Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Little Richard
Remembered With Tribute From Multi-Talented Actor/Comedian Wayne
Brady
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The Ceremony Will Honor Grammy Award-Winning
Artist and Philanthropist Beyoncé Knowles-Carter With the
Prestigious Humanitarian Award
D-Nice, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and Nicolas
Johnson Named 2020 Shine A Light Honorees and Assa Traoré Named BET
International’s Global Good Recipient
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The 20th Annual BET Awards Airs on BET &
CBS on Sunday, June 28 From 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT
Today BET Networks announces new additions to the line-up of the
20th Annual BET Awards, honoring prolific activists in the Black
community and recognizing those who unfortunately left us in 2020.
The world endured incredible losses this year including NBA Legend
Kobe Bryant and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Little
Richard. In memoriam of those great losses, Grammy
Award-Winning Global icon and superstar Lil’ Wayne will give
tribute to Kobe Bryant and the multitalented Wayne Brady will honor
Little Richard.
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BET Network also announces Beyoncé Knowles-Carter will be
honored with the prestigious Humanitarian Award at the 20th
annual "BET Awards."
A global phenomenon, Beyoncé is one of the most successful
artists to date, with over 100 million records sold worldwide,
numerous awards, including 24 Grammys, and a catalog of timeless
music. Along with her illustrious music career, she has acted in
several films including Dreamgirls, Cadillac Records, and most
recently Disney The Lion King, which became the highest-grossing
animated film of all time. On top of her numerous successes,
Beyoncé is also a philanthropist who has created several
initiatives to give back to the world at large.
In 2017, as a part of her BeyGOOD initiative, Beyoncé
established “Formation Scholars,” to encourage and support young
women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold,
creative, conscious and confident. The scholarship awarded students
from four colleges. That year, she partnered with UNICEF to create
‘BeyGood4Burundi.’ This multi-year partnership was established to
bring safe water and sanitation to the small, landlocked East
African country of Burundi. In 2018 she created the Homecoming
Scholars Award Program, following her historic performance at
Coachella, which benefited students at eight HBCU colleges and
universities.
And recently, in response to the pandemic, Beyoncé teamed up
with her mother, Ms. Tina Knowles Lawson, for the #IDIDMYPART
mobile testing initiative to encourage residents in Houston in
Black and brown communities, disproportionately affected by
COVID-19, to know their status. She has also donated to support
organizations on the ground helping to meet basic health and mental
needs in vulnerable communities, affected by the crisis. For
Juneteenth, following the release of her latest song, “Black
Parade,” Beyoncé announced the creation of BeyGOOD’s Black Business
Fund, administered by the National Urban League, to support
Black-owned small businesses.
Additionally, the 20th Annual BET Awards is proud to honor
Nicolas Johnson, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and D-Nice
as the 2020 Shine A Light Honorees, which recognizes
exceptional resilience, ingenuity and creativity in the face of
adversity. This year's honorees demonstrate how art and education
can unite and inspire even during the most challenging of times.
Assa Traoré a French anti-racist activist has been selected
as the 2020 BET International Global Good recipient, which
recognizes global celebrities and public figures who use their
platform for social responsibility and goodness while demonstrating
a commitment to the welfare of the global black community.
Previously announced celebrities including Congresswoman
Maxine Waters, along with leading entertainers Billy Porter,
Courtney B. Vance, Debbie Allen, Deon Cole, LaTanya Richardson
Jackson, La La Anthony, Lena Waithe, Lizzo, Michael B. Jordan,
Misty Copeland, Naomi Campbell, Omari Hardwick, Quavo, Quincy
Jones, Rapsody, Regina Hall, Samuel L. Jackson, Saweetie, Sterling
K. Brown, Viola Davis, and Whoopi Goldberg will reflect
on the current state of the community with a spotlight on Social
Justice as well as the Network’s 40th anniversary with a special
appearance by BET founder Robert L. Johnson.
