Bet Awards 2022: Lil Nas X ‘Painful’ History With Network

The BET Awards is an American award show

that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network

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to celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports

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and other fields of entertainment over the past year.

The awards show is not without controversy, however. Earlier this month, Lil Nas X

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slammed the BET Awards after failing to receive any nominations this

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year despite his continued success since receiving a best new artist nod in 2020

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Thank you bet awards. an outstanding zero nominations again,” Lil Nas X tweeted at the time.

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There’s also our international simulcast on BET Africa, BET France, My5

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and Sky On-Demand in the UK, as well as BET Pluto in the UK and Brazil.

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