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The 8th BET Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 24, 2008. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian D. L. Hughley hosted the awards for his first time.

Winners

Performers

• Usher - Love in This Club
• Young Jeezy & Kanye West - Put On
• Keyshia Cole & Lil Kim - Heaven Sent/Let it Go
• Ne-yo - Closer
• Alicia Keys, En Vogue, TLC & SWV - Teenage Love Affair/Hold On/Waterfalls/Weak
• T-Pain, Rick Ross, Big Boi, DJ Khaled & Flo Rida - Ringleader Man/Low/The Boss/I'm So Hood
• Marvin Sapp - Never Would Have Made It
• Chris Brown - With You/Take U Down
• Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell & Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You/Tired of Being Alone/Simply Beautiful/Let's Stay Together/Love and Happiness
• Rihanna - Take A Bow
• Nelly, Fergie & Ciara - Stepped On My J'z/Party People
• T-Pain, Lil Wayne - Got Money/Lollipop/A Milli

Presenters

• Jennifer Hudson & Terrence Howard - Best Male R&B Artist
• Kevin Hart & Mel B - Best Male Athlete
• Cuba Gooding Jr., Nia Long & Morris Chestnut - Best Female Hip-hop Artist
• LL Cool J & Ashanti - Best New Artist
• Niecy Nash - Best Male Hip-hop Artist
• Gabrielle Union & Derek Luke - Video of the Year
• Mary Mary & Lisa Lisa - Best Gospel
• David Banner, Brandon T. Jackson, Solange, Soulja Boy & Cassie - Urges viewers to vote for the 2008 United States Presidential Election and presented Best Collaboration
• John Legend - Presented Al Green with the Lifetime Achievement Award
• Terrence & Roschi & Jacob Mann - Viewer's Choice
• Queen Latifah - Presented Quincy Jones with the Humanitarian Award
• Ashanti - Presented Nelly
• Lauren London & Sean "Diddy" Combs - Best Female R&B Artist

References

1. "Awards 2008 | BET Awards". BET. 2008-06-24. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

External links

• Official website

• BET Awards
• 2008 awards in the United States