BET awards

Alicia Keys took on the role of maestro at the 2011 BET Awards, standing on top of a piano during her performance, leading an orchestra to play the backing sounds to a new song she debuted. 'Typewriter' is the jam's title and the lyrics were ever-present during her set...

Nicki Minaj beat out the lackluster competition during Sunday night's (June 26) 2011 BET Awards, scoring the top award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Grabbing Drake and her Young Money boss Lil Wayne by the hand, she accepted the honor, dressed in a plum-colored dress and black bob...

Chris Brown's Twitter antics have kept him in the headlines but his artistry is what garnered him a top honor at the 2011 BET Awards on Sunday (June 26). The platinum-haired crooner scored the accolade for Best Male R&B Artist. He bested acts like Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, Trey Songz and Usher. "...

This year's BET awards is shaping up to a be a star-studded event with the network announcing that Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber have been added to the list of attendees at the show airing this weekend. The three music superstars will rub shoulders with the likes of Queen Latifah, Trey Songz, Drake, and Patti LaBelle, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award commemorating her mo

R&B group SWV hasn't released an album in over a decade but the trio showed love to the new school, jumping on Chris Bown's 'She Ain't You' remix. The track, which samples SWV's single 'Right Here,' and originally samples from Michael Jackson's 'Human Nature,' finds the singers performing with the same chemistry that shot them to fame in the early '90s. C...

Last year, Chris Brown's moving Michael Jackson tribute performance at the BET Awards left him in tears, and it looks like the singer is ready to take another shot on the awards show stage. Brown has been named as the latest performer at this year's ceremony, and has also received six nominations...

Soul legend Patti LaBelle has been announced as an honoree at the 2011 BET Awards. The 67-year-old 'Lady Marmalade' singer will be presented with the prestigious BET Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her more than five decades in the music industry, working with her '60s soul group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, '70s rock-influenced female vocal group Labelle, to her solo 'New Attitu

Solidifying his comeback, Chris Brown is a frontrunner for the 2011 BET Awards, leading the pack of hip-hop, soul and R&B artists with six nominations, including Best Male R&B Artist. Last year, Brown stole the show, emerging from his post-Rihanna fallout to perform a medley of Michael Jackson hits in honor of the late pop icon. The pe...

Nicki Minaj continues to rack up accolades for her work, scoring four solo nods at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards. Minaj is nominated for Rookie of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and in the Made-You-Look category, which recognizes her eclectic style...

As the BET Awards talk winds down, the one complaint critics have made is the notable absence of a tribute to fallen rap legend Guru of Gang Starr. Blogger J-Smooth went as far as noting, "What I learned watching the BET Awards: apparently Chris Brown is completely redeemed, and Guru is completely forgotten...