List of African Artistes to Perform at BET Awards

Some of Africa’s biggest names in the African music industry are set to perform as part of the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE for the first time ever.

Nigerian singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage, South African Afro-pop duo Mafikizolo and Ghanaian hip hop artist Sarkodie will perform as part of the “Music Around the Globe”presentation on Saturday 28 June. The three artists will be squaring it out against each other having been nominated in the BET Awards ‘Best International Act- Africa’ category.

This will be Mafikizolo’s and Tiwa Savage’s first performance in the United States, and the announcement follows their wins at the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) earlier in the month in the ‘Best Group’ and ‘Best Female’ categories respectively. Sarkodie also took home a MAMA for ‘Best Hip Hop’.

In addition, Nigerian hip hop superstar Ice Prince, who won the 2013 BET Award for ‘Best International Act: Africa’, will also take to the stage on Sunday 29 June: he will also present the award for the same category to this year’s winner at the BET Awards.

Sadly, no East African artist will be performing but the future looks rosy.

This will be the first time for international acts to perform since the introduction of international BET Award categories, ‘Best International Act: Africa’ and ‘Best International Act: UK’ in 2010.

More chart topping names have been added to the already stellar lineup of performances which will now include Grammy nominated rapper, singer, songwriter and actress Nicki Minaj, nine time Grammy Award Winner John Legend, American singer-songwriter Jhene Aiko and American hip hop singer August Alsina.