The 25th BET Awards was held on June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, to celebrate achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies. Actor and comedian Kevin Hart hosted for the second time since 2011. This was the first time the ceremony aired on a Monday, the first time it aired earlier in June since 2001, and the first time it did not air on a Sunday since 2008 (when it typically aired on a Tuesday).
On May 7, 2025, a 25th anniversary celebration of 106 & Park was announced, featuring a reunion of its hosts and performances by several popular guests.
The nominations were announced on May 8, 2025, with Kendrick Lamar leading with ten, and Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla following with six each. Lamar was the most awarded of the night, winning five awards.
On May 28, 2025, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin were announced as honorees of the Ultimate Icon Award.
The BET Awards 2025 Red Carpet Live pre-show featured a performance of the song "Boots on the Ground" by 803fresh.
Performers Artist(s)Song(s) Main show AshantiJim JonesAmerieKeyshia ColeMýaT.I.B2KBow WowJermaine Dupri 106 & Park 25th Anniversary Celebration:"Happy""Rock wit U (Awww Baby)""Foolish""We Fly High""1 Thing""I Should Have Cheated""Case of the Ex""Bring Em Out""What You Know""Bump, Bump, Bump""Like You""Fresh Azimiz" Leon Thomas "Mutt" Mariah CareyAnderson .PaakRakim "Type Dangerous""It's Like That" Lil Wayne "King Carter""Welcome to Tha Carter""A Milli" GloRillaKeyshia Cole "Let Her Cook""Typa" Luke JamesMiles CatonLucky Daye Tribute to Quincy Jones:"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" Craig RobinsonBabyfaceLudacrisTankJennifer HudsonDoug E. FreshT-PainTeddy Riley Tribute to Jamie Foxx:"Unpredictable""Night Time Is the Right Time""I Got a Woman""Blame It" Teyana Taylor "Fire Girl""Long Time" Ledisi "BLKWMN" Playboi CartiDJ Swamp Izzo "Like Weezy""Rather Lie" Andra Day Tribute to Roberta Flack:"Killing Me Softly with His Song" Snoop DoggCharlie WilsonKuruptWarren G "Iz It a Crime?""Unsung Heroes""Drop It Like It's Hot""Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang""The Next Episode""Beautiful""Outstanding""Down for My N's""Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)""Gin and Juice" Brittney Spencer Tribute to Angie Stone:"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" Kirk FranklinTamar BraxtonMuni LongJamal RobertsD.C. Young FlySalt "Silver & Gold""I Smile""Do It Again""Melodies From Heaven""Revolution""Stomp" (contains elements from "Uptown Funk") BET Amplified Stage Ravyn Lenae "Love Me Not" Elmiene "Crystal Tears"
Presenters
Kevin Hart - Host Keshia Chanté, Terrence J, Julissa, Big Tigger & Free introduced the 106 & Park 25th Anniversary Celebration Quinta Brunson & Tyler James Williams presented Best Female Hiphop Artist Kevin Hart introduced Leon Thomas Ciara introduced Ravyn Lenae Kevin Hart introduced Mariah Carey, Anderson. Paak & Rakim Crystal Renee Hayslett presented Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Kevin Hart introduced Lil Wayne Deon Cole & Dominique Thorne presented Best New Artist Kevin Hart introduced GloRilla Stevie Wonder presented the Ultimate Icon Award to Jamie Foxx Craig Robinson introduced the Tribute to Jamie Foxx Marques Houston introduced Elmiene Kerry Washington introduced Teyana Taylor Keke Palmer presented Album of The Year Tyler Perry introduced Ledisi Druski, Kai Cenat & Kevin Hart introduced Playboi Carti D.C. Young Fly presented the Viewer's Choice Award Busta Rhymes presented the Ultimate Icon Award to Mariah Carey Dr. Dre presented the Ultimate Icon Award to Snoop Dogg DeVon Franklin, LeToya Luckett & La La Anthony presented the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award T.I. presented the Ultimate Icon Award to Kirk Franklin
Winners and nominees Below is the list of winners and nominees. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Album of the Year Video of the Year GNX – Kendrick Lamar 11:11 (Deluxe) – Chris Brown Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé Glorious – GloRilla Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd Some Sexy Songs 4 U – Drake and PartyNextDoor We Don't Trust You – Future and Metro Boomin | valign="top"| "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "3AM in Tokeyo" – Key Glock "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey "After Hours" – Kehlani "Denial Is a River" – Doechii "Family Matters" – Drake "Timeless" – The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti "Type Shit" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Viewer's Choice Award ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Collaboration |- | valign="top"| "Residuals" – Chris Brown "Denial Is a River" – Doechii "Nokia" – Drake "Like That" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar "TGIF" – GloRilla "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA "Brokey" – Latto | "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA "30 for 30" – SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar "Alter Ego" – Doechii featuring JT "Are You Even Real" – Teddy Swims featuring Giveon "Beckham" – Dee Billz featuring Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo and KJ Swervo "Bless" – Lil Wayne, Wheezy and Young Thug "Like That" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar "Sticky" – Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne "Timeless" – The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Male R&B/Pop Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Female R&B/Pop Artist |- | valign="top"|
