Since 2006, BET Networks has exemplified the excellence in black women from all walks of life with the annual Black Girls Rock!™ event and that legacy appear to be upheld with this year’s upcoming broadcast.
The ever legendary Queen Latifah has been tapped to host the 2018 Black Girls Rock!™ Awards and the occasion will be especially special for it’s taking place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ, her hometown.
“Queen Latifah is the epitome of black excellence, Hip Hop royalty, and black girl magic! She has been a longtime supporter of Black Girls Rock!™ and has been honored at both our televised and pre-televised shows. I’m so thrilled to welcome her back to the Black Girls Rock!™ stage as host,” Beverly Bond, Black Girls Rock!™ CEO, Founder and Creator says of the celebrated rap star in a statement.
Bond, along with Connie Orlando, Head of Original Programming & Production for BET Networks and Jesse Collins and Jeannae Rouzan – Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment, will serve as this year’s event, with production honors going to BET Networks, B.G.R. Enterprises Inc./BONDVISION MEDIA and Jesse Collins Entertainment.
The broadcast will be shot on Sunday, August 26th and premiere on Sunday, September 9 at 8:00 PM /ET on BET.
For more information, follow Black Girls Rock on Instagram.
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So when’s the 2018 White Girls Rock?
Come on that would be racist
Oh ok i see. But the 2018 Black Girls Rock isn’t because..?
I see someone is not very good with understanding sarcasm
We keep segregating race. That’s why the divide keeps growing.
HELLO MY NAME IS YVETTE CONNER I WOLD LIKE FOR EVER BLACK GIRL AND WOMAN TO KNOW THAT I AM .A BLACK GIRL THAT ROCK I ONCE HAD TO GIVE MY LIFE FOR EVER BLACK GIRL IN THE WORLD WELL ONE DAY I WAS COMING FORM WORK AND I WAS HEAD HOME AND I SEEN A HELICOPTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET THEY WERE AIR LEAFING SOME ONE ALL I KNOW WAS THAT A GIRL WAS GUN DOWN I THEN STOP FOR TOW 2 -M- THEN TURN THE CORNER AND WENT ON MAD A STOP AT THE POLICE STATION DID NOT SEE NO ONE SO I HEADED HOME
A FEW DAYS LATER I BECAME A TARGET FOR NO REASON AT ALL SO FOR BLACK WOMAN OF THE WORLD I HAD TO COVER MY HEAD SO NO WOMAN OR YOUNG GIRL OR OLD WOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN FOR ME I LIVE IN SHELTER AND NO WHERE TO GO I WENT THROUGH SO MUCH THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW YEARS 3 YEARS AND SOME MONTHS NOW THAT THE POLICE FINELY CLEAN THINGS UP I NOW DO NOT HAVE TO RUN OR COVER MY HEAD I MA A BLACK GIRL THAT ROCK
SO PAIN IT WAS UNSAFE FOR ME I BEEN THROUGH A LOT NOW THAT THE POLICE FILL CLEAN UP