The Performances, The Winners & Everything Else That Went Down At The BET Awards 2018
With performances from Nicki Minaj, Migos, Jay Rock, Big Sean & more!
Last night’s BET Awards had EVERYTHING. Jamie Foxx charmed the audience (and seems to be best friends with every celeb ever), Nicki’s performances stole the show, Kendrick & TDE were everywhere, Beyoncé continued to reign as Queen and DJ Khaled’s son made a special appearance.
FIRST, REMIND YOURSELF WHY BEY IS QUEEN AND WATCH THE CARTERS' NEW MUSIC VID FOR 'APES**T':
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Stack my money fast and go (fast, fast, go)
Fast like a Lambo (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt)
I be jumpin' off the stage, ho (jumpin', jumpin', hey, hey)
Crowd better savor (crowd goin' ape, hey)
I can't believe we made it (this is what we made, made)
This is what we're thankful for (this is what we thank, thank)
I can't believe we made it (this a different angle)
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? Rah!
Gimme my check, put some respeck on my check
Or pay me in equity, pay me in equity
Watch me reverse out of debt (skrrt)
He got a bad bitch, bad bitch
We livin' lavish, lavish
I got expensive fabrics
I got expensive habits
He wanna go with me (go with me)
He like to roll the weed (roll the weed)
He wanna be with me (be with me)
He wanna give me that vitamin D (D!)
Ice ornaments, icy style tournaments (woo)
You ain't on to this (no)
Don't think they on to this (no)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Bought him a jet
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Shut down Colette
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Phillippe Patek
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Get off my dick (uh, hey)
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, take the top shift (ball)
Call my girls and put 'em all on a spaceship (brr)
Hang one night with Yoncé, I'll make you famous (hey)
Have you ever seen the stage goin' apeshit? Rah!
Stack my money fast and go (fast, fast, go)
Fast like my Lambo (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt)
Jumpin' off the stage, ho (jumpin', jumpin', hey, hey)
Crowd better savor (crowd goin' ape, hey)
I can't believe we made it (this is what we made, made)
This is what we're thankful for (this is what we thank, thank)
I can't believe we made it (this a different angle)
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? (Offset!)
I'm a gorilla in the fuckin' coupe
Finna pull up in the zoo
I'm like Chief Keef meet Rafiki—who been lyin' "King" to you?
Pocket, watch it, like kangaroos
Tell these clowns we ain't amused
'Nana clips for that monkey business, 4-5 got change for you
Motorcade when we came through
Presidential with the planes too
One better get you with the residential
Undefeated with the cane too
I said no to the Super Bowl: you need me, I don't need you
Every night we in the endzone, tell the NFL we in stadiums too
Last night was a fuckin' zoo
Stagedivin' in a pool of people
Ran through Liverpool like a fuckin' Beatle
Smoke gorilla glue like it's fuckin' legal
Tell the Grammy's fuck that 0 for 8 shit
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? (Rah)
Stack my money fast and go (fast, fast, go)
Fast like my Lambo (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt)
Jumpin' off the stage, ho (jumpin', jumpin', hey, hey)
Crowd better savor (crowd goin' ape, hey)
I can't believe we made it (this is what we made, made)
This is what we're thankful for (this is what we thank, thank)
I can't believe we made it (this a different angle)
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? Rah!
Haters in danger (dangerous)
Whole lot of gangin' (gang)
35 chains (chains, chains)
I don't give a damn 'bout the fame (nope)
G8 planes (tshh, tshh)
Alexander Wang (woo!)
She a thot that you claim (woo!)
Can't be toppin' my reign (c'mon, c'mon, c'mon)
Poppin', I'm poppin', my bitches all poppin'
We go to the dealer and cop it all (cop it all)
Sippin' my favorite alcohol (alcohol)
Got me so lit, I need Tylenol (Tylenol)
All of my people, I free 'em all (free 'em all)
Hop in the whip, wanna see the stars
Sendin' the missiles off, drinkin' my inhibitions off
250 for the Richard Mille, yeah yeah, live in a field
My body make Jigga go kneel
Man, my momma, my lawyer, my shield
Look at my jewelry, I'm lethal (lethal)
These diamonds on me, they see-through (see-through)
I'm a Martian, they wishin' they equal (equal)
I got M's on the back like Evisu
Gimme the paw, gimme the ball, take a top shift (she went crazy)
Call my girls and put 'em all on a spaceship
Hang one night with Yoncé, I'll make you famous
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? Rah!
Stack my money fast and go (fast, fast, go)
Fast like a Lambo (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt)
I be jumpin' off the stage, ho (jumpin', jumpin', hey, hey)
Crowd better savor (crowd goin' ape, hey)
I can't believe we made it (this is what we made, made)
This is what we're thankful for (this is what we thank, thank)
I can't believe we made it (this a different angle)
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? Rah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Fast and go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Check out the best performances, find out all the winners and see all the other best bits BELOW!
Notable Performances
Nicki Minaj SLAYED with a performance of hits ‘Chun-Li’ and “Rich Sex” driving the audience absolutely WILD.
Following that she brought out YG, 2 Chainz and Big Sean for their new single ‘Big Bank’, appearing on a pink glittery horse. Yaaaaaasss.
Migos came on stage GLISTENING – we aren’t sure if they had more diamonds on their jackets or their chains, but we do know that their performances of their Drake featuring track ‘Walk It Talk It’ as well as ‘Stir Fry’ were FIRE.
