Check it all out via the below YouTube playlist. You can take a look at all who won an award here.

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So, last night’s BET Awards was, well…what we all probably expected, for better or worse. The performances were plenty (Migos, Meek Mill, Miguel, YG and many more took to the stage), Jamie Foxx did his best to keep everyone entertained and — obviously — awards were given (Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Tiffany Haddish are a few of the winners). It was another year in the books for sure.

Above, you can cycle through the playlist to check out the best moments from the evening. Below, you can see the list of winners in full.

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Beyoncé
SZA
H.E.R.
Rihanna
Kehlani

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Khalid
Daniel Caesar

Best Group

Migos
A Tribe Called Quest
N.E.R.D.
Rae Sremmurd
Chloe X Halle

Best Collaboration

Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” f. Cardi B
DJ Khaled – “Wild Thoughts” f. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller
DJ Khaled – “Top Off” f. Jay-Z, Future & Beyoncé
Cardi B – “Bartier Cardi” f. 21 Savage
French Montana – “Unforgettable” f. Swae Lee
Kendrick Lamar – “LOYALTY.” f. Rihanna

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Drake
Kendrick Lamar
DJ Khaled
Jay-Z
J. Cole

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Cardi B
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
DeJ Loaf
Rapsody

Album of the Year

Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
SZA – Ctrl
Jay-Z – 4:44
Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists – Black Panther: The Album
DJ Khaled – Grateful

Video of the Year

Drake – “God’s Plan”
Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” f. Cardi B
DJ Khaled – “Wild Thoughts” f. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Migos “Walk It Talk It” f. Drake

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom
Director X
Ava Duvernay
Chris Brown
Dave Meyers

Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice

SZA –”Love Galore” f. Travis Scott
Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Migos – “Motorsport” f. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj
DJ Khaled – “Wild Thoughts” f. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller

Best New Artist

SZA
H.E.R.
Daniel Caesar
GOLDLINK
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Dr.Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspiration

Lecrae  – “I’ll Find You” f. Tori Kelly
Snoop Dogg – “Words Are Few” f. B Slade
Ledisi & Kirk Franklin – “If You Don’t Mind”
Marvin Sapp – “Close”
Tasha Cobbs Leonard – “I’m Getting Ready” f. Nicki Minaj

Best International Artist

Booba (France)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Dadju (France)
Davido (Nigeria)​
Distruction Boyz (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (Congo)
J Hus (U.K.)
Niska (France)
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Stefflon Don (U.K.)
Stormzy (U.K.)

Best Actress

Tiffany Haddish
Lupita Nyong’o
Issa Rae
Angela Bassett
Letitia Wright
Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman
Michael B. Jordan
Donald Glover
Sterling K. Brown
Denzel Washington
Daniel Kaluuya

Best Movie

Black Panther
Girls Trip
A Wrinkle in Time
Detroit
Mudbound

Sportswoman of the Year

Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Candace Parker
Elana Meyers Taylor

Sportsman of the Year

Stephen Curry
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Odell Beckham Jr.

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This year’s BET Awards seemed to be a success, both on and (somewhat) off camera. Below, we’ve provided the winners and choice performances from Future, Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, Post Malone, Migos and more.

THE WINNERS

Humanitarian Award

WINNER: Chance the Rapper

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER: New Edition

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

​WINNER: Beyoncé   
​Kehlani
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna
Solange

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

WINNER: Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher

Viewers’ Choice Award

The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk, “Starboy”
WINNER: Beyonce, “Sorry”
Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”
Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles”
Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee”
Drake, “Fake Love”

Best Group

2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
A Tribe Called Quest
Fat Joe & Remy Ma
WINNER: Migos
Rae Sremmurd

Best Collaboration

​Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
Chance the Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne – “No Problem”
Chris Brown ft. Gucci Mane & Usher – “Party”
DJ Khaled ft. ​Beyoncé & Jay Z – “Shining”
WINNER: ​Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane – “Black Beatles”

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Big Sean
Chance the Rapper
Drake
Future
J. Cole
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar 

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

Cardi B
Missy Elliott
Nicki Minaj
WINNER: Remy Ma
Young M.A.

Video of the Year

​WINNER: Beyoncé – “Sorry”
Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
WINNER: Bruno Mars – “24K Magic” 
Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
Solange – “Cranes in the Sky” ​

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom – Kehlani, “CRZY”
Bruno Mars & Jonathan Lia – Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Director X – Zayn Malik, “Like I Would”
Hype Williams – Tyga “Gucci Snakes ft. Desiigner”
WINNER: Kahlil Joseph & ​Beyoncé Knowles-Carter – ​Beyoncé, “Sorry”​

Best New Artist

21 Savage
Cardi B
WINNER: Chance the Rapper
Khalid
Young M.A.

Best Actress

Gabrielle Union
Issa Rae
Janelle Monae
WINNER: Taraji P. Henson
Viola Davis

Best Actor

Bryshere Y. Gray
Denzel Washington
Donald Glover
WINNER: Mahershala Ali
Omari Hardwick

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

CeCe Winans, “Never Have to Be Alone”
Fantasia ft. Tye Tribbett, “I Made It”
Kirk Franklin ft. Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs and Tamela Mann, “My World Needs You”
WINNER: Lecrae, “Can’t Stop Me Now (Destination)”
Tamela Mann, “God Provides”

