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The BET Awards were held in LA yesterday. There were plenty of high-energy performances along with awards in both music and acting categories. Kanye West took home two awards for Best Male Hip Hop Artist and Best Collaboration for “Good Life” with T-Pain. Alicia Keys was named Best Female R&B Artist while Chris Brown was the Best Ma;e R&B Artist. Missy Elliot was named best female hip hop artist and Halle Berry and Denzel Washington were best actress and actor.

Some celebrities took time in their acceptance speeches to urge people to vote and to express support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Diddy said “If we all register and vote, we will have the first black president in the history of America.” Alicia Keys said “Together we can do anything. Obama y’all.”

Thanks to the BBC News and People for the details for this story.

Here are some performance videos.

Rihanna

Chris Brown & Ciara

Alicia Keys

Kanye West and Young Jeezy

Usher

Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain

Keyshia Cole

Neyo

And here are photos from the event. Photos from the press room include Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Nia Long, Chris Brown, Al Green, John Legend, Usher, Quincy Jones, T-Wayne, Lauren London. On the red carpet are Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Jordin Sparks, Gabrielle Union, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Lil’ Mama, Lil’ Kim, Solange Knowles, LL cool J, and Rihanna. Thanks to WENN for most of these photos and Splash for the last 6.

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