TDE’s Jay Rock performed ‘WIN’ - a banger from his new album Redemption. Meanwhile Jamie Foxx got a host of celeb, from Michael B Jordan to Donald Glover, singing and dancing.
Winners
As always, there was FIERCE competition at this year’s BET Awards, with industry heavyweights and strong newcomers lining the nominees. In the end though, the queen reigned supreme as Beyoncé won Best Female R&B/Pop Artist; and Bruno Mars took the Best Male R&B/Pop Award.
Cardi B took the Best Female Hip Hop Artist and a well-deserved Migos won Best Group. TDE were out in full force too, with Kendrick Lamar raking in the awards for both Best Male Hip-Hop Artists and Album Of The Year – and the recently recovered SZA won best new artist. You can see the complete list of BET Awards 2018 winners below!
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Award
Beyoncé WINNER
SZA
H.E.R.
Rihanna
Kehlani
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Award
Bruno Mars WINNER
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Khalid
Daniel Caesar
Best Group Award
Migos WINNER
A Tribe Called Quest
N*E*R*D
Rae Sremmurd
Chloe x Halle
Best Collaboration Award
Bruno Mars & Cardi B – ‘Finesse (Remix)’
DJ Khaled & Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – ‘Wild Thoughts’ WINNER
DJ Khaled & JAY-Z, Future & Beyoncé – ‘Top Off’
Cardi B & 21 Savage – ‘Bartier Cardi’
French Montana – ‘Unforgettable’ (Ft. Swae Lee)
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Loyalty’ (Ft. Rihanna)
Best Male Hip Hop Artist Award
Drake
Kendrick Lamar WINNER
DJ Khaled
JAY-Z
J.Cole
Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award
Cardi B WINNER
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Dej Loaf
Rapsody
Best New Artist Award
SZA WINNER
H.E.R.
Daniel Caesar
Gold
LinkA
Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Album of the Year Award
Kendrick Lamar – Damn. WINNER
SZA – Ctrl
JAY-Z – 4:44
Migos – Culture II
Kendrick Lamar and Various Artists – Black Panther: The Album
DJ Khaled – Grateful
The Best International Act Award
Booba (FRANCE)
Cassper Nyovest (SA)
Dadju (FRANCE)
Davido (NIGERIA) WINNER
Distruction Boyz (SA)
Fally Ipupa (DR CONGO)
J Hus (UK)
NISKA (FRANCE)
Tiwa Savage (NIGERIA)
Stefflon Don (UK)
Stormzy (UK)
Video of the Year Award
Drake – ‘God's Plan’ WINNER
Cardi B – ‘Bodak Yellow’
Bruno Mars & Cardi B – ‘Finesse (Remix)’
DJ Khaled & Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – ‘Wild Thoughts’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Humble’
Migos & Drake ‘Walk It Talk It’
Video Director of the Year Award
Benny Boom
Director X
Ava DuVernay WINNER
Chris Brown
Dave Meyers
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
Lecrae & Tory Kelly – ‘I'll Find You’ WINNER
Snoop Dogg & B Slade – ‘Words Are Few’
Ledisi & Kirk Franklin – ‘If You Don't Mind’
Marvin Sapp – ‘Close’
Tasha Cobbs Leonard– ‘I'm Getting Ready’ (Ft. Nicki Minaj)
Best Actress Award
Tiffany Haddish WINNER
Lupita Nyong'o
Issa Rae
Angela Bassett
Letitia Wright
Taraji P. Henson
Best Actor Award
Chadwick Boseman WINNER
Michael B. Jordan
Donald Glover
Sterling K. Brown
Denzel Washington
Daniel Kaluuya
Young Stars Award
Yara Shahidi WINNER
Ashton Tyler
Caleb McLaughlin
Lonnie Chavis
Marsai Martin
Miles Brown
Best Movie Award
Black Panther WINNER
Girls Trip
A Wrinkle in Time
Detroit
Mudbound
Sportswoman of the Year Award
Serena Williams WINNER
Venus Williams
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Candace Parker
Elana Meyers Taylor
Sportsman of the Year Award
Stephen Curry
LeBron James WINNER
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Odell Beckham Jr.
BET Her Award
Janelle Monáe – ‘Django Jane’
Lizzo – ‘Water Me’
Mary J. Blige – ‘Strength of a Woman’ WINNER
Remy Ma– ‘Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)’ (Ft. Chris Brown)
Chloe x Halle – ‘The Kids Are Alright’
Leikeli47 – ‘2nd Fiddle’
Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award
SZA & Travis Scott – ‘Love Galore’
Cardi B – ‘Bodak Yellow’ WINNER
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Humble’
Drake – ‘God's Plan’
Migos & Nicki Minaj & Cardi B – ‘MotorSport’
DJ Khaled– ‘Wild Thoughts’ (Ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Anita Baker
BET Salutes Humanitarian Heroes
James Shaw Jr.
Anthony Borges
Naomi Wadler
Shaun King
Mamoudou Gassama
Justin Blackman
Everything Else
In Rihanna’s absence, DJ Khaled accepted the award for Best Collaboration – with his son Asahd joining him on stage!
Jamie Foxx got the audience going, praised Black Panther and gave Michael B Jordan a shout-out.
A whole host of new music came out last week, with new releases from Demi Lovato, Little Mix, Ariana Grande, Skepta and more! Check them all out in our new music round-up right HERE!
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