How can Nicki Minaj get the BET Award for best femalre rapper and she lip-syncs every w here she goes..Best of the Best, Summer Jam when she performed with Gyptian and now her 20 seconds on this show...come on my girl....you have to do bedder than that.....


Ludacris feat Nicki Minaj "My Chick Bad/ DJ Khaled "All I Do Is Win"




Dirty Money "O Lets Do It" Remix/ "Hello Good Morning"




Alicia Keys belted out Prince's "I Adore" in her set honoring the Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Dang, does she know she's pregnant????



A Keys performed medley of her hits ...check out the vid below....

WINNERS LIST

Best Female R&B Artist
Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Artist
Trey Songz

Best Gospel
Marvin Sapp

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Drake

Best Group
Young Money

Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj

Best Collaboration
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind

Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”

Best Actress
Mo’Nique

Best Actor
Idris Elba

YoungStars Award
Keke Palmer

Best Movie
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Serena Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
LeBron James

Viewers Choice
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”

Centric Award
Monica

Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK)

Humanitarian Award
John Legend

Lifetime Achievement Award
Prince

Chris Brown please don't go on twitter and bitch about the hater's who are talking about your inability to perform the song 'Man In The Mirror" at the end of your tribute to Michael jackson at the BET Awards. There will always be haters....but guess what???? There are people like me, who see the genuine emotion that was overcoming him...He's been through so much-damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Knowing that he wanted to perform last year and wasn't allowed, I think for him it was a moment of redemption. Please enjoy the performance below.

Nicki Minaj looks a little to wanna-be-Gaga for me...its like I've seen this look one time too many. Anyways she is one of a number of celebs with Caribbean roots.....wanna see more???
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The nominations for the 2010 BET awards were announced at the 230 Fifth Rooftop Garden Bar and Restaurant in New York City and celebs with Caribbean heritage are in almost all categories.




Alicia Keys and Melanie Fiona each have four nominations, followed by Rihanna with 3 nods. Nicki Minaj has two on her own, but added with her nominations as part of Young Money she has a total of five nods.

The 10th annual show will feature performances from Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Diddy-Dirty Money, who was on hand to announce the nominations, along with Oscar nominee Queen Latifah, who will serve as host.

The BET Awards 2010 will air live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 27, at 8 p.m. The nominees are listed below.

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
B.o.B.
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah

Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Mo’Nique
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe

Best Actor
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington

YoungStars Award
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams

Best Movie
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
The Blindside

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tiger Woods

Viewers Choice Nominees
Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Monica – Everything To Me
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock

Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade


Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)

Click HERE to see Erup's "Click My Finger" video on BET's ya heard!

There were lots of celebs with Caribbean roots in the house: Check out these two fine specimen below!

Sean Paul was rocking his black and white themed outfit!

Jimmy Jean Louis (aka "The Hatian" on NBC's Heroes) rocked it too albeit more conservatively. Enbeh...Jimmy ou bel sho, ou ka fe mwen swe! lol

Click HERE to see all the CARIBBEAN Stars at the event!

Fabolous, Young Jeezy and Mary Mary have been added to the BET AWARDS ‘09 star-studded lineup that already includes critically acclaimed platinum-selling artists like Jay-Z Kanye West, The Dream, Soulja Boy, Ne-Yo and Maxwell. Queen Latifah, Taraji Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Idris Elba, Paula Patton and Solange Knowles will also make appearances as presenters.



The show will be hosted by Academy Award-winning actor and GRAMMY® Award-nominated R&B artist Jamie Foxx, and take place at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium LIVE on Sunday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m.

So there are a few Caribbean artists or those with Caribbean heritage in the list of nominees for the 2009 BETAwards. They are highlighted below.

Rihanna performing "Take A Bow" atthe 2008BET Awards

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Now on the virtual awards last year which I think is a great concept, we had nominees for Reggae and Soca. So you heard names like Machel Montano, Fay Ann Lyons, Alison Hinds and Elephant Man. Una Morgan of Morgan Heritage presented an award. I know the show is only so long, ray-ray-ray-rah-rah-rah, but dang I mean at least mention one of these possible categories on live TV.

