title: The BET Honors
text: # The BET Honors
  
  I The BET Honors furono istituiti nel 2008 dalla rete televisiva Black Entertainment Television per onorare la vita e le conquiste di luminari afroamericani. I premi furono assegnati ogni anno fino al 2016 e trasmessi su BET durante il Mese della storia dei neri.
  
  ## Luogo della cerimonia
  
  Le cerimonie inaugurali, nel 2008, si sono svolte al Warner Theater di Washington, DC .
  
  ## Conduttori
  
  Il comico Cedric the Entertainer ha condotto la prima edizione del BET Honors nel 2008. L'attrice Gabrielle Union invece condusse cinque edizioni consecutive.
  
  ## 2008
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Alicia Keys (Entertainment Award)
  * Tyra Banks (Media Award)
  * Dr. Cornel West, Professore universitario nel centro per gli studi afroamericani (Award for Education)
  * Richard Parsons (Corporate Citizen Award)
  * L'Onorevole Maxine Waters (Public Service Award)
  * CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd (Entrepreneur Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Stevie Wonder
  * John Legend
  * Gladys Knight
  * Wyclef Jean
  * Jill Scott
  * Brian McKnight
  * Ne-Yo
  * Raheem DeVaughn
  * Blair Underwood
  * Danny Glover
  * Kerry Washington
  * Idris Elba
  * Hill Harper
  * Vivica A. Fox
  
  ## 2009
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Magic Johnson (Corporate Citizen Award)
  * Tyler Perry (Media Award)
  * B. Smith (Entrepreneur Award)
  * Mary J. Blige (Entertainer Award)
  * Judith Jamison (Education Award)
  * James Clyburn (Public Service Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Stevie Wonder
  * Yolanda Adams
  * Anita Baker
  * Monica
  * Joss Stone
  * Ne-Yo
  * Queen Latifah
  * Anthony Hamilton
  * Keyshia Cole
  * Whitney Houston
  
  ## 2010
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Whitney Houston (Entertainers Award)
  * Queen Latifah (Media Award)
  * Sean “Diddy” Combs (Entrepreneur Award)
  * Ruth Simmons (Education Award)
  * Keith Black (Public Service Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Jennifer Hudson
  * Mary J. Blige
  * India. Arie
  * Patti LaBelle
  * Stevie Wonder
  * Trey Songz
  * Jazmine Sullivan
  * Kim Burrell
  
  ## 2011
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Jamie Foxx (Entertainer)
  * Cicely Tyson (Theatrical Arts Award)
  * Herbie Hancock (Musical Arts Award)
  * Iman (Service Award)
  * Lonnie Bunch (Education Award)
  * Linda Johnson-Rice (Media Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Ne-Yo
  * Nicole Ari Parker
  * Boris Kodjoe
  * Chick Corea
  * Lalah Hathaway
  * Keyshia Cole
  * Tank & Guy
  * Naturally 7
  * Trey Songz
  * Yolanda Adams
  * Marsha Ambrosius
  
  ## 2012
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Maya Angelou (Literary Arts Award)
  * Stevie Wonder (Musical Arts Award)
  * Mariah Carey (Entertainer Award)
  * Spike Lee (Media Award)
  * Beverly Kearney (Education Award)
  * Tuskegee Airmen (Service Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Michelle Obama
  * Willow Smith
  * Aretha Franklin
  * Common
  * Cuba Gooding Jr.
  * Terrence Howard
  * Cicely Tyson
  * Kelly Rowland
  * Jill Scott
  * John Singleton
  * Jennifer Hudson
  * Ledisi
  * Patti LaBelle
  * Anthony Hamilton
  * Luke James
  * Nick Cannon
  * Moroccan Cannon
  
  ## 2013
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Halle Berry (Service Award)
  * T.D. Jakes (Education Award)
  * Chaka Khan (Musical Arts Award)
  * Lisa Leslie (Athletics Award)
  * Clarence Avant (Entrepreneur Award)
  
  ## 2014
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Kenneth Chenault (Corporate Citizen Award)
  * Aretha Franklin (Musical Arts Award)
  * Carrie Mae Weems (Visual Arts)
  * Ice Cube (Entertainer Award)
  * Berry Gordy (Entrepreneur Award)
  * Nelson Mandela (Leadership Award)
  
  ## 2015
  
  Con conduzione del comico Wayne Brady.
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Kanye West (Visionary Award)
  * Usher (Musical Arts Award)
  * Phylicia Rashad (Theatrical Arts Award)
  * Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole (Education Award)
  * Kwame Simmons (Digital Special Recognition)
  * John W. Thompson (Technology and Business Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Ne-Yo
  * Trey Songz
  * Ben Vareen
  * K. Michelle
  * Dame Dash
  * Patti Labelle
  * Mary J. Blige
  * Bobby Brown
  * Charlie Wilson
  * Glynn Turman
  * Diahann Carroll
  * Anthony Anderson
  
  ## 2016
  
  Con conduzione del comico Arsenio Hall.
  
  ### Premiati
  
  * Lee Daniels (The BET Honors Television and Film Award)
  * Patti Labelle (Musical Arts Award)
  * LA Reid (Business Entertainment Award)
  * Eric Holder (Public Service Award)
  * Mellody Hobson (Corporate Citizen Award)
  
  ### Interpreti e presentatori
  
  * Usher
  * Ledisi
  * Monica
  * Babyface
  * Fantasia
  * The Deele
  * Eddie Levert
  * Toni Braxton
  * Jussie Smollett
  * Jazmine Sullivan
  * Gabourey Sidibe
  * Terrence Howard
  * Raheem DeVaughn
  