Bet Awards 2025: These are all the winners with Kendrick Lamar and SZA as great winners and political criticism of Doechii | Music
The main protagonist of the latest edition of the Bet Awards which were delivered on Monday night at the Peacock Theater of Los Angeles, has undoubtedly been Kendrick Lamar which has become the great winner by transforming five of the ten awards he opted into statuettes. On the female side, it was SZA who stood out about the rest.
These awards that make visible the African -American community in the United States erected as the great artist of the year after having starred in the Super Bowl of this 2025 and one of the most prominent Beef of recent times with Drake.
“Bet has always made sure to represent the culture and include me in that cycle that reflects what we are“He said in his thanks speech.
This 25th edition of the awards was led by Kevin Hart and had the outstanding performance of Ashanti that reviewed a long list of successes. Or the moment in which Andra Day honored a Roberta Flack.
Also Mariah Carey He took the stage, in addition to collecting one of the ICON awards, to present live the single he took last Friday, Dangerous Type.
Moments of great emotion
Among the most emotional awards were Kirk Franklin, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg that gave way to some of the most emotional moments of the night. The actor recalled his recovery process after suffering a stroke two years ago: “I have to be honest, when I saw the segment ‘in memoriam’, I thought: ‘Man, that could have been me'”.
Criticisms of the Government did not miss Trump. In fact, Doechiiwho was appointed best female artist of Hip Hop lashed out in his speech against military deployment in Los Angeles during protests against the customs immigration and control service: “I want to consider what kind of government it seems to be this, when Every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the army unfolds against us“
These are all the winners of this 25th edition:
Album of the year
- $ Ome $ exy $ NGOs 4 U – Drake & Partynextdoor
- 11:11 Deluxe – Chris Brown
- Aligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii
- Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
- Glorious – Glorilla
- GNX – Kendrick Lamar (winner)
- Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd
- We Don’t Trust You – Future & Metro Boomin
Best R&B/Pop Female Artist
- ARI LENNOX
- Ayra Starr
- Coco Jones
- Kehlani
- Muni Long
- Summer Walker
- SZA (Winner)
- Victoria Monét
Best R&B/Pop male artist
- Bruno Mars
- Chris Brown (Winner)
- Drake
- Fridayy
- Leon Thomas
- Teddy Swims
- The Weeknd
- Usher
Best group
- 41
- Common & Pete Rock
- Drake & Partynextdoor
- Flo
- Future & Metro Boomin (winner)
- JACQUES & LEA LOAF
- Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist
- Maverick City Music
Better collaboration
- 30 for 30 – SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar
- Alter ego – doechii feat. JT
- Are You Even Real – Teddy Swims Feat. Givēon
- Beckham – Dee Billz Feat. Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo, Kj Swervo
- Bless – Lil Wayne, Wheezy & Young Thug
- Like That – Future & Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar
- Luther – Kendrick Lamar & Sza (winner)
- Sticky – Tyler, The Creator Feat. Glorilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
- Timeless – The Weeknd Feat. Playboi Carti
Best Hip Hop Female Artist
- Cardi b
- Doechii (winner)
- Doja Cat
- Glorilla
- Latto
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
- Rapsody
- Sexyy Red
Best Hip Hop Male Artist
- Bigxthaplug
- Bossman Dlow
- Burna Boy
- Drake
- Future
- Kendrick Lamar (winner)
- Key Gock
- Lil Wayne
- Tyler, The Creator
Video of the year
- 3am in tokey – Key Gock
- A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
- After Hours – Kehlani
- Denial Is a River – Doechii
- Family Matters – Drake
- Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar (Winner)
- Timeless – The Weeknd Feat. Playboi Carti
- Type Shit – Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti
Video director of the year
- Anderson .Paak
- B PACE Productions & Jacquees
- Benny Boom
- Jack cactus
- Cole Bennett
- Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar (winner)
- Dave Meyers
- Foggieraw
- Tyler, The Creator
Revelation artist
- 41
- Ayra Starr
- Bigxthaplug
- Bossman Dlow
- Dee Billz
- Leon Thomas (Winner)
- October London
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- Dr. Bobby Jones
Better Gospel/Inspirational
- A God (There Is) – Common & Pete Rock Feat. Jennifer Hudson
- Amen – Pastor Mike Jr.
- Better Days – Fridayy
- Church Doors – Yolanda Adams Feat. Servat The Baptist & Donald Lawrence (Terry Hunter Remix)
- Constant – Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore & Anthony Gargiula
- Deserve to win – Tamela Mann
- Faith – rapsody
- Rain Down on Me – Glorilla Feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music (winner)
Public Prize
- Residuals – Chris Brown (winner)
- Denial Is a River – Doechii
- Nokia – Drake
- Like That – Future & Metro Boomin Feat. Kendrick Lamar
- TGIF – Glorilla
- Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
- Luther – Kendrick Lamar & Sza
- BroKey – Latto
Her prize
- Beautiful People – Mary J. Blige
- Blackbiird – Beyonce Feat. Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
- Bloom – Doechii
- Burning – Tems
- Defying Gravity – Cynthia Erivo Feat. Ariana Grande
- Heart of A Woman – Summer Walker (Winner)
- Hold On – Tems
- In My Bag – Flo & Glorilla
Best movie
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
- Luther: Never Too Much (Winner)
- MUFASA: The Lion King
- One of Them Days
- Rebel Ridge
- The Piano Lesson
- The Six Triple Eight
Best Actor
- Aaron Pierce
- Aldis Hodge
- Anthony Mackie
- Colman Domingo
- Denzel Washington (winner)
- Jamie Foxx
- Joey Bada $$
- Kevin Hart
- Sterling K. Brown
- Will Smith
Best Actress
- Andra Day
- Angela Bassett
- Coco Jones
- Cynthia Erivo (Winner)
- Keke Palmer
- Kerry Washington
- Fifth Brunson
- Viola Davis
- Zendaya
- Young Star Award
- Akira Akbar
Blue Ivy Carter (Winner)
Graceyn “Gracie” Hollingsworth
Heires Harris
Melody Hurd
Thaddeus J. Mixson
Tyrik Johnson
Vanvan
Female athlete of the year
- A’JA Wilson
- Angel Reese (winner)
- Classa Shields
- Coco Gauff
- Dawn Staley
- FLAU’JAE JOHNSON
- Juju Watkins
- Sha’Carri Richardson
- Simone Biles
