CULTURETECHLENSBET Awards
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Combined Graph record U-00297 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0007. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
BET Awards is an award presented by BET (issuer confirmed): BET's own retrospective (bet.com, tier 2) states 'When the first BET Awards aired on June 19, 2001...' and describes the inaugural show at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas hosted by Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer, honoring Black excellence in entertainment. Stored list_type=award, issuer=BET, first_held=2001 all confirmed at the bar. (Stored photo prop not assessed — out of scope for the list rule.)
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BET Awards is an award presented by BET (issuer confirmed): BET's own retrospective (bet.com, tier 2) states 'When the first BET Awards aired on June 19, 2001...' and describes the inaugural show at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas hosted by Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer, honoring Black excellence in entertainment. Stored list_type=award, issuer=BET, first_held=2001 all confirmed at the bar. (Stored photo prop not assessed — out of scope for the list rule.)
Sources
- https://www.BET.COM/article/gq5ttt/bet-awards-2025-the-moments-that-made-cultures-biggest-night (verification source · master store)
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BET Awards is an award presented by BET (issuer confirmed): BET's own retrospective (bet.com, tier 2) states 'When the first BET Awards aired on June 19, 2001...' and describes the inaugural show at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas hosted by Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer, honoring Black excellence in entertainment. Stored list_type=award, issuer=BET, first_held=2001 all confirmed at the bar. (Stored photo prop not assessed — out of scope for the list rule.)
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