Date 2021-06-21
Category Gist & Gossip
Taraji P. Henson, the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist will host the 2021 BET Awards, and Queen Latifah, the Grammy award-winning musician, critically acclaimed Golden Globe-winning, and Academy Award-nominated actor, will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BET Award.
The BET awards 2021 will air LIVE, Monday 28 June on BETAfrica (DStv channel 129) at 01:00 WAT. You can also catch the repeat at 18:00 WAT on the same day.
“The 2021 BET Awards theme, The year of Black Women, is a celebration to honour trailblazing black women across the globe,” said Monde Twala, SVP at BET International. “Now in its twenty-first year, the BET AWARDS continues its reign as the platform to showcase black female excellence and shine a light on culture as the driving force for social change.”
“Black women have been essential drivers of change throughout history, from the political sphere to the cultural zeitgeist,” said Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at BET. “The BET AWARDS is the ultimate celebration of Black culture, and we are looking forward to spotlighting and celebrating Black women during this year’s show, recognizing them for everything they’ve accomplished and applauding them for what’s to come.”
Taraji P. Henson recently concluded her famous role as “Cookie Lyon” on Fox’s hit musical drama “Empire“, for which she received three Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, and three BET Awards. She portrayed NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson in the Academy Award-nominated film “Hidden Figures” and provided the voice of “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2“.
In memory of her late father, she established the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in 2018. The organization offers scholarships to African-American students majoring in mental health disciplines, provides mental health services to youth in urban schools, and strives to reduce recidivism among African-American men and women. Henson and her closest friend and foundation partner, Tracie Jade, recently co-hosted the Facebook Watch series “b” on mental health, for which they were nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.”
Queen Latifah will also be honoured with this year’s Lifetime Achievement BET Award at the BET Awards. Latifah has achieved tremendous success since beginning her career in Hollywood, and she was the first hip-hop artist to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. She gained critical acclaim, industry recognition, and honours for her performances in the feature musical “Chicago“, as well as the cable films “Life Support” and “Bessie“, which she also produced.
Additionally, Latifah starred in the hit comedy “Girls Trip” and has also taken to the stage and small screen as the title character in the television musical, “The Wiz Live!“. Flavor Unit Entertainment, the production company owned and operated by Latifah and Shakim Compere, was behind the hit comedies, “Bringing Down the House“, “Beauty Shop” and “The Perfect Holiday“. Latifah currently stars in and is an executive producer on the CBS series reboot of “The Equalizer“, which quickly became TV’s #1 scripted series this year.
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at BET will oversee The “BET Awards” 2021 and serve as Executive Producer along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment.
Voting for the 2021 BET AWARDS ‘Viewer’s Choice Award’ is now open here. BET.com/betawards is the official site for the “BET Awards” and will have all the latest news and updates about this year’s show.
The previously announced nominees for the “BET AWARDS” 2021 are:
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
VIEWER’S CHOICE – BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
BEST COLLABORATION
BEST FEMALE R&B / POP ARTIST
BEST MALE R&B / POP ARTIST
BEST NEW ARTIST
BEST GROUP
BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST
BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST
DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
BET HER AWARD
VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
BEST MOVIE
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ACTOR
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD