Today, BET announces that Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actor, filmmaker and philanthropist Taraji P. Henson will host the 2021 BET AWARDS and GRAMMY award-winning musician, critically acclaimed Golden Globe winning and Academy Award nominated actor Queen Latifah will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement BET Award.
The 2021 BET AWARDS will air LIVE on, Monday 28 June on BETAfrica (DStv channel 129) at 01:00 WAT. You can also catch the repeat at 18:00 WAT on the same day.
“The 2021 BET Awards theme, _The year of Black Women_ is a
celebration to honour trailblazing black women across the globe,” said
Monde Twala, SVP at BET International. “Now in its twenty-first year,
the BET AWARDS continues its reign as the platform to showcase black
female excellence and shine a light on culture as the driving force
for social change.”
“Black women have been essential drivers of change throughout
history, from the political sphere to the cultural zeitgeist,” said
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at
BET. “The BET AWARDS is the ultimate celebration of Black culture,
and we are looking forward to spotlighting and celebrating Black women
during this year’s show, recognizing them for everything they’ve
accomplished and applauding them for what’s to come.”
Taraji P. Henson most recently wrapped her iconic run as “Cookie
Lyon” on Fox’s hit musical drama EMPIRE, which has earned her
three Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics Choice Award,
and three BET Awards. She portrayed NASA mathematician Katherine G.
Johnson in the Academy Award nominated film HIDDEN FIGURES, as well as
lent her voice to Disney’s RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: WRECK-IT RALPH
2. In 2018, she launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in
honour of her late father. The organisation provides scholarships to
African-American students majoring in mental health disciplines,
offers mental health services to youth in urban schools, and works to
lower the recidivism rates of African-American men and women. Henson,
along with her best friend and foundation partner, Tracie Jade,
recently co-hosted the Facebook Watch series on mental health called
PEACE OF MIND WITH TARAJI, for which they received a Daytime Emmy
Award nomination for “Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.”
Additionally, the BET AWARDS will be honouring Queen Latifah
with this year’s Lifetime Achievement BET Award. Latifah has had
amazing success since her career began in Hollywood and became the
first hip-hop artist to be crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame in 2006. She received rave reviews, industry recognition, and
accolades for her roles in feature musical CHICAGO and cable films
LIFE SUPPORT and BESSIE, which she also produced. Additionally,
Latifah starred in the hit comedy GIRLS TRIP and has also taken to the
stage and small screen as the title character in the television
musical, THE WIZ LIVE!. Flavor Unit Entertainment, the production
company owned and operated by Latifah and Shakim Compere, was behind
the hit comedies, BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, BEAUTY SHOP, and THE
PERFECT HOLIDAY. Latifah currently stars in and is an executive
producer on the CBS series reboot of THE EQUALIZER, which quickly
became TV’s #1 scripted series this year.
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at
BET will oversee The “BET Awards” 2021 and serve as Executive
Producer along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment.
Voting for the 2021 BET AWARDS ‘Viewer’s Choice Award’ is now
open here [4]. BET.com/betawards is the official site for the “BET
Awards” and will have all the latest news and updates about this
year’s show.
The 2021 BET AWARDS will air LIVE, Monday 28 June on BETAfrica
(DStv channel 129) at 01:00 WAT. You can also catch the repeat at
18:00 WAT on the same day.
