BET Awards 2002

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| name = 2nd BET Awards

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| date = June 25, 2002

| location = Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, California

| presenter = Black Entertainment Television

| host = Steve Harvey
Cedric the Entertainer

| network = BET

| producer =

| previous = 1st

| main = {{nowrap|BET Awards}}

| next = 3rd

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The 2nd BET Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 25, 2002. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer hosted the event for the second time.

Performances

Yolanda Adams – "I'm Gonna Be Ready" and "Since the Last Time I Saw You" {{small|(Medley)}}
Usher – "U Don't Have to Call"
Nelly – "Hot in Herre"
Mary J. Blige and Ja Rule – "Rainy Dayz"
Ludacris – "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)" and "Move Bitch" {{small|(Medley)}}
Ja Rule and Charli Baltimore – "Down Ass Bitch"
Chaka Khan – "Fantasy"
Lil' Bow Wow – "Take Ya Home"
B2K – "Uh Huh"
Ashanti – "Foolish"/"Happy"

Winners and nominees

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! "width="50%" \| Best Female Hip Hop Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! "width="50%" \| Best Male Hip Hop Artist
class=wikitable width="100%" ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Video of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Viewers' Choice
valign="top" \| Busta Rhymes feat. P. Diddy and Pharrell – "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" Aaliyah – "Rock the Boat" Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris and Trina – "One Minute Man" P. Diddy feat. Black Rob and Mark Curry – "Bad Boy for Life" Usher – "U Got It Bad" \| valign="top" \| B2K – "Uh Huh" Aaliyah – "Rock the Boat" Ja Rule feat. Ashanti – "Always on Time" Lil' Bow Wow – "Take Ya Home" Alicia Keys – "Fallin'"
valign="top" \| Missy Elliott Foxy Brown Angie Martinez Mystic Trina \| valign="top" \| Ja Rule Busta Rhymes Jay-Z Ludacris Nas
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best Female R&B Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best Male R&B Artist
valign="top" \| India.Arie Aaliyah Mary J. Blige Faith Evans Alicia Keys \| valign="top" \| Usher Craig David Jaheim Maxwell Musiq
style="background:#EEDD82;" colspan="2"\| Best Group
colspan="2" valign="top" \| Outkast 112 B2K Destiny's Child Jagged Edge
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best New Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best Gospel Artist
valign="top" \| Alicia Keys Ashanti B2K Craig David Tweet \| valign="top" \| Yolanda Adams Kurt Carr Kirk Franklin Fred Hammond CeCe Winans
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best Actress ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Best Actor
valign="top" \| Halle Berry – Monster's Ball and Swordfish Aaliyah – The Queen of the Damned Angela Bassett – The Score Vivica A. Fox – Kingdom Come and Two Can Play That Game Jada Pinkett Smith – Ali and Kingdom Come \| valign="top" \| Will Smith – Ali Morgan Freeman – Along Came a Spider Eddie Murphy – Dr. Dolittle 2, Showtime and Shrek Chris Tucker – Rush Hour 2 Denzel Washington – Training Day and John Q.
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Sportswoman of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Sportsman of the Year
valign="top" \| Laila Ali Vonetta Flowers Lisa Leslie Serena Williams Venus Williams \| valign="top" \| Kobe Bryant Allen Iverson Derek Jeter Michael Jordan Tiger Woods
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Lifetime Achievement Award ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" \| Humanitarian Award
valign="top" \| Earth, Wind & Fire \| valign="top" \| Muhammad Ali

External links

[http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2002/my-bet-awards/bet-awards-2002.html BET Awards website]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Category:BET Awards

Category:2002 awards in the United States