Killer Mike returned to the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles in triumphant style on Sunday (June 30) as he received Album of the Yr on the 2024 BET Awards.
The Peacock Theatre is identical venue the place the Run The Jewels rapper was arrested in the course of the Grammy Awards earlier this 12 months, shortly after he received three Grammys.
After Mike took to the stage to assert his trophy, for his 2023 album MICHAEL, he delivered an impassioned speech that referenced his prior arrest.
“Technically, I used to be not purported to be right here,” he mentioned. “I used to be put in handcuffs and I used to be marched out of this constructing. However I wanna let you know, have a look at God as a result of I’m again, child. I’m again.”
He added: “I wanna inform Black folks that it’s due to BET I’m again, not ’reason behind no white individual. A Black man runs this enterprise, a Black firm places this present on, they usually obtained my Black ass again in right here. Thanks.”
“I’m moved and compelled to say this on this second, lots of people gonna say, ‘Who was he? Why did he get it?’” Mike continued. “I’m a illustration of one of many best issues God has ever made. And that’s one-half of the Black household.
“Black women and men, I’m you. Whether or not you’re younger, whether or not you’re previous, whether or not you want me, whether or not you don’t like me, I’m completely you, and this win is completely ours.”
The Atlanta native concluded his speech by urging the Black group to vote within the presidential election later this 12 months: “They’re gonna let you know who we vote for is vital and it’s. Who we vote for on the massive stage is vital.
“But it surely’s extra vital that you recognize who your metropolis council individual is, who your prosecutor is. And in the event you don’t just like the people who find themselves operating, run your Black ass to the polls and run your self.”
Killer Mike additionally revealed in an Instagram put up that he was initially not allowed contained in the theater as a consequence of his arrest on the Grammys.
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“It’s humbling to be nominated for @betawards Album of the Yr and never allowed within the constructing as a result of it’s happening on the identical place because the Grammy’s,” he wrote. “It’s equally humbling for @BET and @AEGpresents to exit of their method and proper this mistaken so I can attend.
“Thanks to all these concerned and regardless of the result I’ve obtained one thing coming tonight.”
A whole checklist of BET Awards winners could be discovered under.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
• Chris Brown — 11:11
• Gunna — A Present & A Curse
• 21 Savage — American Dream
• Usher — Coming House
• Drake — For All of the Canines (Scary Hours Version)
• Victoria Monét, Jaguar II
• Killer Mike — Michael [WINNER]
• Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday 2
BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST:
• 21 Savage
• Burna Boy
• Drake
• Future
• Gunna
• J. Cole
• Kendrick Lamar [WINNER]
• Lil Wayne
BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST:
• Cardi B
• Doja Cat
• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• Latto
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Nicki Minaj [WINNER]
• Sexyy Crimson
BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST:
• Brent Faiyaz
• Bryson Tiller
• Burna Boy
• Chris Brown
• Drake
• Fridayy
• October London
• Usher [WINNER]
BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST:
• Beyoncé
• Coco Jones
• Doja Cat
• H.E.R.
• Muni Lengthy
• SZA [WINNER]
• Tyla
• Victoria Monét
BEST GROUP:
• Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign [WINNER]
• 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
• 41
• Blxst & Bino Rideaux
• Metropolis Women
• Flo
• Maverick Metropolis Music
• Wanmor
Greatest New Artist
• 41
• 4Batz
• Ayra Starr
• Bossman Dlow
• Fridayy
• October London
• Sexyy Crimson
• Tyla [WINNER]
BEST COLLABORATION:
• Lil Durk feat. J. Cole — “All My Life” [WINNER]
• Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar — “America Has a Drawback (Remix)”
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice — “Barbie World”
• Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion — “Bongos”
• Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign feat. Wealthy The Child & Playboi Carti — “Carnival”
• Lola Brooke feat. Latto & Yung Miami — “Don’t Play With It (Remix)”
• Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Uzi Vert — “All people”
• Usher feat. Summer season Walker & 21 Savage — “Good Good”
• Drake feat. Sexyy Crimson & SZA — “Wealthy Child Daddy”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
• Doja Cat — “Agora Hills”
• Lil Durk feat. J. Cole — “All My Life”
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice — “Barbie World”
• Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion — “Bongos”
• Drake feat. J. Cole — “First Individual Shooter”
• Usher feat. Summer season Walker & 21 Savage — “Good Good”
• Victoria Monét — “On My Mama” [WINNER]
• Drake feat. Sexyy Crimson & SZA — “Wealthy Child Daddy”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
• Benny Growth
• Baby.
• Cole Bennett [WINNER]
• Dave Meyers
• Janelle Monáe & Alan Ferguson
• Offset
• Tems
• Tyler, The Creator
BET HER:
• Beyoncé — “16 Carriages”
• Nicki Minaj feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “Blessings”
• Ayra Starr — “Commas”
• Flo feat. Missy Elliott — “Fly Woman”
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Hiss”
• Victoria Monét — “On My Mama” [WINNER]
• SZA — “Saturn”
• GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT:
• Asake (Africa)
• Aya Nakamura (France)
• Ayra Starr (Africa)
• Bk’ (Brazil)
• Cleo Sol (UK)
• Focalistic (Africa)
• Karol Conká (Brazil)
• Raye (UK)
• Tiakola (France)
• Tyla (Africa) [WINNER]
VIEWER’S CHOICE: BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT
• Bellah (UK)
• Cristale (UK)
• Duquesa (Brazil)
• Holly G (France)
• Jungeli (France)
• Makhadzi (Africa) [WINNER]
• Oruam (Brazil)
• Seyi Vibez (Africa)
• Tyler Icu (Africa)
DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD:
• Shirley Caesar — “Award All the Glory”
• Kirk Franklin — “All Issues”
• Halle Bailey — “Angel”
• CeCe Winans — “Come Jesus Come”
• Erica Campbell — “Do You Consider in Love?”
• Maverick Metropolis Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore — “God Issues”
• Tems — “Me & U” [WINNER]
• Kirk Franklin — “Strive Love”
BEST MOVIE:
• American Fiction
• Bob Marley: One Love [WINNER]
• Renaissance: A Movie by Beyoncé
• Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
• The E book of Clarence
• The Colour Purple
• The Equalizer 3
• The Little Mermaid
BEST ACTOR:
• Anthony Mackie
• Colman Domingo
• Damson Idris
• Denzel Washington [WINNER]
• Donald Glover
• Idris Elba
• Jeffrey Wright
• Lakeith Stanfield
BEST ACTRESS:
• Angela Bassett
• Ayo Edebiri
• Coco Jones
• Danielle Brooks
• Fantasia
• Halle Bailey
• Issa Rae
• Regina King [WINNER]
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD:
• Anthony Edwards
• Gervonta Davis
• Jalen Brunson [WINNER]
• Jalen Hurts
• Kyrie Irving
• LeBron James
• Patrick Mahomes
• Stephen Curry
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD:
• A’ja Wilson
• Angel Reese [WINNER]
• Coco Gauff
• Flau’jae Johnson
• Juju Watkins
• Naomi Osaka
• Sha’Carri Richardson
• Simone Biles
YOUNGSTARS AWARD:
• Akira Akbar
• Blue Ivy Carter [WINNER]
• Demi Singleton
• Heiress Diana Harris
• Jabria McCullum
• Jalyn Corridor
• Leah Jeffries
• Van Van
