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CHAKA KHAN
BET HONORS 2013 PAYS TRIBUTE TO HALLE BERRY, CHAKA KHAN, CLARENCE AVANT, LISA LESLIE AND T.D. JAKES
Wednesday, February 13, 2013Omoba
AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS HONOURED AT ANNUAL TV AWARDS SHOW
Uplifting awards show BET HONORS 2013 ignited
the Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C., with a series of soul-stirring
performances from Erykah Badu, Wayne Brady, Brandy, Mint Condition, Jimmy
Jam, Alicia Keys, Ledisi, the SOS Band and Terry Lewis.
Hosted by gorgeous Bad Boys II and City
of Angels actress Gabrielle Union, this year’s star studded event was
taped on Saturday 12 January 2013 and will premiere across Africa on BET
International on Saturday 16 February at 21:00 WAT/22:00 CAT/23:00 EAT.
The 2013 awards recipients include Academy Award
winning actress Halle Berry and ten-time GRAMMY award winner and
international music icon Chaka Khan who will be celebrating 40 years
in music and entertainment this year. Other honorees include music
executive, film producer and entrepreneur Clarence Avant, known to many as
the “Godfather of Black Music”, four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold
medallist Lisa Leslie and spiritual educator and author T.D.
Jakes.
The BET HONORS celebrates the
achievements of distinguished African Americans in the realms of music,
literature, entertainment, media, public service and education. Past honourees
have included Maya Angelou, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Spike Lee, Jamie
Foxx, Iman, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah and Sean
"Diddy" Combs. Memorable past performances include Trey
Songz, Ne-Yo, Yolanda Adams, Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and Patti
LaBelle.
Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and
Specials, BET Networks, and Lynne Harris Taylor, Vice President of Specials,
BET Networks are executive producers, along with Jesse Collins of Jesse Collins
Productions.
For more information on BET HONORS, visit http://www.bet.com/bethonors. To join the
conversation on Twitter use the hashtag: #BETHONORS or follow the show for
all updates & special surprises @BET.
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