Here are some images of Drake arriving at the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Musician Drake performs onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Musican Drake accepts the award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Drake is set to perform at this year’s BET Awards on June 27th at 8pm. Yesterday, the full list of nominations were announced and Drake once again lead the pack (along with Nicki Minaj & Jay-Z) with 7 nominations. Queen Latifah will host the night and you can see Drake nominations below.
1. Best New Artist (Young Money)
2. Best Group (Young Money)
3. Song of the Year
4. Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
5. Best Collaboration (Forever ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem)
6. Best Collaboration (Successful ft. Trey Songz)
7. Viewers’ Choice (Young Money)
Recently, Drake sat down with Complex magazine to discuss his recent performance of “Every Girl” at the 2009 BET Awards and his alleged $4 million dollar deal with Lil Wayne’s Young Money label.
Complex: There were rumors of a $4 million bonus…
Drake: [Laughs] Where is it? Tell me where it is, I’ll go pick it up right now. I got some money. I got a little money. I’ll be alright for a couple months.
Complex: Damn, that’s horrible. At the BET Awards this past Sunday, everyone was shocked to see you sitting on a stool. Did you ever think to yourself, Maybe I shouldn’t perform?
Drake: That, actually—to be honest—was a terrible idea that I’ll never do to myself again. [Laughs] But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes. I don’t think it called for us to perform “Every Girl” and “Always Strapped,” and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-in-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne’s daughters and her friends coming out on stage…
Complex: Yeah, it really was an awkward moment.
Drake: Yeah, it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn’t planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it’s nothing we can’t bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn’t intended to offend anybody.
Read the rest of the interview here
