BET AWARDS PAST HOSTS

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Steve Harvey and Cedric The Entertainer: 2001 - Steve: “I was talking to Bow Wow earlier. Lil Bow Wow told me he had a credit card. What the hell do you buy with a credit card when you 14?” Cedric: “Skittles. A big bag of Skittles.”

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Steve Harvey and Cedric The Entertainer: 2001 - Steve: “I was talking to Bow Wow earlier. Lil Bow Wow told me he had a credit card. What the hell do you buy with a credit card when you 14?” Cedric: “Skittles. A big bag of Skittles.”

Steve and Ced: 2002 - Steve: “You can tell a person got money by the way they walk. People that got money walk different from people that ain’t got money.” Cedric: “See but it’s totally different when you got money, like Bob Johnson and them. Steve: "Tell them how you walk when you got some money. Tighten up the butt cheeks, straightened up the back. Oh, oh Steve, it’s $20 on the floor, do you need that? Step right over it.”

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Steve and Ced: 2002 - Steve: “You can tell a person got money by the way they walk. People that got money walk different from people that ain’t got money.” Cedric: “See but it’s totally different when you got money, like Bob Johnson and them. Steve: "Tell them how you walk when you got some money. Tighten up the butt cheeks, straightened up the back. Oh, oh Steve, it’s $20 on the floor, do you need that? Step right over it.”

Mo'Nique: 2003 - Mo’Nique: “I have to tell the rappers, I love ya’ll with everything I have. I dig the music, I cranks the music in my car. But tonight when we call your category and you win, let yo ass be the only ass to come up on this stage. Don’t bring 25 people with you; half of them don’t even know what song you sang.”

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Mo'Nique: 2003 - Mo’Nique: “I have to tell the rappers, I love ya’ll with everything I have. I dig the music, I cranks the music in my car. But tonight when we call your category and you win, let yo ass be the only ass to come up on this stage. Don’t bring 25 people with you; half of them don’t even know what song you sang.”

Mo’Nique: 2004 - Mo’Nique: “Yes, yes Beyoncé! Wooooooh! Yes, yes, yes, yes, we can show ya’ll better than we can tell ya’ll. I know ya’ll skinny video girls, ya’ll real nervous right now, baby!”

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Mo’Nique: 2004 - Mo’Nique: “Yes, yes Beyoncé! Wooooooh! Yes, yes, yes, yes, we can show ya’ll better than we can tell ya’ll. I know ya’ll skinny video girls, ya’ll real nervous right now, baby!”

The Smiths: 2005 - Jada: “Do not thank God if you can’t show or perform your work in church!”

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The Smiths: 2005 - Jada: “Do not thank God if you can’t show or perform your work in church!”

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Damon Wayans: 2006 - Damon: “Only Black people can take a negative attribute and embrace that as a cool nickname. ‘I want to give a shout out to my boy, Ringworm. We holding up circles for you, dawg!’”

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Damon Wayans: 2006 - Damon: “Only Black people can take a negative attribute and embrace that as a cool nickname. ‘I want to give a shout out to my boy, Ringworm. We holding up circles for you, dawg!’”

Mo'Nique: 2007 - Mo’Nique: “I’m back, I’m back, I’m back! Beyoncé listen, I’m sick of it, okay? I’m sick of it. I’m trying to keep up with these dance moves and tell Jay- Z to stop calling me. Since the last dance he’s been calling me, disguising his voice, ‘This HOVA, this JIGGA.’ That’s how you open up a SHOW, baby. Yes!”

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Mo'Nique: 2007 - Mo’Nique: “I’m back, I’m back, I’m back! Beyoncé listen, I’m sick of it, okay? I’m sick of it. I’m trying to keep up with these dance moves and tell Jay- Z to stop calling me. Since the last dance he’s been calling me, disguising his voice, ‘This HOVA, this JIGGA.’ That’s how you open up a SHOW, baby. Yes!”

D.L. Hughley: 2008 - D.L. Hughley: “The ex-governor of New York got in trouble because he hired a hooker. Who knew that was illegal? And then they replaced him with a Black dude, David Patterson, who’s Black, blind and admitted he did cocaine and had several affairs. They ought to replace him with Ray Charles; ‘cause when you Black and blind you get away with anything. ‘You mean that wasn’t my wife? I’m as shocked as you are!’”

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D.L. Hughley: 2008 - D.L. Hughley: “The ex-governor of New York got in trouble because he hired a hooker. Who knew that was illegal? And then they replaced him with a Black dude, David Patterson, who’s Black, blind and admitted he did cocaine and had several affairs. They ought to replace him with Ray Charles; ‘cause when you Black and blind you get away with anything. ‘You mean that wasn’t my wife? I’m as shocked as you are!’”

Jamie Foxx: 2009 - Jamie: “Beyoncé is hot, Jigga’s gonna be there, Lil Wayne dropping by. We got Michael Jackson…from Queens is going to be there. We going all out. Don’t be sensitive; we’re going to have a great time. Ya’ll know I crack jokes. A lot of funny things have happened. Nobody is safe!”

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Jamie Foxx: 2009 - Jamie: “Beyoncé is hot, Jigga’s gonna be there, Lil Wayne dropping by. We got Michael Jackson…from Queens is going to be there. We going all out. Don’t be sensitive; we’re going to have a great time. Ya’ll know I crack jokes. A lot of funny things have happened. Nobody is safe!”