The 2011 BET Awards Recap

Los Angeles, CA – Talk about an amazing night, the BET Awards aired last night from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles all hosted by the talented Kevin Hart. The entire auditorium was packed with black star power from all across the industry, entertainers who have impacted the African American entertainment field from movies to music. Chris Brown set the toll extremely high at last year’s awards giving his emotional, yet amazing performance during his Michael Jackson tribute, many fans were wondering how this year’s big moments will unfold. All in all, between the honored winners that were most deserving, the highlights of the show were in the performances and it seems as though Ross, Wayne, and Khaled spent a lot of time on stage as they were relevant throughout the year so far.

Kevin Harts even provided his own comic antics throughout the segment giving chuckles left and right from the audience; his comic skits were actually on point. There was even an awkward moment during the presentation Viewer’s Choice of award when 106 & Park hosts Terrence J and Rosci presented the award to Drake for his collaboration with Rihanna on “What’s My Name,” only after the contest winner Tiffany Green accidentally announced Chris Brown as the winner at first. Drake accepted the award stating ‘Well that was strange.’ In the end, they clarified the winner to be Chris Brown.

And just as Steve Harvey was emotional accepting his well-deserved Humanitarian Award alongside Patti LaBelle finally receiving her long overdue Lifetime Achievement Award, BET’s coverage of our departed musicians was quite honorable and more emotional, especially with Warren G and Snoop’s ‘Regulate’ tribute to the legendary Nate Dogg.

In the end, 2011 marks Chris Brown’s comeback year and honestly, I think everyone agrees. Congratulations to C Breezy for winning the Viewer’s Choice award, another well deserved recipient. Brown did win big tonight and I know it surprised many people, not to mention he also won the award for Best Male R&B Artist and Best Collaboration.

Checkout the winners of each distinguished category:

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Kanye West

Best Female R&B Artist
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown

Best Collaboration
Chris Brown for “Look At Me Now,” with Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes

Best New Artist:
Wiz Khalifa

Best Group
Diddy Dirty Money

Young Stars Award
(Draw) Jaden Smith & Willow Smith

Best Gospel
Mary Mary

Centric Award
Marsha Ambrosius

Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor
Idris Elba

Best Movie
“For Colored Girls”

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Michael Vick

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Serena Williams

Best International Act: United Kingdom
Tinie Tempah

Best International Act: Africa
(Draw) 2Face Idibia and D’Banj

Video Director of the Year
Chris Robinson

Coca Cola Viewers’ Choice
Chris Brown for “Look At Me Now.”

Congratulations to all the winners of the BET Awards.

Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for more highlights from the awards throughout the day.

[Video] Behind the Scenes of Ballgreezy Get It Right Video Shoot

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Yesterday, while the BET Awards was the highlight of the industry, here in Miami, Ballgreezy’s videoshoot was the highlight of the night.

24HourHipHop.com went on location of the Ballgreezy and Ms. NeNe videoshoot for their new single, “Get It Right.”  This single will most definitely be in heavy rotation. It has a mixture of both Hip=Hop and R & B elements, something that will have the ladies grooving and the fellas bobbing their heads. The record was produced by producer extraordinaire J Rock of IMG.StrongArm and Rock Monsta Productions.
    
Ballgreezy recently hit the airwaves with tracks like ‘Shone,’and Get Like Me,  on this track  he reams up with Ms. NeNe, which is a great collaboration for the two artists that are still on the rise. We look forward to watching him as well as Ms. NeNe grow as artists and top the charts. It’s going to be a hot summer, stay tuned!!

Greezy’s new mixtape entitled ”A New Day’ drops July 4th.

Checkout the video highlights from the videoshoot: