circle nominated for best group?
Have the standards really dropped that low?
the carter 3 just dropped itll be the highlight for next years awards the winners had already been decided beside the Viewers choice award thats y they had some old as songs on that shit
IMO:
Overall the award show was ok at best!
Best performances go to Alicia Keys & Co. , Al Green & Co.
Usher, and Chris Brown( past & present) with Ciara's jiggly ass (she's growin' up!)
The rest of the females sounded like shit!
DL stumbled over too many words and rushed too many of his "corny" jokes.
A lot of people didnt even bother to show up to the event!
It just wasnt as BIG as I thought it would be.
Lil' Mama definitely got robbed (cant believe I'm saying that).
Also did yall see how SWV put on like 300lbs???
All in all... it was nothing that you HAD to see.
~Be Eazy!
I hate all these Faggots wit G.o.a.t. in they screenname
but I have to admit dat 50 cent goat is alot funnier than the rest of em
Dont get me wrong he still a faggott and he should still kill himself
But he's funnier than the other losers!
^^^ thats probably true but you cant deny that international players anthem was a great video
You call that rigged because there paying tribute to pimp c with int' players anthem being video of the year? You can't be serious.
fuck u lil fuck boi cant i read comments without seeing ur dum-ass 1st,2nd. its fuckin childish lil boi no one fuckin cares if ur 2nd!!.....@smacc^^^^^
this is what i meant on the memphis bleak posts that this fuck should have his commentin priveleges revoked. he types worthless shit each time he posts.
congratulations to all the winners fuck it and the nominees too. if you nominated you still doin somethin right, just someone did it a lil better, theres always next year
man that shit look just about right
man i was lookin 4ward to Kanyes Part on that Put on but he ruined it wit that garbage ass vcoder shit he sounded horrible....but i think Ludacris and Wayne Came out wit sum fire at that award show
yea dey did
ciara was fuckin sexy as hell
lupe not even nominated for best hip hop artist
another thing to add to the long list of why bet sucks
fuck was that about? where is Lupe
i don't remember the last time i flipped the channel to BET, thats sad
Word what the fuck was these motherfuckers (BET) smokin'?
I dont think denzel shoulda won best actor or halle best actress and lil mama got robbed but everything else was on point
Best actor category was good, but c'mon Denzel did the damn thing in American Gangster, u can't front, and yes Lil Mama got fucking robbed. How the fuck did Missy win of all people?
Off of her name.
i didn't know missy had an album out last year
i dont remember missy puttin out shit as a matter a fact but one song and shit i aint hear it get hardly any radio play...n ice cube fuked up the boyz n tha hood reunion
Lil Mama got robbed, Missy never even dropped an album.Just like last year when Lupe lost "Best New Artist" to the fat chick from Dreamgirls. Best BET show I've seen though, and I ain't a fan of BET since Viacom bought them out and turned it to Black MTV. Hate to say it but no way Souljah oy should have lost to The Dream. Reminds me of when 50 lost to Evanesence at the Grammy's. Alicia Keys was my personal highlight followed by NeYo with the Jabawockees and then T-pain's performance. Keshia Cole and Lil Kim were the low point, followed by Jeezy and Ye doing "Put On," a song that just doesen't do it for me. Wayne had a nice performance, he'll be next year's Kanye winning everything, even though his album ain't as hot as Ye's. He has put out two MONSTER singles(A Milli, Lollipop) that are undeniable and should be enough to win big for him. Also, as much as I love Alicia, especially since she transformed to Pam Grier, I think Rihanna had a bigger year, she should have won on the strength of "Umbrella," alone, last year's "Irreplaceable." Better luck next year. All in all, a good show.
The best BET awards so far, I thought I was gonna get bored and turn.
swv has really aged, en vouge sounded and looked good though. Put on was lack-luster, the BET mics were real shitty durring that performance. Ne-Yo is the future of R&B, people are sleeping on him. Usher was outdone by both ne-yo and chris brown.
Cuba Gooding Jr. was high off his ass. Mel B looked good, for those wondering why eddie would have hit it, watch the show. lil mama was DEFINITELY robbed.
When you look back at the past year, you'll understand why kanye beat wayne. Kanye had a big year, wayne's is just getting started.
over all, I was entertained. It was sooooooo much better than past boring ass years. BET is still garbage, but they stepped their game up with the award show.
lil mama is fuckin garbage bruh shes a judge in a talent competition and shes has no talent AT ALL.shows u how shitty t.v. is theze dayz.^^
She may be garbage, but she had the biggest year as far as music is concerned out of the nominees on that list. Give credit where credit is due, personal bias aside.
Lets face it yall.
BET is just MTV with black faces.
The streets have nothing to do with it anymore.
BET is whack. Lupe not even nominated. Soulja Boi nominated twice. Some BS right there.
anytime souljaboy is nominated for anything hip hop is a travesty.
Bet suck.... No 50... no Game.. no Lupe.... no real artists.
Oh and those of you who are like.. 50 Cent? Fuck that... 50 is still hard in the streets and hes still making good music... TOS is an example of that.
I would like to see Lupe on that list along with Game and a few others.
Where the fuck was Bob Johnson?
Oh yeah, he's a fucking coon sell out so of course he wasn't in there!
