The complete list of nominees for the 2016 "BET Awards" are:

For the first time ever, BET has enlisted renowned choreographer Will “WilldaBeast” Adams to create an exclusive, high energy video exclusively announcing three of the categories. Alongside his choreography partner Janelle Ginestra, a special compilation has been produced with clips of songs honoring artists nominated for ‘Best Collaboration,’ ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artist,’ and ‘Best Female Hip Hop Artist.’ Dancers and friends from WilldaBeast’s ImmaBEAST dance company are featured in the video which can be viewed here. The video has over sixteen pieces of choreography including special appearances by some of the biggest names in dance including China Taylor, Taylor Hatala, and even a cameo from “Black-ish” star Miles Brown.

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Stephen Hill announced at the Spike Lee Prince party that the first 4 Prince Tribute artists will be announced this Tuesday June 7

I hope Stephen Hill can convince Maya Rudolph to get Princess ro perform at the Awards this year.

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So far looks like we got...

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D'Angelo

Janelle Monae

The Roots

Sheila E.

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All expected. No surprises yet....

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They're probably going to milk this up to the last minute.

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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bet-awards-prince-tribute-to-feature-sheila-e-the-roots-dangelo-20160607

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Guess who's at it again for the BET Awards? Tracee Ellis Ross& Anthony Anderson will be hosting!

Hopefully, there will be a tribute to Natalie Cole also since they gave her the finger at the Grammy Awards.

Adele-O-L. She is their Stacey Dash. Prepare for unprecendented, unnecessary praise for BET's revenge tribute.

I hope they give a shout out to Vanity/Denise Matthews, Ali, Prince Be etc too

BET Awards are going to be extra special this year, with highly anticipated separate performances from both Jidenna and Janelle Monáe!

Tune in to hear exclusive new music from the Chief and to bear witness to Janelle’s inspired and inspiring tribute to the legendary and inimitable Prince.

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I hope BET does Prince right. They have a lot to live up too after shading Billboards the way they did.

mjscarousal said:

I hope BET does Prince right. They have a lot to live up too after shading Billboards the way they did.

they have done him right before and they will again.

Thanks for the reminder almost forgot.

Miguel is performing in this years lineup... hopefully not with the Prince tribute.

Fat Joe, Remy Ma and French Montana are on deck too

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getxxxx said:

mjscarousal said:

I hope BET does Prince right. They have a lot to live up too after shading Billboards the way they did.

they have done him right before and they will again.

Thats because Prince HAND picked those artists to tribute him in the past.

performers to hit the stage include Future, Desiigner, Erykah Badu, Jennifer Hudson, and Beyoncé's mentees, the duo Chloe x Halle.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA...s-40139384

Please give Gabrielle Union her damn award this year already!!!

Excited to see these girls.

I am here and ready for y'all's sarcasm and commentary. I got my snacks and drank. The pre-show is on. You all make the EBT Awards worth watching. Let's get ready to critique this tribute.

so tyka nelson and i dont know who those other folks are are there....

Maya blamed unpreparedness for your Yahoo thing with Prince, but I find it hard to believe she was unprepared for this BET and still messed up..

^Wow.. Mayte looks effin amazing tonight.