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Hosted By D.L. Hughley, BET AWARDS '08 Features Performances by Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Keyshia Cole, Marvin Sapp, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nelly, Usher and Young Jeezy, With Appearances by Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Mary Mary, Lauren London and Kevin Hart

NEW YORK, June 23, 2008 -- Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole, Usher, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Nelly, Marvin Sapp, and Young Jeezy are all on board to perform at BET AWARDS '08. In addition, LL Cool J, Samuel L.    » read more »

Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West and Young Jeezy Will Join Previously Announced Performers Usher, Lil Wayne and Nelly for 'The Hottest Ticket on Television'

Legendary R&B Icon Al Green to Receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award and Celebrated Producer/Arranger/Composer Quincy Jones Set for BET's Humanitarian Award    » read more »

T-Pain Leads the Pack with Five Nominations, Chris Brown Follows Closely with Four Nods, Kanye West and Keyshia Cole with Three and Mary J. Blige, Flo Rida and Alicia Keys Hold Steady with Two Each

NEW YORK, May 17, 2008 -- BET Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA; VIA.B), today announced the nominees, performers and recipients of the Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian honors for the BET AWARDS '08. The BET AWARDS '08 is raising the stakes and promises to be the "hottest ticket on television" for the eighth year running, as the biggest stars in music, sports and entertainment unite in Los Angeles' historic Shrine Auditorium for a night of explosive LIVE performances on Tuesday, June 24 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

Highlights:    » read more »

London, 21 February 2008 – EMI’s songwriters and artists enjoyed a successful night at the BRIT Awards yesterday with wins for Arctic Monkeys, Take That, Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson and Kanye West. For the second consecutive year EMI Music Publishing songwriters won BRITs in six of the 12 categories.    » read more »

11 February 2008 -- Veteran jazz pianist Herbie Hancock has won the album of the year prize at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

Hancock's album - River: The Joni Letters is a tribute to singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.

Hancock said in his acceptance speech Sunday in the U.S. city of Los Angeles that it had been 43 years since a jazz artist won the top album Grammy.

Troubled artist Amy Winehouse won song of the year for her hit "Rehab", an autobiographical song about drug addiction that closely mirrors her life.    » read more »

New York, NY and San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2008 – Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, and SendMe, Inc., the premier mobile media company, today announced a licensing agreement whereby UMG’s extensive catalog of chart-topping hit songs would be made available to members of SendMeMobile.com. For the first time, SendMe members would have access to music from such superstars as 50 Cent, Daddy Yankee, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Rihanna and U2, among thousands of others.    » read more »

MONDAY, November 26, 2007, Chicago, IL— Dr. Jan Adams appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show show just once, in 2003, as the host of the Discovery Health Channel series, Plastic Surgery: Before and After. The show he appeared on focused on various television series that highlighted trends in cosmetic surgery. Since he was booked as a guest commentator on the subject of medical television, not in his capacity as a surgeon, and since we did not promote him as a cosmetic surgeon, there was no reason to do a background check on him.    » read more »

05.11.2007 -- Lyricist, songwriter, producer, three-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, and one of the all-time best selling mobile music artists, Kanye West is the latest artist to join Virgin Mobile USA’s exclusive “First Dibs” ringtone program. Virgin Mobile USA joins with Def Jam Records to offer Virgin Mobile’s more than 4.8 million customers exclusive content from West’s latest Island/Def Jam Records album.    » read more »

- VH1 Soul / VIBE Award Goes to Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Robin Thicke, Shop Boyz, Timbaland, Fabolous, T-Pain, Will Smith and Yung Joc
- Hosted By Grammy Award-Winning Artist Eve

NEW YORK, Oct 15, 2007 -- BET kicks off the week of October 15 with the premieres of BET Hip Hop Awards 2007, along with new episodes of AMERICAN GANGSTER and EXALTED. Following are the program descriptions below:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16
8:00 p.m.    » read more »

- Kanye West, Nelly, Common, Dr. Cornel West, MC Lyte, David Banner, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Lil' Wayne, Soulja Boy and Hurricane Chris, Among Others, Brought Style, Substance and Swagger to the BET HIP HOP AWARDS 2007
- Hosted by Katt Williams, with Appearances by LL Cool J, Ciara, Wyclef Jean, Keyshia Cole, Jermaine Dupri, Hill Harper, Lauren London, Lil Mama, Lil Boosie, Dizzee Rascal, Twista, Phonte, Kardinal Offishal, Stat Quo, Cee-Lo, Melyssa Ford, Rocsi, Terrence, Ras Kaas, Flo, Cassidy and Joell Ortiz, BET Paid Homage to Today's Hottest Urban Music Artists    » read more »

- 'BET HIP HOP AWARDS 2007' Premiering Wednesday, October 17 at 8 P.M. ET/PT
- Wyclef Jean, Keyshia Cole, Cassidy, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Premiere, Joell Ortiz, Kardinal Offishall, Lil Mama, Phonte, Ras Kass and Status Quo Scheduled to Appear
- Katt Williams Returns As Host

Thursday, September 20, 2007 -- "Jimmy Kimmel Live," which airs every weeknight (12:05-1:05 a.m., ET, following "Nightline"), features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians, human interest subjects and dangerously crazy people -- along with comedy bits and a house band.

Following are the episodes scheduled to air the week of September 24-28 (subject to change):

SEPTEMBER 24 (OAD 9/13)
1. Rapper Kanye West (he will be a panel guest as well as perform) 2. Actor Jeff Garlin

SEPTEMBER 25    » read more »

19 September 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Kanye West's third album Graduation is well ahead of rival rapper 50 Cent's third disc Curtis in a highly-publicized sales battle.

According to September 18 data from tracking firm Neilsen SoundScan, Graduation sold 957,000 copies in the United States during the six days ending September 16. Curtis is trailing with 691,000 sales. Kanye West is also ahead of 50 Cent in the United Kingdom, where Graduation debuted atop the album chart.    » read more »

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- Whether 50 Cent or Kanye West sells more albums this week is still being decided, but one thing is for sure - their appearance together on BET's 106 & PARK along with a surprise visit from Jay-Z, was a ratings knockout.    » read more »