BET Awards 2008

2008 BET Awards
Date	Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Venue	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	D. L. Hughley
Most awards	Kanye West (2)
Most nominations	Lil Wayne (3)
Television/radio coverage
Network	BET

The BET Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 24, 2008. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian D. L. Hughley hosted the awards for his first time.^[1]

References

↑ "Awards 2008 | BET Awards | Shows". BET. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

Nominees and Winner

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist	Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Alicia Keys Rihanna Mariah Carey Keyshia Cole Mary J. Blige	Chris Brown Ne-Yo Trey Songz J. Holiday Raheem DeVaughn
Best Female Hip Hop Artist	Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Missy Elliott Trina Eve Lil Mama Kid Sister	Kanye West Lil Wayne Common Snoop Dogg Jay-Z
Best Group	BET Centric Award
Underground Kingz Playaz Circle Gnarls Barkley Danity Kane DAY26	Raheem DeVaughn Ledisi Chaka Khan Jill Scott Angie Stone
Best New Artist	Best Gospel Artist
The-Dream Soulja Boy Flo Rida Chrisette Michele Estelle	Marvin Sapp The Clark Sisters Kirk Franklin Trin-i-tee 5:7 Deitrick Haddon
Viewers' Choice	Best Collaboration
Lil Wayne ft Static Major - Lollipop Alicia Keys - No One Keyshia Cole ft Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim - Let It Go Soulja Boy - Crank That Chris Brown ft T-Pain - Kiss Kiss Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown - No Air	Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life Keyshia Cole ft Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim - Let It Go Chris Brown ft T-Pain - Kiss Kiss Flo Rida ft T-Pain - Low DJ Khaled ft Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman,and Lil Wayne - We Takin Over
Video of the Year	Video Director of the Year
Outkast ft UGK - International Players Anthem (I Choose You) Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life Erykah Badu - Honey Mary J. Blige - Just Fine Ashanti - The Way That I Love You	Erykah Badu Chris Robinson Benny Boom Hype Williams Gil Green
Best Actress	Best Actor
Halle Berry Angela Bassett Queen Latifah Chandra Wilson Jill Scott	Denzel Washington Anthony Anderson Idris Elba Terrence Howard Don Cheadle
Sportswoman of the Year	Sportsman of the Year
Candace Parker Serena Williams Venus Williams Tamika Catchings Cheryl Ford	Kobe Bryant LeBron James Floyd Mayweather Jr. Chris Paul Tiger Woods
Lifetime Achievement	Humanitarian Award
Al Green	Quincy Jones

Performers

Usher Young Jeezy (Feat. Kanye West)
Keyshia Cole (Feat. Lil' Kim)
Ne-Yo
Alicia Keys (Feat. SWV, En Vogue & TLC)
T-Pain
Chris Brown (Dancing with Ciara)
Marvin Sapp
Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Al Green,
Rihanna
Nelly (Feat. Fergie, Jermaine Dupri, Ciara)
Lil Wayne (Feat. T-Pain)

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