Youngstars Award

Ace Hunter
Caleb McLaughlin
Jaden Smith
Marsai Martin
WINNER: Yara Shahidi

Best Movie

Get Out
Moonlight
WINNER: Hidden Figures
Fences
The Birth of a Nation

Sportswomen of the Year

Gabby Douglas
WINNER: Serena Williams
Simone Biles
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year

LeBron James
Cam Newton
Odell Beckham Jr.
Russell Westbrook
WINNER: Stephen Curry

Centric Award

Fantasia, “Sleeping With the One I Love”
Kehlani, “Distraction”
Mary J. Blige, “Thick of It”
WINNER: Solange, “Cranes in the Sky”
Syd, “All About Me”
Yuna ft. Usher, “Crush”

Album of the Year

24K Magic – Bruno Mars
4 Your Eyez Only – J. Cole
A Seat at the Table – Solange
Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper
WINNER: Lemonade – ​Beyoncé

Best International Act: Europe

WINNER: Stormzy
Skepta
Giggs
Craig David
Wiley
Emeli Sande
MHD
Booba

Best International Act: Africa

WINNER: Wizkid
Tekno
Mr. Eazi
Davido
Stonebwoy
Aka
Nasty C
Babes Wodumo

THE PERFORMANCES

New Edition Tribute

Future and Kendrick Lamar

French Montana and Swae Lee

Bruno Mars

Big Sean

Mary J. Blige and A$AP Rocky

Chris Brown and Gucci Mane

Post Malone and Migos

Xscape

DJ Khaled & Co.

THE MOMENTS

Bruno was so over it #BetAwards pic.twitter.com/qPPhMBharA

— ❤ CruciallyLuv ❤ (@Cgaski3) June 26, 2017

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A petition to have Jesse Williams fired from the hit show, Grey’s Anatomy was launched on Change.com by user, Erin Smith, after the actors impassioned speech about racial inequality while receiving the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards on June 26th. The petition, which started on July 1st has already collected a large number of signatures and accuses him of making a racist and hateful speech.

“Jesse Williams spewed a racist, hate speech against law enforcement and white people at the BET awards, If this was a white person making the same speech about an African-American, they would have been fired and globally chastised, as they should be, but there has been no consequences to Williams’ actions.” Ms. Smith wrote in the petition.

The petition also called for Shonda Rhimes, the show’s creator, head writer, executive producer, and showrunner to remove the actor from the show. To which she responded on a twitter post on Tuesday stating

Um, people? Boo don’t need a petition. #shondalandrules

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) July 5, 2016

Smith, angered by Rhimes twitter response, later included in her demands:

“Unfortunately, a necessary escalation is warranted. Please sign the petition to fire Jesse Williams from Grey’s Anatomy AND boycott the entire ABC Network. Don’t forget to unlike all ABC programs/shows on Facebook pages, unfollow all on Twitter and separate from all social media that has anything to do with ABC, their shows, news, etc.”

Despite the efforts of many petitioners to have Jessie Williams fired from the show, many others have come to his defense such as Norman Lear, Executive Producer to the upcoming Epix documentary series “America Divided,” which takes a look at the inequality America faces today.

“I’ve seen and attended a ton of awards shows in my time, and no one has ever put his soul and his a** on the line so fully and so truthfully as Jesse Williams did.” Lear told IndieWire in a statement.

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It seems the Freebandz representative is not all about the hype, and is quite selective when it comes down to performances.

Of course, we are referring to Future’s absence from the BET Awards stage, which left the streets in wonder, or better yet, rather confused.

As opposed to laying low on the situation, the “News or Somthn” emcee, made it clear through a publicized announcement, that legit reasons rest behind his actions:

“You see what happened… BET, they had a nigga about to perform up there or whatever, but under the circumstances of me performing. I can’t fuck with that; you know what I’m saying, because they tried to get a nigga to do some off-brand corny shit.”

It seems Future certainly has standards set, as he continues to wrap up his thoughts in a single sentence:

“I’m not about to sell my soul for no publicity stunts.”

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In case you missed it, Bad Boy Entertainment recently celebrated 20 years of being one of the best labels the world has seen. At this year’s BET Awards, the world got to witness a ten minute tribute to Bad Boy where Sean “Diddy” Combs brought some of the labels best acts from Mase to 112 to Faith Evans to the Notorious Queen Bee herself, Lil Kim. While the tribute focused on the classics from Bad Boy’s reign in the 90s, we got to see some of Bad Boy’s latest success with French Montana coming out to perform his feature from the “Hot Boy (Remix)”. Now it wouldn’t be a Bad Boy tribute without paying homage to the Notorious B.I.G so the tribute took the time to give props to probably the most successful artist from Bad Boy, besides Diddy himself. Noticeably missing from the tribute were former Bad Boy artists Carl Thomas, Total and Lil Cease. However, this was one of the best moments of the night as proven by the amount of people in the audience who was on their feet and hitting the Diddy bop. Hopefully this performance will lead to a 20 year anniversary album!

Missed the moment? Watch it here

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It looks like the BET Awards was utilized as a springboard to release new material for a couple of artists this year. Among Big Sean and Meek Mill, another artist that can be added onto that list is international artist Rihanna. Previewing a minute of her upcoming video for “Bitch Better Have My Money,” which drops Thursday 7/2, Riri made sure the focus was on her leading up to the teaser even from the comfort of her front-row chair.

Check out the teaser for Rihanna’s new video, “BBHMM” below:

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