BET Awards 2008 explained

8th BET Awards
Date:	June 24, 2008
Location:	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Presenter:	Black Entertainment Television
Host:	D. L. Hughley
Network:	BET
Most Awards:	Kanye West (2)
Most Nominations:	Lil Wayne (3)
Previous:	7th
Next:	9th

The 8th 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]

Winners

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
UGK 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 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
UGK - International Players Anthem (I Choose You) (featuring Outkast) 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 featuring Kanye West
• Keyshia Cole featuring Lil' Kim
• Ne-Yo
• Alicia Keys featuring SWV, En Vogue, and TLC
• T-Pain
• Chris Brown dancing with Ciara
• Marvin Sapp
• Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Al Green
• Rihanna
• Nelly featuring Fergie, Jermaine Dupri, and Ciara
• Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Awards 2008 | BET Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113141455/http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2012/my-bet-awards/bet-awards-2008.html . dead . November 13, 2012 . BET . 2008-06-24 . 2012-08-29.