Lil Wayne and protege Drake will join Chris Brown, Jill Scott and Alicia Keys as performers for this year’s BET Awards ’11, the network announced today. Lil Wayne, who is set to release his ninth album “Tha Carter IV†this August, received five nominations this year in the “Best Collaboration,†“Best Male Hip Hop Artist,†“Video of the Year,†categories as well as two nods in the “Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice†category.
Drake will face his mentor Lil Wayne in the “Best Collaboration,†“Best Male Hip Hop Artist and “Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice†categories.
Hosted by comedian Kevin Hart, the ceremony airs live on Sunday, June 26 at 8 p.m. from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
I am soooo happy about everybody in the music field, but not so happy about some of the music family that are no longer here. lets keep the good things about what we are doing and don”t let the love for this job go bad. keep it good and loving and we can go longer, Ive always really love lil Wayne and i call him my son,