The previously announced nominees for the 2021 BET AWARDS are:
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
AYA NAKAMURA (FRANCE)
BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)
DIAMOND PLATNUMZ (TANZANIA)
EMICIDA (BRAZIL)
HEADIE ONE (UK)
WIZKID (NIGERIA)
YOUNG T & BUGSEY (UK)
YOUSSOUPHA (FRANCE)
VIEWER’S CHOICE – BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL
ELAINE (South Africa)
ARLO PARKS (UK)
BRAMSITO (France)
BREE RUNWAY (UK)
TEMS (Nigeria)
MC DRICKA (Brazil)
RONISIA (France)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
AFTER HOURS – THE WEEKND
BLAME IT ON BABY – DABABY
GOOD NEWS – MEGAN THEE STALLION
HEAUX TALES – JAZMINE SULLIVAN
KING’S DISEASE – NAS
UNGODLY HOUR – CHLOE X HALLE
BEST COLLABORATION
CARDI B FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
DABABY FT. RODDY RICCH – ROCKSTAR
DJ KHALED FT. DRAKE – POPSTAR
JACK HARLOW FT. DABABY, TORY LANEZ & LIL WAYNE – WHATS POPPIN (REMIX)
MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. DABABY – CRY BABY
POP SMOKE FT. LIL BABY & DABABY – FOR THE NIGHT
BEST FEMALE R&B / POP ARTIST
BEYONCÉ
H.E.R.
JAZMINE SULLIVAN
JHENÉ AIKO
SUMMER WALKER
SZA
BEST MALE R&B / POP ARTIST
6LACK
ANDERSON .PAAK
CHRIS BROWN
GIVEON
TANK
THE WEEKND
BEST NEW ARTIST
COI LERAY
FLO MILLI
GIVEON
JACK HARLOW
LATTO
POOH SHIESTY
BEST GROUP
21 SAVAGE & METRO BOOMIN
CHLOE X HALLE
CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG
CITY GIRLS
MIGOS
SILK SONIC
BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST
CARDI B
COI LERAY
DOJA CAT
MEGAN THEE STALLION
LATTO
SAWEETIE
BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST
DABABY
DRAKE
J. COLE
JACK HARLOW
LIL BABY
POP SMOKE
DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
BEBE WINANS – IN JESUS NAME
CECE WINANS – NEVER LOST
H.E.R. – HOLD US TOGETHER
KIRK FRANKLIN – STRONG GOD
MARVIN SAPP – THANK YOU FOR IT ALL
TAMELA MANN – TOUCH FROM YOU
BET HER AWARD
ALICIA KEYS FT. KHALID – SO DONE
BRANDY FT. CHANCE THE RAPPER – BABY MAMA
BRI STEVES – ANTI QUEEN
CHLOE X HALLE – BABY GIRL
CIARA FT. ESTER DEAN – ROOTED
SZA – GOOD DAYS
VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD
CARDI B FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG – GO CRAZY
DABABY FT. RODDY RICCH – ROCKSTAR
DJ KHALED FT. DRAKE – POPSTAR
DRAKE FT. LIL DURK – LAUGH NOW CRY LATER
LIL BABY – THE BIGGER PICTURE
MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. BEYONCÉ – SAVAGE (REMIX)
SILK SONIC – LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
CARDI B – UP
CARDI B FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
CHLOE X HALLE – DO IT
CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG – GO CRAZY
DRAKE FT. LIL DURK – LAUGH NOW CRY LATER
SILK SONIC – LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
BENNY BOOM
BRUNO MARS AND FLORENT DÉCHARD
COLE BENNETT
COLIN TILLEY
DAVE MEYERS
HYPE WILLIAMS
BEST MOVIE
COMING 2 AMERICA
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
SOUL
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
BEST ACTRESS
ANDRA DAY
ANGELA BASSETT
ISSA RAE
JURNEE SMOLLETT
VIOLA DAVIS
ZENDAYA
BEST ACTOR
ALDIS HODGE
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
DAMSON IDRIS
DANIEL KALUUYA
EDDIE MURPHY
LAKEITH STANFIELD
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
ALEX R. HIBBERT
ETHAN HUTCHISON
LONNIE CHAVIS
MARSAI MARTIN
MICHAEL EPPS
STORM REID
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
A’JA WILSON
CANDACE PARKER
CLARESSA SHIELDS
NAOMI OSAKA
SERENA WILLIAMS
SKYLAR DIGGINS-SMITH
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
KYRIE IRVING
LEBRON JAMES
PATRICK MAHOMES
RUSSELL WESTBROOK
RUSSELL WILSON
STEPHEN CURRY
