BET Awards 2025
American entertainment awards ceremony
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The 25th BET Awards took place on June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, to celebrate achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies.[1] Actor and comedian Kevin Hart hosted for the second time since 2011.[2] This is the first time the ceremony aired on a Monday, the first time it aired earlier in June since 2001, and the first time it did not air on a Sunday since 2008 (when it typically aired on a Tuesday).
Los Angeles, California
| 2025 BET Awards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | Monday, June 9, 2025 |
| Location | Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Black Entertainment Television |
| Hosted by | Kevin Hart |
| Most awards | Kendrick Lamar (5) |
| Most nominations | Kendrick Lamar (10) |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | BET BET Her, MTV, MTV2, CMT, Nick@Nite, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Logo TV, VH1 (simulcast) |
| Produced by | Jesse Collins Connie Orlando Jennae Rouzan-Clay Dionne Harmon Jamal Nosette (executive producers) Eric Cook Brittany Brazil (co-executive producers) |
| Directed by | Marcelo Gama Ali LeRoi |
On May 7, 2025, a 25th-anniversary celebration of 106 & Park was announced, featuring a reunion of its hosts and performances by several popular guests.[3]
The nominations were announced on May 8, 2025, with Kendrick Lamar leading with ten, and Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla following with six each.[4] Lamar was the most awarded of the night, taking home five awards.[5]
On May 28, 2025, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin were announced as honorees of the Ultimate Icon Award.[6][7]
The BET Awards 2025 Red Carpet Live pre-show featured a performance of the viral hit "Boots on the Ground" by 803fresh.[8]
Performers
Winners and nominees
Below is the list of winners and nominees.[10] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[11]
Controversy
The award ceremony was met with much controversy. Many gospel singers and gospel-based outlets or media voiced their frustration in GloRilla winning the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for her song "Rain Down on Me". Most notably, gospel singer Deitrick Haddon voiced his frustration that the only award for gospel acts was not won by a gospel act but instead by GloRilla, a rapper.[13][14]
During her appearance on the We Sound Crazy podcast, Singer Chante Moore expressed her disappointment in BET for not including former BET executive Stephen G. Hill in the 25th anniversary celebration of 106 & Park, an American hip hop and R&B music video show created by Hill.[15] The award show featured a reunion of all former hosts.[16]
Brittney Spencer performed "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" during the ceremony as a tribute to late singer Angie Stone.[17] However, the show came under fire as Stone was not mentioned or featured during the "In Memoriam" segment of the show; a tribute honoring and remembering Black entertainers who died between 2024 and 2025.[18]
