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BET has partnered with HBCU Buzz, Live Nation Urban, and Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote to launch the “Vote Loud: HBCU Voter Registration Challenge.” The initiative encourages students, alumni, professors, and community members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to register to vote and mobilize their communities ahead of the 2024 election. Participants […]
BET announced a major addition to Culture’s Biggest Night, BET Awards 2024. Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and multiplatinum, 4-time GRAMMY-winning recording artist Will Smith will debut a new original song LIVE at BET Awards 2024. Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor, author, director, producer, and philanthropist Taraji P. Henson will return to host, and GRAMMY […]
The BET Awards 2024 on June 30 will feature a “Best New Artist” category for emerging talents making a significant impact in music. The nominees are 41, 4Batz, Ayra Starr, Bossman Dlow, Fridayy, October London, Tyla, and Sexyy Red. 4Batz, a Dallas-based singer-songwriter, has been endorsed by Kanye West. The rap group 41, consisting of […]
“ComicView” has historically served as a launching pad for many successful Black comedians like Mike Epps and Kevin Hart, and offers a platform for comedians to perform material that resonates deeply with Black audiences. Alumni of the show and the new class of 2024 reflect on the show’s impact, noting its unique blend of humor […]
Rochester native Danielle Ponder, a remarkable singer/songwriter with a unique blend of blues, R&B, soul, and “trip-hop,” talks to BET about leaving her law practice, growing up in a musically inclined, spiritual family, and being shaped by her brother’s incarceration, leading her to pick up the guitar and eventually pursue law to fight for justice […]
Spring has ushered in a fresh wave of music. Flo Milli’s album “Fine Ho, Stay” emerges with bright colors, featuring surprise collaborations with SZA and Cardi B. In “Deep in the Water,” Don Toliver contemplates impending fatherhood. Gunna and Offset join forces on a new track “Prada Dem,” while PARTYNEXTDOOR hits the sensual side of […]
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland presented Marley Marl with the “I Am Hip Hop” Award during the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards. One of the greatest rap producers of all-time, Marley had a highlight reel that captured his most significant wins, including producing Roxanne Shante’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” and LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.” “The […]
A few months ago we were happy to hear about Tyler Perry having the opportunity of buying B.E.T. and bringing back hope to the lost network. It looks like the deal won’t be happening and the network is back on the market, we all were in support of the network returning back to excellence especially […]
Ice Spice graced the BET Awards stage to perform “Munch,” “Princess Diana,” and “In Ha Mood” from her EP, Like..?. The show featured a Bronx-inspired set, with Producer RiotUSA accompanying her from a bodega storefront as she and her dancers frolicked on a basketball court and subway platform. Check out the performance below. While she […]
During BET Awards ceremony, Patti LaBelle admittedly forgot the words to “Simply the Best,” the song she sang as the show’s lone tribute to the late Tina Turner . “What if I can’t see… the words… I don’t know?” LaBelle, 79, ad-libbed early into the song, clearly squinting to see the teleprompter situated in the back of the theater. […]