{"id":523717,"date":"2026-06-29T06:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523717\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:31:15","slug":"bet-awards-2026-winners-list-cardi-b-leon-thomas-kehlani-jalen-brunson-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523717\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards 2026 Winners List: Cardi B, Leon Thomas, Kehlani, Jalen Brunson & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2026 BET Awards<\/a>, hosted by Druski, celebrated the best in culture and had some big winners.<\/p>\n

\n\tTeyana Taylor was honored with the Icon of the Year Award, while Sylvia Rhone was honored with the Ultimate Icon Award, and Ms. Lauryn Hill was celebrated with the Living Legend Icon Award.<\/p>\n

\n\tTaylor was a big winner as she also took awards for Best Actress, Fashion Vanguard and Video Director of the Year.<\/p>\n

\n\tTaylor delivered an inspirational speech<\/a> at the BET Awards, noting that \u201cthere\u2019s room for all of us to win,\u201d adding, \u201cThis business is wicked, you know. It teaches us to compete, but I\u2019ve never believed that my success had to call someone else\u2019s theirs. If I know something, I should teach it. If I open a door, I should hold it. If I have a platform, I should make room for another voice.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBecause I believe greatness isn\u2019t measured by how many people stand beneath you, it\u2019s measured by how many people stand beside you because you\u2019re willing to reach back, that\u2019s the only legacy I care about,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo tonight I will wear this title loud and proud because I promise to continue to earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Nia Long Praises Jaafar Jackson For \u2018Michael\u2019 Success: \u201cIt Was A Joy Watching You Transform Into Your Uncle Right Before Our Eyes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMusic executive Sylvia Rhone also took the stage to deliver a powerful message<\/a> about protecting creativity as technological advances disrupt the industry.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMusic needs us to stand up for it like never before, because we are living through a time of massive technological change,\u201d she said. \u201cThe possibilities are super exciting, but we must stay as active on the tech side of music as we are on the soulful side. We make the algorithm, the algorithm doesn\u2019t make us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: BET Awards Ultimate Icon Sylvia Rhone On Protecting Creativity Amid Tech Disruption: \u201cWe Make The Algorithm, The Algorithm Doesn\u2019t Make Us\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMusical performances throughout the night included Cardi B, Common, Doechii, Don Toliver, French Montana, Kehlani, KWN, Max B, Queen Latifah, Rick Ross, Tems, T.I., and The War and Treaty. Also performing are Alexia Jayy, Ari Lennox, Baby Keem, BJ the Chicago Kid, Durand Bernarr, Erica Campbell, George Clinton, Le\u2019Andria Johnson, Nas, Rapsody, and Raye.<\/p>\n

\n\tLIST OF ALL WINNERS AT THE 2026 BET AWARDS<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Male R&B \/ Pop Artist: Leon Thomas<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Female R&B \/ Pop Artist: Kehlani<\/p>\n

\n\tBET Her Award: \u201cGirl, Get Up,\u201d Doechii and SZA<\/p>\n

\n\tAlbum of the Year: Let God Sort Them Out, Clipse<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Female Hip Hop Artist: Cardi B<\/p>\n

\n\tFashion Vanguard: Teyana Taylor<\/p>\n

\n\tPulse Award: Druski<\/p>\n

\n\tVideo Director of the Year: Teyana Taylor<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress: Teyana Taylor<\/p>\n

\n\tSportswoman of the Year: A\u2019ja Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSportsman of the Year: Jalen Brunson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 BET Awards, hosted by Druski, celebrated the best in culture and had some big winners. Teyana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[198191,93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-523717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bet-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}