{"id":50681,"date":"2025-08-07T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/50681\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:13:07","slug":"are-bet-soul-train-and-hip-hop-awards-canceled-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/50681\/","title":{"rendered":"Are BET Soul Train and Hip Hop Awards canceled? What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SZA, Kendrick Lamar win big at 2025 BET Awards<\/p>\n

Kendrick Lamar won Album of the Year for his critically acclaimed GNX LP and Mariah Carey performed her hit song ‘It’s Like That’ at the BET Awards.<\/p>\n

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BET<\/a> has reportedly suspended the Soul Train and Hip-Hop Awards, two of its annual music awards shows.<\/p>\n

“So for BET linear, we have suspended the Soul Train and Hip-Hop award shows,” BET CEO Scott Mills said in an interview with Billboard<\/a> published on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

According to the outlet, Mills added, “We have a team that’s actively thinking about where those award shows might best live as the media climate continues to evolve. They aren’t gone.”<\/p>\n

BET declined to comment to USA TODAY.<\/p>\n

What are the BET Soul Train Awards?<\/p>\n

The Soul Train Awards is an annual music awards show.<\/p>\n

“Soul Train” program creator Don Cornelius established the awards show in 1987 to recognize achievements in Black music, according to the National Museum of African American History & Culture.<\/a><\/p>\n

The awards show originally aired for syndication on various cable networks, but moved to BET by the mid-2000s, according to IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Soul Train Awards most recently aired in November 2023<\/a>. That year, it was hosted by Keke Palmer and attended by stars like Janelle Mon\u00e1e, T-Pain, and Coco Jones. BET skipped the ceremony in 2024.<\/p>\n

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What are the BET Hip-Hop Awards?<\/p>\n

The BET Hip-Hop Awards, which began airing in 2006, <\/a>is an annual ceremony showcasing hip hop artists, performers and producers.<\/p>\n

The show most recently aired on Oct. 5, 2024 and was hosted by Fat Joe.<\/p>\n

According to BET<\/a>, the Hip Hop Awards “celebrates the best in Hip Hop from the past year.”<\/p>\n

In 2024, awards were given in 17 categories. Winners were chosen by a “prestigious voting academy of industry experts,” according to the network.<\/p>\n

‘Such a shame’: Internet reacts to reported suspension of BET Soul Train, Hip Hop Awards<\/p>\n

Many on social media said they weren’t surprised by the shows’ cancellations, especially because of changing viewership habits and changes in the industry.<\/p>\n

“Might be good to stop & move with intention on how to champion Black art especially since big names don’t show up anymore,” one person said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

Another<\/a> said, “Amidst BET canceling the Soul Train Awards and the Hip Hop Awards, I agree it\u2019s because we no longer have SUPERSTARS.”<\/p>\n

Others expressed disappointment.<\/p>\n

“Cancelling soul train awards whilst R&B is having a commercial resurgence is such a shame,” one user said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at\u00a0melina.khan@usatoday.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SZA, Kendrick Lamar win big at 2025 BET Awards Kendrick Lamar won Album of the Year for his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4287,6225,12479,28101,18143,6491,17710,9357,9370,21914,21921,96,677,555,8929,17712,5140,5156,128,710,15886,16412,50,28100,28102,9358,5141,47,15873,5148,56,54,55,17706,17709,21913,21920],"class_list":["post-50681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-bet","tag-bet-networks","tag-billboard","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-central","tag-central-region","tag-east","tag-east-region","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-industry","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-music","tag-network","tag-network-trending","tag-networks","tag-news","tag-recording","tag-recording-industry","tag-region","tag-story","tag-top-stories","tag-trending","tag-u0026","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-urban","tag-urban-u0026-hip-hop","tag-west","tag-west-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}