By Charles Mgbolu
The Black Entertainment BET 2023 Hip Hop Awards is building up to celebrate the best global hip hop stars for 2023 in its annual event scheduled to air on Tuesday night. It is due to air on the BET music channel.
The awards show will honour some of the best and brightest rappers, singers, and other black artists from around the globe.
African acts have recorded resounding success in the industry and are getting strong recognition for their body of work with multiple nominations in this year’s awards.
Nigerian singing sensation Burna Boy, however, is going above and beyond with nominations in hotly contested categories that once never featured acts from Africa, especially in the very prestigious "Hip Hop Artist of the Year’’ award category.
The event will be hosted for the second consecutive year by American rapper Fat Joe, known for his 2000s hit “Lean Back’’.
Leading the pack of nominees, however, are American rappers 21 Savage and Cardi B, with 12 nominations each.
Fiveo Foreign, GloRilla, Kid Capri, Ludacris, and Jermaine Dupri are among the performers for this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards.
The event takes place at the at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta and organisers promise it will be breathtaking.
