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The2022 BET Awards are here to honor Black excellence across music, television, film and sports! Some of the biggest celebs turned out for the big occasion.

Lizzo has dazzled at the 2022 BET Awards, performing ‘About Damn Time’ from her forthcoming album ‘Special’.Her appearance at the event opened with her face projected onto a clock visual and a troupe of gold-clad dancers introducing the song. From there, Lizzo herself appeared, dressed in a gold, disco-ball-like outfit.“You know what time it is,” she said, before launching into a flute solo, and a captivating, uplifting rendition of the viral hit, including moves from its accompanying TikTok dance.“It’s about damn time we have fun,” she added towards the latter end of the song.

2022 BET Awards are here to honor Black excellence across music, television, film and sports! Some of the biggest celebs turned out for the big occasion.This year's awards show was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for the second year in a row. Last year, Henson used her hosting position to honor some iconic Black women who have had an impact on pop culture with a memorable opening monologue and various ensembles that honored and celebrated the styles and looks of some groundbreaking artists.

Ellise Shafer The BET Awards are back for their 2022 edition, with Taraji P. Henson hosting Culture’s Biggest Night for the second year in a row. The show airs live on BET Sunday night at 8 p.m.

Each year, the BET Awards honor the best in Black music, culture and sports. Established in 2001, the show will take place this Sunday at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater and will broadcast live on BET and a handful of streaming outlets.Taraji P. Henson reprises her role as emcee (making her only the fourth two-time host in the show’s 22-year history) and more than two dozen stars are set to perform.

LOS ANGELES — The BET Awards return Sunday with a live show that could see Doja Cat, Drake and Ari Lennox snag some trophies.Doja Cat enters the show as the leading nominee with six. The chart-topping performer is up for best female R&B-pop artist, best female hip-hop artist, album of the year for her No.

Jack Harlow, Lizzo and Chance The Rapper are among those set to perform at this year’s BET Awards ceremony, with the event’s full roster – sporting 27 performers and 25 presenters – being finalised yesterday (June 24).10 of those performers will appear as part of a tribute to Sean “Diddy” Combs, who will receive this year’s BET Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to Combs himself, the special performance will feature Mary J.

2022 BET Awards! On Thursday, the network dropped the first round of performers taking the stage on Sunday, June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The annual awards show will be hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for the second year in a row, and features an impressive lineup of musicians putting on their best moves for their fans.The star-studded list includes Babyface, Chance The Rapper, Chlöe, Doechii, Ella Mai, Fireboy DML, GIVĒON, Jack Harlow, Joey Bada$$, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin, Latto, Lizzo, Muni Long, Roddy Ricch and more to be announced.Additionally, up-and-coming artists GoGo Morrow and OGI will be gracing the BET Amplified Stage, getting BET Music's stamp of approval on the next big thing in music.This year's list of nominees is also filled with familiar famous faces.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a three-year hiatus, the Brooklyn edition of the Afropunk festival will return this fall, taking place over the weekend of September 10-11 at its traditional location of Commodore Barry Park in the New York City borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood.The lineup, announced Tuesday, (June 14th) includes  the Roots, Lucky Daye,m= Tierra Whack, Burna Boy, Freddie Gibbs, Isaiah Rashad, Earl Sweatshirt, Bartees Strange, Adekunle Gold, Fana Hues, Pink Siifu, Butcher Brown, Alex Mali, Mick Jenkins, and others.The festival is divided into two stages: the “Brooklyn Baby” stage and the “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” stage.See the full lineup below.The Afropunk franchise continues to expand, holding its first-ever Midwestern event this weekend at Minneapolis’ Sheridan Memorial Park. Titled Planet Afropunk Live: Minneapolis, the lineup will include Ari Lennox, Noname, and Mereba just to name a few performers who will make an appearance on both days.

Ari Lennox may have a new man. The «Pressure» singer took to her Instagram Story Thursday to share a few shots of her cozied up to 's Keith Manley II.The pair, who appear to be in San Diego for a wedding, were seen dressed for the occasion, with Manley snapping a selfie of the pair in a restaurant mirror.

Lil Nas X has expressed his frustration after receiving zero nominations at this year's BET Awards. in a series of since-deleted tweets first posted on Wednesday, Nas suggested that the success of his album Montero merited recognition while also highlighting the fact that he was shut out in 2021, too. “thank you, bet awards.

Thania Garcia After the list of BET nominations was announced on Wednesday morning (June 1), Lil Nas X took to Twitter to vent his frustrations at the awards show for snubbing him for a second year — and on the first day of Pride Month, might we add.In a series of since-deleted tweets, the rapper called out the network for leaving him out of the nominations despite the success of his debut album “Montero,” which hailed the hit singles “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow. “Montero,” was also nominated for five Grammy Awards this year.“Thank you BET awards.

