BET Awards All Access Pass
See what really happened behind the scenes.
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Picture Me Rollin' - The mask isn't fooling anybody—that's got to be Chris Brown riding his BMX backstage at the BET Awards.
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The Next Generation of Bad Boys - Justin Bieber builds with Diddy backstage at the BET Awards. We smell a remix cooking.
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For the Love or the Money? - Nicki and Drizzy getting up close and personal in the front row at The Shrine Auditorium. Are these Young Money kingpins just friends or what?
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Four the Hard Way - Drake, Mack Maine, DJ Khaled and Rick Ross backstage at The Shrine Auditorium after an epic performance.
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Picture Me Rollin' Part Deux - Your 2011 BET Awards host Kevin Hart zips around backstage on his customized BET Segway. Kids, always remember to wear your safety helmet!
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East Meets West - Jadakiss (representing Yonkers) and Warren G (representing the LBC) politicking backstage at the BET Awards in Los Angeles.
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Can You Cee Me? - Hairspray can in hand, Cee Lo prepares to pay tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Patti LaBelle during the 2011 BET Awards.
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Soul Summit - Toni Braxton and Gladys Knight compare notes on the ins and outs of life as an R&B superstar.
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Hey Young World - Teenage titans Justin Bieber and Diggy Simmons chopped it up at the BET Awards, where Diggy was nominated for a YoungStars award (and performed live during the pre-show) and Biebz presented an award.
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Trey Day - Trey Songz collects his thoughts backstage before his show-stopping performance with Kelly Rowland.
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Rap Royalty - Snoop Dee-Oh-Double-Gee daps up the Queen L-A-T-I-F-A-H in command backstage. Snoop was a surprise guest at the BET Awards, paying tribute to the late, great Nate Dogg, while Latifah put down her stone-cold rendition of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." (Except on BET, that is!)
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne and Steve Harvey were all up for awards this year, but only one of them put on a suit. Go figure.
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Sitcom Superstars - Tracee Ellis Ross and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the co-stars of BET's latest original series, Reed Between the Lines, backstage at the BET Awards. (Photo: Adrian Sidney / PictureGroup)
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Stuntin' Like My Daddy - Reginae Carter, aspiring rapper, Internet talk-show host, and castmember of BET's series Toya: A Family Affair, chats with her father Lil Wayne backstage at the BET Awards.
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Still the Best - Mary J. Blige and DJ Khaled chilling out backstage right before performing her new single "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" together at the BET Awards.
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Who Is That Masked Man? - Mulitiple-award-winner Chris Brown lets his mask down to snap a photo with Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson.
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So Fresh and So Clean - Always elegantly attired, Best Group winners Diddy Dirty Money looked pretty darn clean as they keep the sartorial standards high at the BET Awards.
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All in the Family - YoungStars Award winners Willow Smith and Jaden Smith lounging in the front row with their mom Jada Pinkett-Smith and their dad Will Smith.
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Glittered in Gold - R&B superstar and new mother Alicia Keys looking resplendent in her gold-draped dress backstage at the BET Awards.
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Say Ahh - While waiting patiently in his front-row seat to take the stage once again, @LilTunechi displays the tongue that launched a million rhymes.
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Tyga Tracks - Tyga steps out of his artist trailer and heads to soundcheck at the BET Awards (Photo: Adrian Sidney/ PictureGroup)
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No Ordinary Trailer Park - The artist trailers were lined up behind The Shrine Auditorium just before the BET Awards. (Photo: PictureGroup)
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Diggy in the Building - Diggy Simmons checks in at The Shrine Auditorium for the BET Awards. His appearance during the 106 & Park pre-show was the young rapper's first live televised performance. (Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)
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Rozay Arrives - Rick Ross at check-in behind The Shrine Auditorium at the BET Awards. (Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)
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Wildin' Out - Miguel lets off some steam in the parking lot behind The Shrine Auditorium in L.A. during the BET Awards (Photo: Adrian Sidney/ PictureGroup)
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