The ceremony celebrates achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies.

The ceremony was hosted for the second time by Taraji P. Henson at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

[3] Doja Cat received the most nominations with 6, ahead of Drake and Ari Lennox, who received with four nominations each.

[4][5] American rapper, songwriter and producer Sean Combs, professionally known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award for his "incomparable cultural force and creative visionary whose impact has created historic paradigm shifts across music, media, fashion, and lifestyle".

[7] Best New International Act[8][9] At the end of the tribute section, the last panel honors those who lost their lives to gun violence such as the Uvalde shooting.