Buzz At the BET Awards Belonged to Barack Obama

Buzz At the BET Awards Belonged to Barack Obama
The BET Awards were created to celebrate minorities in the entertainment business, and many of those honored took the opportunity to celebrate the first black Presidential nominee. Alicia Keys accepted her Best Female R&B Artist award saying, ""I want to dedicate this award to the end of the word can't. That word is dead, we don't know that word. Obama, y'all."

Kanye West received his second Best Male Hip-Hop artist award, and shared another with rapper-producer T-Pain. T-Pain came into the evening with 5 nominations, the most of any artist.

My favorite highlight of the night? Al Green took home the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, surprising the audience saying, "You've been so faithful, I should at least let you see my eyes."

The 75-year-old singer took off his sunglasses before launching into his biggest hit, "Let's Stay Together."

Click the continue reading link to check out the full list of winners, and click any of the photos to view the entire gallery of 49 photos from the BET Awards 2008 show.

Featured in the Gallery: Fergie, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, En Vogue, Queen Latifah, Quincy Jones, SWV, Niecy Nash, Kanye West, Nelly, Ashanti, LL Cool J, Usher, Lil' Wayne, Flo Rida, Sean Combs, Lauren London, Rihanna Maxwell, Jermaine Dupri, T-Pain, Al Green, John Legend, Lil' Kim and Ludacris.



The BET Awards were created to celebrate minorities in the entertainment business, and it accomplished that last night -- with many of those honored celebrating the present and potential future accomplishments of the first black Presidential nominee. Alicia Keys accepted her Best Female R&B Artist award saying, ""I want to dedicate this award to the end of the word can't. That word is dead, we don't know that word. Obama, y'all."

Kanye West received his second Best Male Hip-Hop artist award, and shared another with rapper-producer T-Pain. T-Pain came into the evening with 5 nominations, the most of any artist.

My favorite highlight of the night? Al Green took home the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, surprising the audience saying, "You've been so faithful, I should at least let you see my eyes."

The 75-year-old singer took off his sunglasses before launching into his biggest hit, "Let's Stay Together."

WINNERS:

Female R&B artist: Alicia Keys

Male R&B artist: Chris Brown

Group: UGK

Gospel artist: Marvin Sapp

Female hip-hop artist: Missy Elliott

Male hip-hop artist: Kanye West

New artist: The-Dream

Collaboration: Kanye West f/T-Pain, "Good Life"

Video director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto

Video of the Year: UGK f/Outkast, "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)"

Actress: Halle Berry

Actor: Denzel Washington

Female athlete: Candace Parker

Male athlete: Kobe Bryant

BET J Award: Raheem DeVaughn

Viewers' choice: Lil Wayne, "Lollipop"

Lifetime Achievement Award: Al Green

Humanitarian Award: Quincy Jones

Click any of the photos to view the entire gallery of 49 photos from the BET Awards 2008 show.

Featured in the Gallery: Fergie, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, En Vogue, Queen Latifah, Quincy Jones, SWV, Niecy Nash, Kanye West, Nelly, Ashanti, LL Cool J, Usher, Lil' Wayne, Flo Rida, Sean Combs, Lauren London, Rihanna Maxwell, Jermaine Dupri, T-Pain, Al Green, John Legend, Lil' Kim and Ludacris.
Published 6/25/08 by


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