Queen Latifah to Be Honored With Prestigious
Lifetime Achievement BET Award
The 2021 “BET AWARDS” Proclaims This Year’s
Theme as “Year of the Black Woman” to Celebrate and Honor Their
Immense Impact on the Culture
#BETAWARDS
#CULTURESBIGGESTNIGHT
Today, BET announces that Academy Award®-nominated and
Golden Globe®-winning actor, filmmaker and philanthropist Taraji
P. Henson will host the 2021 “BET AWARDS” and GRAMMY®
award-winning musician, critically acclaimed Golden Globe®-winning
and Academy Award®-nominated actor Queen Latifah will be
honored with the Lifetime Achievement BET Award. The “BET AWARDS”
airs LIVE on BET on Sunday, June 27
at 8:00 PM, ET/PT.
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“For more than 20 years, the BET Awards have been a celebration
of Black creativity, art and excellence,” said Taraji P.
Henson. “Returning live, this year’s show will be unlike
anything we have ever seen before, and I am honored to be sharing
the stage with so many powerful and prolific women in music and
entertainment. The BET Awards will once again be at the forefront
of Black culture."
“Black women have been essential drivers of change throughout
history, from the political sphere to the cultural zeitgeist,” said
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music
Strategy at BET. “The BET AWARDS is the ultimate celebration of
Black culture, and we are looking forward to spotlighting and
celebrating Black women during this year’s show, recognizing them
for everything they’ve accomplished and applauding them for what’s
to come.”
Taraji P. Henson most recently wrapped her iconic run as
“Cookie Lyon” on Fox’s hit musical drama EMPIRE, which has earned
her three Emmy® nominations, a Golden Globe® Award, a Critics
Choice Award, and three BET Awards. She portrayed NASA
mathematician Katherine G. Johnson in the Academy Award®-nominated
film HIDDEN FIGURES, as well as lent her voice to Disney’s RALPH
BREAKS THE INTERNET: WRECK-IT RALPH 2. In Fall 2018, she launched
the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father.
The organization provides scholarships to African-American students
majoring in mental health disciplines, offers mental health
services to youth in urban schools, and works to lower the
recidivism rates of African-American men and women. Henson, along
with her best friend and foundation partner, Tracie Jade, recently
co-hosted the Facebook Watch series on mental health called PEACE
OF MIND WITH TARAJI, for which they received a Daytime Emmy® Award
nomination for “Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.”
Additionally, the “BET AWARDS” will be honoring Queen
Latifah with this year’s Lifetime Achievement BET Award.
Latifah has had amazing success since her career began in Hollywood
and became the first hip-hop artist to be crowned with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. She received rave reviews,
industry recognition, and accolades for her roles in feature
musical CHICAGO and cable films LIFE SUPPORT and BESSIE, which she
also produced. Additionally, Latifah starred in the hit comedy
GIRLS TRIP and has also taken to the stage and small screen as the
title character in the television musical, THE WIZ LIVE!. Flavor
Unit Entertainment, the production company owned and operated by
Latifah and Shakim Compere, was behind the hit comedies, BRINGING
DOWN THE HOUSE, BEAUTY SHOP, and THE PERFECT HOLIDAY. Latifah
currently stars in and is an executive producer on the CBS series
reboot of THE EQUALIZER, which quickly became TV’s #1 scripted
series this year.
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music
Strategy at BET will oversee The “BET Awards” 2021 and serve as
Executive Producer along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins
Entertainment.
Voting for the 2021 BET AWARDS ‘Viewer’s Choice Award’ is now
open here. BET.com/betawards is the official site for the “BET
Awards” and will have all the latest news and updates about this
year's show.
For media inquiries, including credentials*, please email
BETPressInfo@bet.net
*Please note media credentials for the 2021 “BET Awards” are
extremely limited.
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ABOUT BET:
BET, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIACA, VIAC), is
the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news
and public affairs television programming for the African American
audience. The primary BET channel is in 125 million households and
can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United
Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. BET is the dominant
African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business
extensions including BET+, the preeminent streaming service for the
Black audience; BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black
entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER, a 24-hour
entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET
Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home
Entertainment; BET Live, BET’s growing festival business; BET
Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for
wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around
the globe.
ABOUT “BET AWARDS”
The “BET Awards” is one of the most-watched award shows on cable
television according to the Nielsen Company. The “BET Awards”
franchise remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among
African-Americans, and it is BET's #1 telecast every year. It
recognizes the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers, and
athletes in a variety of categories.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS
ENTERTAINMENT
Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a full-service television
and film production company and has played an integral role in
producing many of television’s most memorable moments in music
entertainment. JCE has a multi-year overall agreement with
ViacomCBS Cable Networks. On the theatrical film side, the company
also has a first look on JCE’s film development projects which
could include Viacom’s film entities such as Paramount Players. The
award-winning and critically acclaimed television that JCE has
produced includes miniseries—The New Edition Story and The Bobby
Brown Story; scripted series—American Soul and Real Husbands of
Hollywood; children’s series—Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices;
award shows—BET Awards, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors, UNCF’s An
Evening of Stars, BET Hip Hop Awards, ABFF Honors and Soul Train
Awards; specials—John Lewis: Celebrating A Hero, Love &
Happiness: An Obama Celebration, Change Together: From The March On
Washington To Today, Stand Up for Heroes, Dear Mama, Amanda Seales
I Be Knowin’, Def Comedy Jam 25 and Leslie Jones: Time Machine; as
well as competition/game shows—Sunday Best, Hip Hop Squares,
Nashville Squares and Rhythm & Flow. Jesse Collins, founder and
CEO of the company, is the executive producer of all programming.
He is also a co-executive producer for the iconic Grammy Awards.
Most recently, he was executive producer of The 2021 Pepsi Super
Bowl Halftime Show and produced The 2021 Academy Awards. Go to
jessecollinsent.com for more information on the company.
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