<\/a><\/p>\nMusic of Monday, 27 June 2011<\/p>\n
Source:<\/strong> Ameyaw Debrah<\/p>\nNigeria\u2019s 2face Idibia and Dbanj tied for the BET Award for Best International Act (Africa) at ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday night. It didn\u2019t come as a surprise as the two were clear favourites for the nod. But perhaps it should have been more competitive with only one winner instead of the two. It makes the African category come out as mere tokenism to keep us happy. Although this was the second time that African artists have been nominated in the BET Awards, this year saw a separate category for the African acts which also included D-Black (Ghana), Fally Ipupa (DR Congo), Angelique Kidjo (Benin), and Teargas (South Africa).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile R&B superstar Chris Brown garnered three trophies out of his pack-leading six nominations. There was a mix-up during the announcement of the Viewer\u2019s Choice winner as Tiffany Greene first named Brown as the winner before then saying Drake and Rihanna were the victors [With Drake accepting the trophy] it was later confirmed that Chris Brown was indeed the winner of the fan voted accolade.<\/p>\n
Kevin Hart hosted the annual BET event with featuring performances by top acts such as Beyonce Knowles, Drake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Mary J Blige, among many others. There were also special tributes to Steve Harvey as the Humanitarian Award Honoree and Patti LaBelle as the Life Achievement Award winner.<\/p>\n
Here is full list of winners:<\/p>\n
Female R&B artist: Rihanna<\/p>\n
Male R&B artist: Chris Brown<\/p>\n
Female hip-hop artist: Nicki Minaj<\/p>\n
Male hip-hop artist: Kanye West<\/p>\n
Collaboration: Chris Brown, \u201cLook At Me Now,\u201d feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes<\/p>\n
New artist: Wiz Khalifa<\/p>\n
Group: Diddy Dirty Money<\/p>\n
Young Stars award: (tie) Jaden Smith and Willow Smith<\/p>\n
Gospel: Mary Mary<\/p>\n
Centric award: Marsha Ambrosius<\/p>\n
Actress: Taraji P. Henson<\/p>\n
Actor: Idris Elba<\/p>\n
Movie: \u201cFor Colored Girls\u201d<\/p>\n
Sportsman of the year: Michael Vick<\/p>\n
Sportswoman of the year: Serena Williams<\/p>\n
International act, UK: Tinie Tempah<\/p>\n
International act, Africa: (tie) 2Face Idibia and D\u2019Banj<\/p>\n
Video director of the year: Chris Robinson<\/p>\n
Viewers\u2019 choice: Chris Brown, \u201cLook At Me Now\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
See the rest here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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