Kenyans, East Africa Embarrassed In The BET Awards Nominations

Kenyan artistes will miss out on this year’s BET Awards despite eight trailblazing African artistes making the nomination shortlist.The awards, which will be held on June 25 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, will however be highlighted by American singer Beyonce who has seven nominations, the most by any single artiste.The award show includes unique categories including the Bobby Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel Inspirational Award, Young Stars award and Centric Award. Among the most interesting, nominees are Kehlani for the Centric Award, Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino for Best Actor Award.British acts Craig David, grime star Stormzy and rapper Skepta battle it out for the title of Best International Act. For the category of Best International Act: Africa, no Kenyan acts make the list which features mostly South African and Nigerian stars.Wizkid, Mr. Eazi and South African AKA have a good chance of bringing the award home.New names to the nominee list include Issa Rae for her role in the hit show Insecure for Best Actress award. Cardi B who got her start in entertainment on the reality show Love & Hip Hop New York.Sisters Beyonce and Solange also go head to head for the award of Best Female RnB/ Pop Artist.The full nominee list was posted on Hot New HipHop site.