The 2017 BET Awards
The 2017 BET Awards
Held June 25, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Leslie Jones.
Eight-year-old Annalise Bishop (in the black shirt) and a few friends attended with her dad Jamie Foxx, who presented the award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist to Bruno Mars.
Marsai Martin, 12, was nominated for the YoungStars Award. BET didn't give out any awards for TV this year, so her show Black-ish, which was a big winner last year and in 2015, had no nominations.
Skai Jackson, 15, looked so beautiful and grown-up, and her lipstick-imprint dress put her on a few best-dressed lists. Perez Hilton said, "The Disney darling more than slayed with her number for the industry event. Not only did the up-and-comer look precious AF with her hair all fro'd out, but she also served up a mature look by donning a playful mini dress with black stilettos. So fierce. Does anyone else feel like Miz Jackson just grew up over night?"
Marsai's TV sister Yara Shahidi, 17, presented and won the YoungStars Award. Even bigger news for Yara: after being accepted into every college she applied to in April, she recently announced that she will be attending Harvard in the fall ... and getting her own Black-ish spinoff series, College-ish. Congratulations, Yara!
Previous posts on the BET Awards: 2016, 2015, 2014.
Held June 25, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Leslie Jones.
Eight-year-old Annalise Bishop (in the black shirt) and a few friends attended with her dad Jamie Foxx, who presented the award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist to Bruno Mars.
Marsai Martin, 12, was nominated for the YoungStars Award. BET didn't give out any awards for TV this year, so her show Black-ish, which was a big winner last year and in 2015, had no nominations.
Skai Jackson, 15, looked so beautiful and grown-up, and her lipstick-imprint dress put her on a few best-dressed lists. Perez Hilton said, "The Disney darling more than slayed with her number for the industry event. Not only did the up-and-comer look precious AF with her hair all fro'd out, but she also served up a mature look by donning a playful mini dress with black stilettos. So fierce. Does anyone else feel like Miz Jackson just grew up over night?"
Marsai's TV sister Yara Shahidi, 17, presented and won the YoungStars Award. Even bigger news for Yara: after being accepted into every college she applied to in April, she recently announced that she will be attending Harvard in the fall ... and getting her own Black-ish spinoff series, College-ish. Congratulations, Yara!
Previous posts on the BET Awards: 2016, 2015, 2014.