How To Watch BET Awards 2025
Kevin Hart is hosting the BET Awards, which air Monday night on BET.
The BET Awards celebrate their 25th anniversary this year, and BET is going all-out for this special ceremony. With a dynamic host, a slew of high-profile nominees and plans to honor one of the network's most iconic shows, the BET Awards will have everyone buzzing. The program airs Monday at 8 p.m. ET. Kendrick Lamar, coming off a huge night at the Grammys as well as his popular performance during the Super Bowl halftime show, leads all nominees for the show. Here is everything you need to know about the BET Awards 2025, including how to watch and who will be performing at the event.
The BET Awards will air live on BET on Monday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET. You can also tune in for the pre-show at 6 p.m. ET on BET, which will feature red-carpet arrivals.
The BET Awards will air at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
If you have a cable streaming package through Hulu, Sling, DirecTV or YouTube that includes BET, you can stream the awards. BET also makes a livestream available through the BET website using the 'LIVE TV' option or using the BET Now app on a smart TV.
Kevin Hart will host the 25th annual BET Awards. It only seems right that the network would tap a huge star—the four-time Emmy winner has hosted the awards show in the past to great acclaim, and the show will undoubtedly be the highest-rated of the year on the network.
For the show's 25th anniversary, BET called in an all-star lineup. Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Playboi Carti, Leon Thomas, Ledisi and Keyshia Cole are slated to perform.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads all nominees with 10. It's shaping up to be Lamar's year on the awards circuit—he won four Grammys earlier this year for 'Not Like Us,' including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Other top nominees include Doechii, Future, GloRilla and Lamar nemesis Drake, who each have six nods. Metro Boomin earned five nods, while The Weeknd and SZA both received four.
The iconic music video countdown program 106 & Park will receive special recognition during the ceremony. It marks the 25th anniversary of that show, which helped define BET as the home for Black culture and has welcomed many legendary performers and guests over two and a half decades.
Former hosts AJ Calloway, Free Marie Wright, Julissa Bermudez, Keshia Chanté, Rocsi Diaz, and Terrence J are all slated to appear during the tribute, while Bow Wow, Amerie, B2K, Jim Jones, Mya and T.I. will perform.
The year's biggest prize, the Ultimate Icon Award, will honor four Black entertainers who have made history with their success: singer Mariah Carey, actor and singer Jamie Foxx, gospel singer Kirk Franklin and rapper Snoop Dogg.
Tune in to the BET Awards for an entertaining evening with an always-hilarious host.
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