Beyonce will battle her husband for video of the year at the BET Awards, and now both performers are confirmed to attend.
Beyonce is the second most nominated act. She’s up for six awards. Jay-Z is nominated for five.
Kanye West leads the pack with seven.
Two of West and Jay-Z’s collaborative songs are up for video of the year. Beyonce is also nominated twice in the category. The final nominee is Usher.
Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Usher are set to perform. And Whitney Houston’s mother is part of a tribute for the late superstar that will include other singers.
Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino and Tyler Perry will present awards. Samuel L. Jackson will host the show, which will be held Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
6月26日に新譜「Write Me Back」をリリースして絶好調のRケリーが、同時に手記「Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me」を発表、本日、28日の夕方6時に書店、「バーンズ&ノーブル」でサイン会をする予定でしたが急遽キャンセルしました。現場「バーンズ&ノーブル」トライベッカ店の入り口に、“Rケリー、急病により本日のイベントは中止させていただきます。現在のところ延期になるのかは未定。”という張り紙が……。
R. Kelly’s book-signing at the Barnes & Noble at New York’s Tribeca store scheduled for today, June 28 has been cancelled. His publicist announced that he fell sick while traveling to New York to promote his new album, “Write Me Back” and memoir, “Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me”, so returned to Chicago for treatment. The notice in front of the store says, ‘R. Kelly event has been cancelled due to illness.’
His book-signing at the Barnes & Noble at Washington’s Union Station last week also has been cancelled. No word yet on when anything will be rescheduled.
Besides the book launch, the singer was also forced to cancel appearances on the Jimmy Fallon show as well as a scheduled slot on the ‘Today’ show. R Kelly’s representative eventually released further details of the “emergency”, saying, “Initial indications are that he is suffering from complications from surgery he had last year to treat an abscess on his vocal cords”.