Kanye West, Chris Brown Snag BET Awards | Chris Brown, Kanye West , and were big winners at Tuesday’s Black Entertainment Television Awards in Los Angeles.

West came out a double winner, snagging awards for both best male hip hop artist and best collaboration for his single “Good Life,” sharing the award with rapper-producer T-Pain.

Brown took home the best male R%26B artist award at the star-studded event, hosted by D.L. Hughley, which boasted an opening performance of “Love In This Club” by .

Brown enlisted the help of Ciara for his “Take You Down” performance, while the crooner’s girlfriend entertained the audience with her ballad “Take a Bow.”

Keys snagged the best female R%26B artist award, telling reporters her onstage collaboration “was very exciting for me to combine all of the people I admire.”

Other winners included Missy Elliott (best female hip hop artist), (best actress), and (best actor).

Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton and Maxwell paid a musical tribute to Al Green who received the legendary lifetime lward. Actress presented Quincy Jones with the humanitarian award.

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Related posts