Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Kanye West, UGK top BET Awards

Halle Berry, Denzel Washington get acting nods





Kanye West and hip-hop group UGK topped the list of BET Award winners Tuesday night, nabbing two apiece.


West took home the honors for best male hip-hop artist and best collaboration for "Good Life" featuring T-Pain, while UGK was named best group and also won video of the year for "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" featuring Outkast.


Missy Elliott, meanwhile, nabbed the award for female hip-hop artist. In the R&B artist categories, Alicia Keys and Chris Brown took home the top honors.


Marvin Sapp won the award for gospel artist, while best new artist honors went to the Dream.


In the acting categories, awards were handed out to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington.



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