Usher, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, Drake and Jennifer Hudson are the first batch of performers that are set to blaze the stage on June 29th. BET revealed this lineup on Tuesday (June 3rd).
None of these artists are strangers to the Bet Awards stage. Last year, Pharrell joined Robin Thicke and T.I. for a high-energy performance of the song of summer “Blurred Lines”. A year before that, Usher serenated the crowd with his hit single “Climax”. Rewind a year before that, Both Lil Wayne and Drake Joined DJ Khaled for “I’m On One” and Trey Songz joined Kelly Rowland for a sexy mash up of “Lovefaces” and ”Motivation”.
Grammy and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson is known for having one of the greatest moments in BET Award history when she was joined by original “I Am Telling You” singer Jennifer Holliday for a duet of the hit song in 2007.
Billboard reported that Beyoncé and Jay Z lead the nominations with 5 each and Pharrell, Drake and newcomer August Alsina follows with 4.
Last year’s show pulled in 7.6 million viewers.