Obama 08
Why is Bob Johnson a sellout?
trina or lil mama shulda won n DEF not Missy ass..... put on waz performed wack az hell wit no energy.... keisha cole performance waz shitty oviously if dat waz da only one i waz n da bathroom for..... wayne killed hiz performance..... nelly waz straight, bettr dan i thought it wuld b..... ciara waz sexy az fuck n chris brown did gud.... neyo performance waz da best one, or da second next to alicia keys.... ashanti waz bad azz fuck, dem leggz b..... kanye west shulda got dat best hip hop award only cuz he didnt get it last year cuz ti got it, ithink.... dat only meanz dat wayne shuld get it nex yr... only fair... i thought wayne shuld of got it bcuz of hiz hardwork... lolz but real talk, 50 shuld of ben n it n sum type of way... n lupe iz cold but wen it cumz to diz commercial azz shit, i dnt think he shulda been nominated on sum real a1 shit.... mayb da hiphop awards.... i still dnt kno y jay waz nominated but ok.... i jjus think da media gon stay on jayz n alicia keys dick n shit... n i still dnt kno y missy n dream wasnt dere??? wat da fuck was dey doin.... rick ross wasnt nominated n shit n plies wasnt even dere n shit.... datz fucked up.... jus da same people n da same shit ova n ova again... neyo n get shit, keisha cole n get shit..... da muthafucking media muthafuckaz b on sum safe scary shit n dnt let da quality of shit evolve n shit... but im getting tired of people saying hiphop iz dead n shit cuz sum a small group of people said dat offensive statement.... dey sound iggnorant azz fuck to say sumbody iz killing hip hop wen deez people r making and keepin it known n healthy n strong n da media... effecting othr culturez n wat not... i dnt even blog but im clownin wit my niggaz n females for bout 2 hourz while i type diz unnessesary[idk spelling] shit...
sum it up please^
man that Al green dedication was in my opinon hot as fuck Maxwell did his muthfuckin thang on that shit
dat shit was in la right........ no game dat was fucked up....
What about Cuba Gooding Jr. winning for drunkest person on stage?
Nah Cuba won the, "Setting Black Folks Back 80 Years Award". You might as well just put a black face on him and give him tap dancing shoes.
Big up to Kanye West but I am tired of this fucking cry baby getting awards for shit over people who deserve it. They just give him awards to shut his gay ass up.
Props to UGK for taking home those deserving awards. Highlight of the night ----> Alicia Keys in those jeans, looking SOOOOO MEEEEAAAANNNNNN!
Rihanna SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST
I agree just on the strength of her album vs. Alicia's. not that she has more talent than Alicia (we know she doesn't) but she was hotter this past year.
bet awards suck, bet suck in general. the bet awards have damn near same niggas every year for nominations. niggas that even put out no new shit. this should tell something about the state of commercial/maintstream black music and music in general, these labels keep puttin out some pop tart, marketing scheme, ring tone sales bullshit.
Ill give it a 9 out of 10. Usher was wack(lip singing). Neyo killed it! T-Pain is weird as fuck(this nigga walked slow as fuck to get his award. And don't warrie bout common at the rate he goin he gon win best actor next year. Didn't c wezzy but I heard he killed it. It was the best 1 so far by far! I feel 4 lil momma. And fuck 50 n dem they are so played out! The should've won best beefers! Lol wezzy should've won best artis hands down! I know 50 year old people that walk around singgin lolipop. And flo rida should've won the best collab. That low song killed the charts somethin serious. Oh yeah I fell 4 lupe too!
co-sign that usher thing he didn't sing a word of that song T-pain can perform his azz off tho along with neyo and chris breezy(light skin is bacc) yes yes we are if we even left... besides wacc azz usher the show was pretty good besides weezy and his feminine tendencies.
WAT DA FUCK DOES KOBE HAVE TO DO WIT BET lol
niggaz iz so stupid lmao
AYO KOBE NIGGA TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE
DEY SAID SHAQ GAVE A BITCH A MILL
I DIDNT CUZ MY NAME Shaquille
lmaooo
It was a good show overall, but it seems that all the awards shows today dont seem to be what they used to.
on another note, Miguel Cotto will beat the shit out of Floyd, so to the nigga \who said he was invinsible SORRY!!!
"the show was pretty good besides weezy and his feminine tendencies."
Lol...did he do the eye-roll again?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmewPQ2Qebg
They've got some of this shit wrong...video of the year should be Good Life, Best Collabo should be Kiss Kiss and Best New Artists should have been given to Estelle or Christette Michelle
I liked the awards, Keyshia Coles looked dumb sexy, and Chris Brown and Ciara performance wuz sweet. But dey didn't nominate my dude Lupe for nothin, no respect. Learn it.
ReDef.
Having not seen the show, but seeing the nominations and eventual winners.. this shit looks highly.. well, rigged. I'm sorry. How can can Kanye win an award over Jay-Z.. at being the best at something. Maybe the best "Cry Over Not Winning An Award" award.. but they ain't have that.. so how is Kanye winnin' that? but he did outsell 50 this year... so i guess it's.. justified in a sense. I don't know BET Awards are pretty much just played out.. i used to care.. but sadly.. not anymore.
Where da fuk was my nigga Lupe! He's the best in the game. This shit was rigged!
Fuck award shows
How kanye win that?
because Ka