BET Awards 2022
The 22nd BET Awards took place on June 26, 2022. The ceremony celebrates achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies. The ceremony was hosted for the second time by Taraji P. Henson at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
The nominees were announced on June 1, 2022. Doja Cat received the most nominations with 6, ahead of Drake and Ari Lennox, who received with four nominations each.
American rapper, songwriter and producer Sean Combs, professionally known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award for his "incomparable cultural force and creative visionary whose impact has created historic paradigm shifts across music, media, fashion, and lifestyle".
Performers
The list of performers was announced on June 16, 2022.In Memoriam
- Roe v. Wade
- Young Dolph
- Calvin Simon
- Lusia Harris
- Fred Parris
- Betty Davis
- Jimmy Johnson
- Syl Johnson
- Lashun Pace
- Jessie D
- Moses J. Moseley
- Kevin Samuels
- Andre Leon Talley
- Trouble
- Andre Woolfolk
- James Mtume
- Max Julien
- Fitzroy "Bunny Diamond" Simpson
- Donald "Tabby Diamond" Shaw
- Dwayne Haskins
- Tytyana Miller
- Biz Markie
- Traci Braxton
- Bob Lanier
- Johnny Brown
- Cheslie Kryst
- DJ Kay Slay
- Lil Keed
- Michael K. Williams
- Kangol Kid
- Virgil Abloh
- Sidney Poitier