Nicki Minaj, who won her sixth consecutive best female hip-hop artist award, brought her mom onstage. She gave a shout-out to fellow nominee and rising rapper Dej Loaf, as well as her rapper-boyfriend Meek Mill, who sat next to her at the show (and she later joined him onstage for his performance).
“Momma, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you’ve done for me. I love you so much,” she said. “Shout-out to all the girls nominated … Def Loaf … you’ve been very, very interesting to me and super forward.”
Terrence Howard, star of the hit Fox series “Empire,” won the first award for best actor.
“To the Empire!” he yelled three times. “I got to thank Taraji P. Henson because she stood up for a brother.”
Brown performed multiple times, and won two honors: best male R&B/pop artist and the fandemonium award.
“A lot has changed in my life, a lot of mistakes, a lot of lessons learned. The best thing I’m most thankful for is my daughter,” he said onstage. “I’m so thankful and happy to have the loyal fans … and everybody here that knows me, to know me is to love me.”
The BET Awards is celebrating its 15th year anniversary. For a full winner’s list, click HERE.
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Bad Boy Records Performance:
Smokey Robinson Tribute
Patti Labelle, Tamar Braxton and K. Michele
Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
Avery Wilson “If I Had To”
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