As previously announced, “BET Awards” 2020 will feature
performances by Alicia Keys, Black Thought, Chloe X Halle,
DaBaby, D Smoke, Jay Rock, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Jonathan
McReynolds, Kane Brown, Karen Clark Sheard, Kierra Sheard,
Lil’ Wayne, Megan Thee Stallion, Jahi, Nas, Public
Enemy, Questlove, Rapsody, Roddy Ricch, SiR, Summer Walker,
Usher and YG, with performances by BET Amplified
Artists, Masego and Lonr. who are set to take the BET
Amplified Music Stage, a platform for emerging artists.
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music
Strategy at BET will oversee The “BET Awards” 2020 and serve as
Executive Producer along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins
Entertainment.
BET.com/betawards is the official site for the
“BET Awards” and will have all the latest news and updates about
this year's show.
Follow us @BET_PR AND @BETAWARDS
ABOUT BET
BET, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American
audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million
households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the
Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the
dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of
business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for
black entertainment, music, culture and news; BET HER, a 24-hour
entertainment network targeting the African-American woman; BET
Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home
Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET
Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for
wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around
the globe.
ABOUT “BET AWARDS” The “BET
Awards” is one of the most watched award shows on cable television
according to the Nielsen Company. The “BET Awards” franchise
remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among
African-Americans, and it is BET's #1 telecast every year. It
recognizes the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers, and
athletes in a variety of categories.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS
ENTERTAINMENT Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a
full service television and film production company founded by
entertainment industry veteran, NAACP Image® Award winner and Emmy®
Award nominee Jesse Collins. For over a decade, the company has
played an integral role in producing some of television’s most
memorable moments in music entertainment. JCE has a multi-year
overall agreement with VIACOMCBS cable networks for its television
and film projects across all platforms — including BET, CMT, Comedy
Central, MTV, Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1 on the television
side. On the theatrical film side, the company also has a first
look on JCE’s film development projects which could include
Viacom’s film entities such as Paramount Players. The company
produced the critically acclaimed biopic The New Edition Story, the
story on the boy band that aired as a 3-part mini-series and posted
record ratings for BET and attracted nearly 30 million viewers. It
was followed by The Bobby Brown Story, which chronicled the
talented but troubled singer’s exit from the popular ’80s boy band
through his solo success, and was the highest rated non-tentpole
program on the network since The New Edition Story. The next
mini-series for JCE is Uptown, a 3-part original scripted
miniseries for BET that will chronicle the story of producer Andre
Harrell’s iconic record label, Uptown Records. The company’s
current scripted TV series is American Soul, the story about the
struggle to make the dream of Soul Train, the first
nationally-syndicated Black music show, come true. It ended its
first season as the #1 new cable scripted drama for African
Americans 18-49 and its second season debuted in May 2020.
Previously, JCE produced BET’s hit TV series Real Husbands of
Hollywood starring Kevin Hart that ran for 5 seasons. On the
unscripted side, JCE produces annual live specials — the BET
Awards, Soul Train Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. Past credits
include Black Girls Rock!, UNCF’s An Evening of Stars, ABFF Honors,
BET Honors, Love & Happiness: An Obama Farewell, VH1’s Dear
Mama, HBO’s Amanda Seales I Be Knowin;’ Netflix’s Def Comedy Jam 25
and Leslie Jones: Time Machine. JCE’s game shows include VH1’s Hip
Hop Squares with Ice Cube and CMT’s Nashville Squares. Its music
competition series on BET, Sunday Best is now in its 10th season
and Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow featuring judges Tip “T.I.” Harris,
Cardi B and Chance the Rapper will soon begin production on its
second season that will air in 2021. Collins is also a producer for
The Grammy Awards. He was on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop 100 Power
Players list, has been featured on the cover of Vibe magazine and
in numerous publications including Ebony magazine’s Power 100
issue. Go to http://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for more information
on the company.
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