BET plans to maneuver ahead with the 2025 BET Awards regardless of close by ICE protests in Los Angeles.
BET Transferring Ahead With 2025 BET Awards
On Sunday (June 8), a spokesperson for BET launched a press release to The Hollywood Reporter in regards to the standing of the annual award present amid big protests in DTLA.
“BET stays dedicated to the security of our company and workers,” the assertion reads. “We’re working carefully with LAPD and monitoring the state of affairs. The 2025 BET Awards will happen Monday, June ninth, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/PT as scheduled.”
The 2025 BET Awards Particulars
The 2025 BET Awards is scheduled to happen at Peacock Theater. Kevin Hart will host the occasion for the second time since 2011. Lil Wayne, GloRilla, Playboi Carti, Teyana Taylor and Leon Thomas are slated to carry out. Kendrick Lamar leads all artists with 10 nominations. Okay-Dot is not the one rapper seeking to win massive. Rising star and former XXL Freshman Doechii is up for six awards, together with Drake, Future and GloRilla. Metro Boomin wrapped up 5 nods and SZA and The Weeknd every nabbed 4.
What to Know About ICE Protests in L.A.
Anti-immigration raid protestors have been clashing with police in downtown L.A. since final week following a focused sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE reported arresting 118 individuals on June 7, “together with 5 gang members and quite a few legal aliens.”
Protests began exterior the Metropolitan Detention Heart, the place most of the individuals arrested have been taken, leading to police deploying tear gasoline and pepper spray on Sunday (June 8). President Trump has threatened to ship 2,000 members of the Nationwide Guard to L.A. to “deal with the lawlessness…” Nonetheless, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed again, claiming Trump’s threats are solely “inflaming tensions.”
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