2025 BET Awards will roll Monday night despite protests and unrest in DTLA

The BET Awards are going connected Monday successful downtown L.A. arsenic planned, contempt protests and unrest implicit the play linked to stepped up migration enforcement by the national authorities and the beingness of members of the California National Guard.

The show, which volition aerial unrecorded from the Peacock Theater astatine L.A. Live for the East Coast and connected portion hold present successful the west, honors
“the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers, and athletes successful a assortment of categories,” according to BET. This twelvemonth marks the archetypal quarter-century of the yearly celebration, which started with the inaugural BET Awards successful 2001. That show, held successful Las Vegas, was hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and Steve Harvey.

Kevin Hart volition big this clip around, with scheduled performers including Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Playboi Carti and Leon Thomas.

“For implicit a decade, Kevin Hart has been a beloved portion of the BET family, and we couldn’t beryllium much excited to person him instrumentality to big the 25th day BET Awards,” Scott Mills, BET president and main executive, said successful a statement. “His unparalleled talent, infectious energy, and heavy transportation to our assemblage marque him the cleanable big for this historical celebration.”

“We’re mounting the code for a nighttime that celebrates 25 years of impact, creativity, and Black culture,” said Connie Orlando, an enforcement vice president astatine BET, successful a statement. “With electrifying performances from immoderate of the biggest names successful euphony and an iconic comedic host, BET Awards 2025 volition beryllium a can’t-miss solemnisation of everything the civilization represents.”

Kendrick Lamar is the astir nominated performer for this year’s awards, with his 10 nods topping the six each held by Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla. Metro Boomin is looking astatine 5 nominations, with SZA and the Weeknd tied with 4 each. There’s besides a assemblage of 7 who person 3 nominations each: Ayra Starr, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Maverick City Music, Playboi Carti, Teddy Swims and Tyler, the Creator.

The BET Ultimate Icon Award volition beryllium fixed Monday nighttime to Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg, multi-hyphenates all, who volition beryllium honored for their decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy and assemblage impact.

Also connected the agenda: A 25-year tribute to MTV’s euphony video countdown amusement “106 & Park” that features an onstage reunion of erstwhile hosts Julissa Bermudez, A.J. Calloway, Keshia Chanté, Rocsi Diaz, Terrence J and Marie Wright, a.k.a. Free.

Bow Wow, Amerie, B2K, Jim Jones, Mya, T.I. and much volition execute arsenic portion of the tribute, “bringing backmost the culture-defining energy, music, and moments of the history-making franchise,” BET said successful a quality release.

Audiences tin tune successful to BET astatine 8 p.m. oregon amusement up aboriginal for the preshow, which begins astatine 6 p.m.