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BET Honors to recognize Aretha Franklin and Berry Gordy and Ice Cub and others (See List of Performers)

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ARETHA FRANKLIN, BERRY GORDY, ICE CUBE, KENNETH CHENAULT, AND CARRIE MAE WEEMS TO BE HONORED

MARIAH CAREY, JENNIFER HUDSON, JANELLE MONAE, TAMAR BRAXTON, SMOKEY ROBINSON, KAREN CLARK SHEARD AND WAYNE BRADY ANNOUNCED AS PERFORMERS FOR “BET HONORS”

REV. AL SHARPTON, JOE MORTON, LUDACRIS AND MACK WILDS SCHEDULED TO PRESENT

BET Networks will record one of the highlights of its black History Month programming, the "BET Honors" tonight at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC.  Honors will be presented to  living history makers who have demonstrated excellence in music, art, entertainment, corporate citizenship,  and .
The show premieres on Monday, February  24, 2014 at 9:00 pm* ET.
Aretha Franklin
Berry Gordy
As previously announced the honorees are:  The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin (Musical Arts) who has had a remarkable 4 decades in music and still has fans asking for more, Berry Gordy (Visionary) Motown Records Founder/Producer and creator of Motown The Musical, w Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and CEO of American Express (Corporate Citizen), Carrie Mae Weems (Visual Arts) and artist/activist whose provocative art  tackles complex issues of race, gender and class through video and photography and trailblazing rapper Ice Cube (birth name OShea Jackson -Entertainment).


Proceeds from the “BET Honors” will benefit the Women Veterans Interactive (WVI), an organization that helps restore hope as well as provides housing options and support for veterans and their families in need. WVI was created to address the unique, and often unrecognized, challenges facing our nation’s 1.8 million woman veterans as they return to civilian life.

Gabrielle Union relinquished hosting duties this year. That job goes the Wayne Brady who is also slated to perform along with Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monae, Smokey Robinson and Karen Clark Sheard.  Whew!  

Ludacris, Mack Wilds, Rev. Al Sharpton and ‘Scandal’ actor Joe Morton will present.

Ice Cube

Kenneth Chenault



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