The rap categories at the 2026 BET Awards are actually stacked this year.
Kendrick.
Drake.
Cole.
Clipse.
Tyler.
Cardi.
Doechii.
GloRilla.
Feels like BET captured both the current moment and the artists still shaping the culture at the highest level.
Chris Brown reveals star-studded features guest list: Leon Thomas, Tank, Vybz Kartel, Bryson Tiller, NBA Youngboy, GloRilla, Fridayy, Sexyy Red, & Lucky Daye will be featured on his new album 'Brown' releasing this Friday
Features set to appear on Summer Walker's 'Finally Over It' album
GloRilla
Sexyy Red
Latto
Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
21 Savage
Mariah The Scientist
Brent Faiyaz
Nija
Jeremih
Lil Yachty
Troy Taylor
Bryan Michael Cox
The Dream
Ant Clemons
Anderson Paak
No.1 R&B album 🙌🏾 Big love to everyone bumpin’ MUTT! Seeing y’all connect with this project means the world to me. This is just the start - let’s keep it going!
I had the coolest opportunity to attend the I Made Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival that paid homage to Black rock legends, & spoke with @JanelleMonae about headlining the fest and what it means to be a modern day rockstar. 🎸
my first story for @EBONY is liveee
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the crowd was stunned when Cole said all that. he prefaced it saying folks told him not to do that and he still said “here Kendrick you can have the throne, this aint me” 😭 man no one expected ts