BET J features Caribbean shows and events, so why can't we have a greater role in the main event. I feel like having Caribbean specific categories is like we are the ugly sister that BET says is their cousin or their neighbor's kid or something.

Last year's show was total hotness, I hope this year's will be just as good. If I see Mavado perform I will lose it (in a good way lol). Well, Maxwell is making his comeback and he has roots in Haiti and Puerto Rico; and if India Arie performs with Gramps Morgan then there's a likkle more island representing there.

Interesting to note, Rihanna made it to the nominations (though she is really riding on T.I's coattails here) but Chris Brown is missing in action despite the fact that he was nominated for the Viewer's Choice Award the past three years. I guess the saying all press is good press, is just not fitting here as I am sure his latest headlines have had a role to play.

And the nominees are:

Best Male R&B Artist
The Dream
Jamie Foxx
Ryan Leslie
Neyo
T-Pain

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Group
Day 26
GS Boyz
NERD
The Roots
Three 6 Mafia

Best Collaboration
Jamie Foxx ft T-Pain-Blame It
Keri Hilson ft Lil Wayne- Turnin Me ON
Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft Juelz Santana-Pop Champagne
TI ft Rihanna-Live Your Life
Yung LA ft TI & Young Dro- Aint I

Best Male Hip Hop
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
TI
Kanye West
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip Hop
Lil Mama
MIA
Trina

Best New Artist
Keri Hilson
Kid Cudi
Ryan Leslie
MIA
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Gospel Artist
Regina Belle
Shirley Caesar
Mary Mary
Smokie Norful
Trin I Tee 5:7

Video Of The Year
Beyonce-If I Were A Boy
Beyonce- Single Ladies
Jamie Foxx ft T-Pain-Blame It
TI ft Rihanna- Live Your Life
Kanye West-Heartless

Best Actor
Common
Idris Alba
Samuel L Jackson
Will Smith
Jamal Woolard

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Rosario Dawson
Taraji P Henson
Jennifer Hudson
Beyonce Knowles

Best Male Athlete
Kobe Byrant
LeBron James
Reggie Bush
Dwayne Wade
Tiger Woods

Best Female Athlete
Tamika Catchings
Lisa Leslie
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Viacom, the owner of BET, is forming a new cable television channel for middle-aged African-Americans, heightening the competition for the minority viewing audience.

The channel, to be named Centric and scheduled to make its debut in October, will be formally announced at an event for advertisers Thursday night. Centric will complement BET, executives say, by appealing to an older and more affluent audience.

The 29-year-old BET, available in 89 million homes, is the dominant network for black audiences. It attracts roughly four times as many viewers as TV One, its main competitor, which is owned by Comcast and Radio One and available in about 47 million homes. BET, with its reality shows, movies and music videos, primarily draws a teenage and young adult audience.

Cable channel start-ups are rare. With hundreds of channels already in operation, new ones often struggle to earn a spot on cable lineups, but Viacom said it would be able to assemble 45 million homes for the premiere of Centric.

Viacom executives would not comment on whether BET J, a small music-oriented offshoot of the network, would be affected by the formation of Centric. And you know that's where Caribbean artists/shows/videos get most airplay right?

As Viacom considered the 25- to 54-year-old target demographic for Centric, it realized that “a perfect example would be” Barack and Michelle Obama, said Scott Mills, the president of BET.

Centric will be operated jointly by the BET and MTV Networks divisions of Viacom. Viacom’s channels include Nickelodeon and MTV. Doug Creutz, an analyst for Cowen & Company, called the niche strategy valid but incremental. “They’re not going to hit any home runs doing this, but it can grow their reach over time,” he said.

Mr. Creutz said the African-American adult audience had “been underserved,” and pointed to the series of successful movies by Tyler Perry as evidence that “there’s money to be made at targeting that audience.”

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Ever since iTune's debut on the music scene 6 years ago, Bob Marley's Legend has been the #1 selling in the Reggae section of iTunes. That has changed with the digital release of Mavado's Mr Brooks-A Better Tomorrow.

Right now he is on aPR Blitz, visitng TV and Radio stations in the US. He recorded an in-depth interview with MTV News' Rahman Dukes at MTV's Times Square studios. As well as one for 50Cent's this is 50.com website. The interview will run for the duration of this upcoming week.


Last Saturday he performed onBET's Rip The Runway, the first performace by a Reggae artist on the show! It airs Monday March 2nd at 9PM ET. You can see some behind the scene footage of Mavado by logging on to www.bet.com/onblast. Speaking of BET, they have reversed their decision to pull the airing of his "So Special" video on 106 & Park. Coming March 3rd, the date of the albums physical release, the video will be the "New Joint of The Week"

If you are in New York go to his Official Album Premier atat Basement Mix Records in Brooklyn

Event: MrBrooks-A Better Tomorrow Album Pemier
Place: BASEMENT MIX RECORDS
Time:6-9pm
Date:March 3rd 2009
Address:439 CRESCENT STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11208

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Wyclef performing at last year's show.

Though not one of the official performers for the show, Wyclef Jean will be performing in the finale of the BET Honors show. It will air Monday at 9PM ET/PT. This year's honorees are Mary J Blige, Tyler Perry, Magic Johnson, Judith Jamison, B. Smith and James Clyburn

Performers at this year's show: Yolanda Adams, Anthony Hamilton, Anita Baker, Joss Stone, Queen Latifah, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Keyshia Cole, Monica, Stevie Wonder, Ne-Yo.

The host is Gabrielle Union.

Click HERE for show home page.

Mavado's "So Special" was carded for a BET premiere on 106 and Park this week. It never happened. At the last minute there was an objection from someone in legal who objected to the "excedssive display of alcohol and 'careless use of women as writhing set dressings!" Say what. Can this person buy a clue????? His video is set in a club... need I say more??? Watch any show on BET during the week and see what percentage of them fits one or both these descriptions.. Well it's no loss for Mavado, since MTV Jamz is picking up where BET left off.



The song will be the “Jam of the Week” for February 2 to 8. This means that starting on Monday February 2, the video will get played every hour on the hour for the entire week (total estimate of 168 plays for the week).

MTV Jamz plays more urban music and is seen in an estimated 18 million households in several large urban cities like Atlanta, and Miami.

Click HERE to see Busy Signal's "Tic-Toc" on BET's Ya Heard where they feature INdie videos.

BET J held their first ever BET J Virtual Awards this week. There was no live audience, no big auditorium or orchestra none of that. Just hosts Nia Long and Chris Spencer in friendly banter, along with various presenters, and the winners accepting their awards. It's a neat concept. The hosts were very entertaining and just so natural, great chemistry. I really would not mind seeing them hosting again next year.


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So how did our Caribbean artists do? Lets see:

The first award of the night (Rhapsody Song of the Year) was won by Estelle for her song "American Boy" which she performed. That was the only award that she won despite her nominations for Best Female Artist (won by Alicia Keys) and Best New Artist -Soul Approved (won by Chrisette Michele)

Best Caribbean Artist nominees were Machal Montano, Alison Hinds, Elephant Man, FayAnn, Morgan Heritage and Mavado. Machal was the winner. Interestingly enough I made a virtual vote (no, I'm not gonna say for who) and the results were as follows : Machel 7%, Alison Hinds and FayAnn tied for 13%, Morgan Heritage 11%, Mavado 12% and Elephant Man 44%. Good thing they had a disclaimer I guess.


Wyclef Jean and Common were both nominated for Best Male Artist but it was won by Raheem DeVaughn.Wyclef won the Virtual Video award with his song "Fast Car" (Common was nominated to for his song "driving Me Wild"). Clef performed a short medly from the Apple store in NYC: "Fast Car", "Hips Don't Lie" (his part--duh) and "Jaspora" Haiti Sak Passe!!! He was also nominated for Best Live Performance which he lost to The Roots.


Una Morgan of Morgan Heritage presented the award for Best Gospel won by Marvin Sapp.

And finally Common won the Journey award for his musical and philanthropic achievements over the years.

And here is Common feat Lauryn Hill in the song "Retrospect for Life". This guy is just on a whole other level when it comes to Hip-Hop. Award well deserved!