[1] The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.
[4] Rapper Trina, who released her fifth studio album Amazin in 2010, felt snubbed that she was not included among the nominees for the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist category,[4] taking to her Twitter account to post "f*ck BET......".
"[5] BET's president of programming, music and specials, Stephen Hill, spoke about the matter in an interview with Billboard.com's The Juice.
In response to criticism over Trina for not getting any nominations, Hill said she did not submit a music video during the eligibility period of April 1, 2010 to March 30, 2011.
Feeling snubbed, Lloyd cited on his Twitter page how upset he was that his video, along with his record label mates, Lil Wayne and Young Money had the first R&B single of the Lil Wayne's career to reach number 1 on BET's 106 and Park, for the song "Bedrock", yet were not nominated for an award.