According to The Grio, Coleman's family confirmed his passing through an exclusive statement to the publication confirming the passing of the music executive and son of former BET President and CEO Debra Lee.
According to reports, the contract for the BET Awards, which have been held at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles since 2013, ends this year. This paves the way for the show to move to a different city. “They don’t want to renew,” a source shared with Anita Bennett’s Urban Hollywood 411, adding that management is mulling making […]
BET has reached the end of an era. Former CEO Debra Lee, who moved aside for Scott Mills this year, has announced that she’s leaving the company altogether. Lee, who was at BET for over 30 years, spearheaded the channel’s move into scripted content and specials, moving away from the music video staples and music […]
After 21 years as President of BET, Debra Lee is stepping down and will no longer handle day-to-day operations at the network, Black Enterprise reports. Scott M. Mills will take her place while Lee will serve as his advisor and “chairman and CEO of the network, focusing on cultivating the company’s relationships with external stakeholders […]
Remy Ma has ended rival Nicki Minaj’s seven-year winning streak at the 2017 BET Awards, a show highlighted by ’90s R&B and groups popular in that decade. Ma, who returned from jail in 2014, won best female hip hop artist Sunday in Los Angeles, an award Minaj has won since 2010. “I wanna thank God […]
Mary J. Blige warned the audience at the Clive Davis Gala that she was not in a good place. “I look happy, somewhat, but I’m going through some horrible stuff right now,” said Blige, who was about to perform in tribute to Saturday night’s honoree, BET Networks President Debra Lee. “It’s called a […]
Billboard sat down with BET chairman/CEO Debra Lee for a post-mortem on Sunday’s 16th annual BET Awards, which she warned during the red carpet festivities would be “our best show.” “Looking back on last night, I didn’t know the half of it,” she told the publication Monday. Below, Lee gives background details on everything from […]
Funnyman Chris Rock has just been announced as the host of the 2014 BET Awards, airing Sunday, June 29th at 8pm ET on BET from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA. “I watch the BET Awards every year. It’s one of my favorite award shows combining people from movies, sports, TV and music,” […]
Black women have finally arrived, at least at BET, where Centric will be rebranded as the first TV network specifically geared to Black women. Fact: “At more than 10 million strong, and in control of 20 billion dollars in buying power, the African American woman is an increasingly powerful, yet often overlooked consumer,” said Louis Carr, […]
To celebrate and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, BET will cover the events live from the anniversary March on the Washington Mall on Saturday to the “Let Freedom Ring” event on the actual anniversary date of the March next Wednesday, August 28th. “50 – The March and the Movement” airs live […]
Click here to hear Roland Martin talk to BET's Debra Lee about the #INTHEBLACK campaign. — NEW YORK – BET Networks has partnered with Huffington Post's "BlackVoices," Black Enterprise, Burrell Communications, Cable Advertising Bureau, Essence Communications, GlobalHue, Inner City Broadcasting Company, KJLH Radio, Johnson Publishing Company, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Nielsen, North […]
