Sarkodie beats Wizkid and Ice Prince to pick BET Award

Ghanaian artist, Sarkodie has denied his Nigerian counterparts the prize of this year’s BET Award for International Act by picking up the award.
                                                                               Nigeria’s finest, Wizkid and Ice Prince were nominated with Sarkodie in the category.
The Nigerian duo were denied the chance of joining the long list of Nigerian artists that have collected the award in recent years. They include, D’banj, Tuface Idibia, Asa, 9ice and Nneka.

Rappers Wale and Miguel won the Best Collaboration Award

However, Nigeria still had a claim of fame at the event which held in California on Sunday, as Nigerian-American rapper, Wale, won the Best Collaboration Award for his rap track “Lotus Flower Bomb” which features Miguel.
Jay-Z and Kanye West were the big winners at the BET Awards 2012 walking away with Video of the Year for their “Otis” single. The rap duo also won Best Group for their collaboration on the “Watch The Throne” album.
The award ceremony for Black Entertainers was hosted by foremost Hollywood Actor, Samuel L. Jackson, who opened the show by doing a parody of Jay-Z and Kanye’s “In Paris” with director Spike Lee.
Beyonce and Chris Brown also won two awards each for the night.
Nicki Minaj, Usher, Brown, Wale, G.O.O.D. Music, Y’Anna Crawley, Amber Bullock, Jessica Reedy, Melanie Fiona and 2 Chainz were among the performers.
There was also a special tribute to Whitney Houston that included performances from Chaka Khan, Brandy, Monica and Houston’s mother Cissy Houston, who sang “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” The tribute also included appearances by Houston’s “Waiting to Exhale” co-stars Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon.