For his acceptance, Brown shouted “Heh!” as a cue to his band to kick into a refrain of “Sex Machine.”Īlso honored with a special presentation was professional basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who was given the Humanitarian Award. After dancing a bit with Brown, a visibly moved Jackson called him a “genius” and an “inspiration” to him since he was a young child. After a video presentation, he performed “It’s a Man’s World” and “Sex Machine,” at the end of which Michael Jackson made a surprise appearance to present the award. “The Godfather Of Soul” James Brown was on hand to accept BET’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In the past year she has co-starred in the box office hits “Chicago” and “Bringin’ Down the House.” Notably, rapper-turned-actor Queen Latifah won the best actress award. While the BET Awards are made up mostly of music categories, the ceremony also recognizes athletes and actors. While the best collaboration award went to “Beautiful” by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell (who performed the song during the show), the video of the year honor was also a collaboration: Erykah Badu featuring Common in the clip for their single “Love of My Life.” Kelly and Jaheim, and the best female R&B artist trophy went to India.Arie. The result of the best male R&B artist category was a tie between R. Elliott won one award for best female hip-hop artist award, which she dedicated to late R&B star Aaliyah. Voting for the latter award was open on the BET Web site until minutes before the award’s announcement.ĥ0 Cent, B2K and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott led the list of nominees with two each. Along with the best group honor, B2K won the Viewer’s Choice award for “Bump Bump Bump” featuring P. Each took two honors home from the three-hour event, hosted by actress/comedian Monique at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live on BET.ĥ0 Cent won the best male hip-hop artist and best new artist awards.

50 Cent and B2K cashed in as the big winners last night (June 24) at the third annual BET Awards.

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