Tag Archives: BET

BET Announces Official Nominations For The BET Awards 2020

BET has just announced the nominees for The BET Awards 2020 with Canadian rapper Drake leading the pack with six nominations. This year’s nominees reflect an abundance of creative expression and black excellence across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy. The awards will simulcast LIVE at 01:00 WAT on June 29th making its international broadcast […]

Falz, Sarkodie & Nasty C Make History As First African Nominees At BET Hip Hop Awards 2019

    BET International today announced the launch of a new category to honour artists from around the world during the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019.  Artists from Africa, Europe and Canada will compete for the Best International Flow Category during the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019.   The announcement of the Best International Flow […]

Uriel Oputa Exits Top Actor Africa

Uriel Oputa has become the first Nigerian contestant to be evicted from the ongoing BET Top Actor Africa after 7 weeks of intense competition. The eviction came after contestants received their biggest challenge since the show began, a complex crime drama short film, separated into three scenes (crime scene, crime lab and courtroom trial). The […]

Celebrity Couple Gbenro And Osas Ajibade Appear As Guest Judges On BET Top Actor Africa As Kenya’s Lorraine Gakuo Gets Evicted.

  Celebrity couple Gbenro and Osas Ajibade made a surprise appearance on BET Top Actor Africa last night, as they flew in from Nigeria to be guest judges as Lorraine Gakuo from Kenya became the latest contestant to be shown the door as the competition for the prize of Top Actor Africa hots up. The episode […]

BET Top Actor Africa: Meet Tobechi Nneji, Uriel Oputa and Ifeanyi Dike, The Nigerian Contestants

If you’ve been following the second season of BET Top Actor Africa, which premiered last week on BET Channel 129, you know by now that Nigeria has three representatives on the show. Radio OAP Tobechi Nneji, upcoming musician Uriel Oputa and TV actor Ifeanyi Dike are the lucky three who emerged from the Lagos auditions […]

Breaking! Drama Series ‘The Book Of Negroes’ Set To Premiere On BET

BET (DStv Premium, channel 129) is boosting its historical drama slate this August with the premiere of critically acclaimed mini-series The Book of Negroes. Directed by Clement Virgo, and starring Oscar winners Cuba Gooding Jr. and Louis Gosset Jr., The Book of Negroes is a powerful re-telling of Lawrence Hill’s 2007 award-winning novel of the same […]

Brandy, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte And Yo-Yo Reunite On Stage At BET Hip Hop Awards

Hosted by none other than Uncle Snoop at the Boisfeuillet Jones Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2014 delivers yet another notable year of celebrating hip-hop’s most influential artists with nineteen categories, nine outstanding performances, and five cyphers.

Davido Wins Best International Act Africa At The BETs!

It was a night full of electrifying performances, emotional speeches and unforgettable moments at the “BET Award ’14” – also known as the “Black World Cup,” according to hilarious host Chris Rock — which took place at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE last night (Sunday 29 June).   Young Money and Beyoncé both took […]

BET PAYS TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA AT BET HONORS

Entertainment channel BET this week celebrates the inspiring legacy of Nelson Mandela in a soulful tribute by Aretha Franklin at the BET Honors (BET International, Friday 28 February at 23:00 WAT).  Taped at the BET Honors 2014 in Washington, D.C. on 8 February, the tribute to the late President of South Africa was led by […]