The 21st annual awards show will air live at 8 p.m. on BET and feature performances by Andra Day, City Girls, DaBaby, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Kirk Franklin, Lil Baby, Migos, Moneybagg Yo!, Rapsody, Roddy Ricch, Tyler, the Creator and more.
The event will be hosted by Golden Globe-winning actress and filmmaker Taraji P. Henson, and award-winning actress and musician Queen Latifah will be honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement award.
“I cannot even explain to you how excited I am for this,” Connie Orlando, executive vice president of specials and programming at BET, said during a recent phone interview.
“It’s so good to know we’ll be back in the building and actually see people and have that energy with people on stage. I can hardly contain myself. I’m like a little kid, I can’t wait.”
Rapper DaBaby is nominated for seven awards at the 21st Annual BET Awards, which will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Gerardo Mora, Getty Images for Interscope)
Singer and actress Andra Day is nominated in the best actress category at the 21st Annual BET Awards, which will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Gary Hershorn-Pool, Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is nominated in the sportsman of the year category at the 21st Annual BET Awards, which will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Patrick Smith, Getty Images)
Actress Zendaya is nominated in the best actress category at the 21st Annual BET Awards, which will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Steven Ferdman, Getty Images)
Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry (right) and Lakers player LeBron James are both nominated in the sportsman of the year award category at the 21st Annual BET Awards, held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, July 27. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images)
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Chicago Sky’s Candace Parker is nominated in the sportswoman of the year category at the 21st Annual BET Awards, which will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Scott Taetsch, Getty Images)
Tyler, the Creator will perform at the 21st Annual BET Awards, held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Rich Fury, Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Rapper Cardi B is nominated in several categories at the 21st Annual BET Awards ceremony, including best female hip hop artist. The awards show will be held in-person at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, June 27. (Photo by Kevin Winter, Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
