{"id":134496,"date":"2012-07-02T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T10:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/07\/bet-awards-snubs-africa-again\/"},"modified":"2012-07-02T10:06:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T10:06:08","slug":"bet-awards-snubs-africa-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/07\/02\/bet-awards-snubs-africa-again\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards snubs Africa again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Wizkid-and-Sarkodie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13619\" title=\"Wizkid-and-Sarkodie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Wizkid-and-Sarkodie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>The BET Awards again snubbed the Best International Acts category by presenting the awards to winners offstage. \u00a0It still remains a mystery to most African music enthusiasts why BET refuses to acknowledge the international acts on stage, with many sharing their disgust on social networks.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Certainly, if these artists travel miles across the globe to attend the event, BET could at least give them 30 seconds to receive their spotlight. For a network meant for Black Entertainment, it makes no sense for artists like Justin Beiber to shine at BET Awards while original African acts get quarantined as if they were some disease. Yes we saw the international acts (Africa and UK) on the red carpet, media center etc and that is some exposure in the US for them. But BET should seriously consider fully recognizing these artists at the awards.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full list of winners for the 2012 BET Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Female R&#038;B Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>\u202a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Male R&#038;B Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Male Hip-Hop Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drake<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Female Hip-Hop Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicki Minaj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Gospel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yolanda Adams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z &#038; Kanye West<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best New Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big Sean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wale Feat. Miguel \u2013 \u201cLotus Flower Bomb\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z &#038; Kanye West \u2013 \u201cOtis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Director of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 and Alan Ferguson<\/p>\n<p><strong>YoungStars Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diggy Simmons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viewers\u2019 Choice Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mindless Behavior \u2013 \u201cHello\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Centric Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best International Act: U.K.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wretch 32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best International Act : Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarkodie and Wizkid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Viola Davis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Hart<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Movie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Help<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportswoman of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportsman of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant<\/p>\n<p><strong>AOL Fandemonium Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" class=\"c5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The BET Awards again snubbed the Best International Acts category by presenting the awards to winners offstage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BET Awards snubs Africa again! 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