Doja Cat scored a leading six nominations including Album of the Year for the 2022 BET Awards, which were revealed today. Drake and Ari Lennox are next with four noms apiece.

Doja Cat could make the BET Awards her world later this month.

2022 BET Awards are ready to celebrate Black excellence across music, television, film and sports, and the nominations are stacked.On Wednesday, the network announced the nominees ahead of the show airing on Sunday, June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The annual awards show will be hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P.

Griff has recorded a cover of Queen‘s classic hit ‘A Kind Of Magic’.She has joined six other artists including Ari Lennox and K-pop band TRI.BE who have all shared different versions of the 1986 hit to mark the global expansion of Coke Studio, which originally launched in Pakistan in 2008.The artists also teamed up for a short documentary entitled ‘The Conducter’ which sees them all team up together to perform the track. You can listen to Griff’s version of the track and ‘The Conducter’ below.The track was originally a Number Three hit for Queen in the UK singles chart back in 1986.Coca-cola invited me to get involved with this project! I took this back in December on set filming The conductor.

Thania Garcia Tim Glover has been promoted to the role of executive vice president of A&R at Interscope Records, it was announced today (April 20) by Interscope Geffen A&M. In his new position, Glover will continue to work with the label’s roster of artists and emerging talent which includes Tierra Whack, Earthgang and Bas, among others.Glover joined Interscope Records in 2014 and since then has worked across a roster of over 20 artists including Dreamville’s JID and Ari Lennox.

Fans can watch Coachella headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd and more this weekend across YouTube’s livestreams of the event. The video service is offering three channels, each with a separate schedule of performers for Friday 4/15-Sunday 4/17. All three livestreams are embedded below. The schedule for each runs below the embeds. All times are PST.

three days of music, art, food, and so much more.A post shared by Coachella (@coachella)Luckily for everyone at home, you can still experience the magic right there on your couch.

Coachella‘s biggest acts this year on the festival’s official livestream, which is accessible via its YouTube channel.The livestream will give fans the festival experience from home, delivering original footage including live performances, behind the scenes content and more.You’ll be able to catch headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd, along with a slew of other acts including Doja Cat, Carly Rae Jepsen, Flume, Arlo Parks, Japanese Breakfast, Maggie Rogers, Lil Baby and more.There will be a choice of three livestream feeds with different artists performing simultaneously.Set times for Coachella 2022 have now been confirmed.

Lil Uzi is not exactly famous for phoning in features, but he sounds positively rejuvenated on “Big tonka,” one of two appearances on the deluxe edition of Yeat’s album 2 Alivë. The track is a convincing throwback to Uzi’s breakout release LUV Is Rage, the mixtape which gave rise to the eponymous rap subgenre of “Rage” that Yeat operates in.

Kehlani was so impressed by a security guard’s singing backstage at this weekend’s Dreamville Festival that she brought him out to perform during her set.Kicking off yesterday (April 2), J. Cole’s second annual festival is currently taking place at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A.D. Amorosi Each of the four albums that soulful contralto vocalist, composer and producer Jazmine Sullivan has crafted since 2008’s “Fearless” has been a work of emotionally frank and revelatory lyrics. All  also have received Grammy nominations.

Anyone nostalgic for the mixtape era of hip-hop has been eating good this past year. First up, Tyler, The Creator recruited DJ Drama to add a layer of integrity to his stellar 2021 album Call Me If You Got Lost. Next came Dipset member Jim Jones who earlier this year released the lowkey underrated Gangsta Grillz: We Set the Trends.

Buddy was the musical guest on Monday night's episode of The Tonight Show and he brought Blxst along for the ride. The duo performed "Wait Too Long" from Buddy's new album Superghetto, which dropped last week.

J. Cole has announced the 2022 lineup of his annual Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The new project from Atlanta's EarthGang got a bit delayed by sample clearance issues, but it's here today with a J.I.D. feature to make up for the blown release date.

A.D. Amorosi R&B singer, songwriter and producer Jazmine Sullivan is releasing a deluxe edition of her Grammy-nominated album “Heaux Tales” on Feb 11.The expanded edition will feature a handful new songs along with a multitude of additional “tales,” spoken-word interludes exploring issues of body image, feminism, sexuality, and class, famously executed by Sullivan’s friends including vocalist Ari Lennox who appears on “Ari’s Tale” and “On It” on “Heaux Tales.”Signs that a deluxe edition was coming started in December when Sullivan dropped two fresh song snippets on her Instagram account.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBig Sean, H.E.R., Moneybagg Yo, Ari Lennox and others will perform at the the second annual “iHeartRadio Living Black! Empowered by AT&T,” a month-long on-air celebration. The event will also feature special appearances from Lizzo, J.