Chris Brown Bruno Mars Drake Fridayy Leon Thomas Teddy Swims The Weeknd Usher | valign="top"| SZA Ari Lennox Ayra Starr Coco Jones Kehlani Muni Long Summer Walker Victoria Monét |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Female Hip Hop Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Male Hip Hop Artist |- | valign="top"| Doechii Cardi B Doja Cat GloRilla Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Rapsody Sexyy Red | valign="top"| Kendrick Lamar BigXthaPlug BossMan Dlow Burna Boy Drake Future Key Glock Lil Wayne Tyler, the Creator |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best New Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Group |- | valign="top"| Leon Thomas 41 Ayra Starr BigXthaPlug BossMan Dlow Dee Billz October London Shaboozey Teddy Swims | valign="top"| Future and Metro Boomin 41 Common and Pete Rock Drake and PartyNextDoor Flo Jacquees and Dej Loaf Larry June, 2 Chainz and The Alchemist Maverick City Music |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| BET Her Award ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award |- | valign="top"| "Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker "Beautiful People" – Mary J. Blige "Blackbiird" – Beyoncé "Bloom" – Doechii "Burning"– Tems "Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande "Hold On" – Tems "In My Bag" – Flo and GloRilla | valign="top"|"Rain Down on Me" – GloRilla featuring Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music "A God (There Is)" – Common and Pete Rock featuring Jennifer Hudson "Amen" – Pastor Mike Jr. "Better Days" – Fridayy "Church Doors" – Yolanda Adams featuring Sir the Baptist and Donald Lawrence "Constant" – Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore and Anthony Gargiula "Deserve to Win" – Tamela Mann "Faith" – Rapsody |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Video Director of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82;"! width="50%"| Best Movie |- | valign="top"| Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar Anderson .Paak B Pace Productions and Jacquees Benny Boom Cactus Jack Cole Bennett Dave Meyers Foggieraw Tyler, the Creator | valign="top"| Luther: Never Too Much Bad Boys: Ride or Die Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F One of Them Days Rebel Ridge The Piano Lesson The Six Triple Eight Best Actor Best Actress Denzel Washington Aaron Pierre Aldis Hodge Anthony Mackie Colman Domingo Jamie Foxx Joey Badass Kevin Hart Sterling K. Brown Will SmithCynthia Erivo Andra Day Angela Bassett Coco Jones Keke Palmer Kerry Washington Quinta Brunson Viola Davis Zendaya Sportswoman of the Year Sportsman of the Year Angel Reese A'ja Wilson Claressa Shields Coco Gauff Dawn Staley Flau'jae Johnson JuJu Watkins Sha'Carri Richardson Simone Biles Jalen Hurts Aaron Judge Anthony Edwards Deion Sanders Jayson Tatum LeBron James Saquon Barkley Stephen Curry Best International Act Best New International ActAyra Starr (Nigeria) Any Gabrielly (Brazil) Bashy (United Kingdom) Black Sherif (Ghana) Ezra Collective (United Kingdom) Joé Dwèt Filé (France) MC Luanna (Brazil) Rema (Nigeria) SDM (France) Tyla (South Africa) Uncle Waffles (Swaziland) (Brazil) and TxC (South Africa) Abigail Chams (Tanzania) Amabbi (Brazil) Dlala Thukzin (South Africa) (France) kwn (United Kingdom) Maglera Doe Boy (South Africa) (France) Odeal (United Kingdom) Shallipopi (Nigeria) YoungStars Award Ultimate Icon Award Blue Ivy Carter Akira Akbar Graceyn Hollingsworth Heiress Diana Harris Melody Hurd Thaddeus J. Mixon Tyrik Johnson Van Van Mariah Carey Jamie Foxx Snoop Dogg Kirk Franklin
Controversy The award ceremony was met with much controversy. Many gospel singers and gospel-based outlets and media criticized GloRilla winning the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for her song "Rain Down on Me". Most notably, gospel singer Deitrick Haddon expressed opposition and stated that the only award for gospel acts was not won by a gospel act but instead by rapper GloRilla.Deitrick Haddon slams BET's selection of rapper GloRilla for Gospel Award. Christian Post. Retrieved on June 25, 2025Deitrick Haddon Demands Gospel Music Reset Following GloRilla’s BET Awards Win. MSN. Retrieved on June 25, 2025
During her appearance on the We Sound Crazy podcast, singer Chanté Moore expressed her disappointment in BET for not including former BET executive Stephen G. Hill in the 25th anniversary celebration of 106 & Park, an American hip hop and R&B music video show created by Hill.Chanté Moore on Betrayals in the Music Industry, R&B Divas .... YouTube. Retrieved on June 25, 2025 The award show featured a reunion of all former hosts.2025 BET Awards Delivers ‘106 & Park’ Reunion With Original Hosts And Nostalgic Performances. Vibe. Retrieved on June 25, 2025
Brittney Spencer performed "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" during the ceremony as a tribute to singer Angie Stone, who was killed in a car crash earlier in the year.Angie Stone gets soulful tribute at 2025 BET Awards. Yahoo News. Retrieved on June 14, 2025 However, Stone was not mentioned or featured during the "In Memoriam" segment of the show; a tribute honoring Black entertainers who died between 2024 and 2025, causing subsequent controversy."Leaving out Angie Stone was disrespectful": Netizens call out BET Awards over 'Memoriam' segment. Sports Keeda. Retrieved on June 14, 2025
In Memoriam Cissy Houston James Earl Jones Wanda Smith Tito Jackson DJ Clark Kent Roy Ayers Frankie Beverly Lou Donaldson Nikki Giovanni Quincy Jones Chris Jasper Sacha Jenkins Voletta Wallace George Foreman Michael Sumler D'Wayne Wiggins John Edwards Yolanda Halley Clarence O. Smith Roberta Flack Sly Stone John Amos Richard Parsons Irv Gotti Sam Moore Barry Michael Cooper Wayne Lewis Judith Jamison DJ Unk Tony Todd
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