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Kanye West to Perform at 2010 BET Awards

Posted Jun 9th 2010 3:00PM by Steven J. Horowitz
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Kanye West hasn't graced an award show stage since his fateful Taylor Swift incident at last year's MTV Video Music Awards, but he's finally ready to make his return to live award events. The Chicago emcee has been tapped to perform at the 2010 BET Awards -- his first award show appearance since September 2009 and first TV performance since he joined Rihanna and Jay-Z on 'The Jay Leno Show' the day after the VMA's.

The BET Awards, slated to air live on the network on June 27 at 8PM, are set to be hosted by Queen Latifah, with Ludacris, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Drake among those recently added to the list of performers. Previously announced performers include Janet Jackson, Diddy-Dirty Money, Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz and T.I., who will perform for the first time at an award show since getting out of jail.

John Legend has already been chosen as the recipient of this year's Humanitarian Award, given to celebrity philanthropists who donate their money and time to a charitable cause. Past honorees include Alicia Keys, Wyclef Jean, Quincy Jones, actor Don Cheadle and more.

Kanye has been gradually stepping back into the spotlight since his self-imposed exile last year, having recently released his new single 'Power' to the Internet last week. The song is assumed to be a street single from his upcoming fifth album 'Good Ass Job', which reportedly features production from Pete Rock, Q-Tip, RZA, DJ Premier, No I.D. and more. The album is expected to hit stores in September.

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benji094

Wow even more performers? The list is so great. Janet Jackons?! And I'm really looking forward to Diddy-Dirty Money's performance. They're really great, and I'm actually checkin them out on July 3rd in Atlantic City, check it out if you're interested! http://www.ticketmaster.com/P-Diddy-tickets/artist/828609

June 10 2010 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris Summerfield

Kanye is a racist and I will not be watching anything he does...exept when he inevitably goes to prison. What he did to Taylor Swift was unforgivable and showed what kind of person he REALLY is.

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Micaela

clearly you dont know kanye west. you cant talk shit about someone unless you know their baxkground so stfu. kanye is the man

June 25 2010 at 4:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply