2012 BET AWARDS

 Samuel L. Jackson hosts this year's BET Awards on July 1st, live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, LA. On Tuesday, May 22nd, BET announced the nominees for their 2012 awards show and confirmed performances by Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj.

Kanye West leads the nominations with a total of seven, Beyonce with six, and Jay-Z with five. Big Sean managed three nominations this year. He's up against Drake, J. Cole, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy in the Best Male Hip Hop Artist category. Other nominees include Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Mary J Blige, Usher, Beyonce and Rihanna. Best Group nominations include Diddy Dirty Money, Mayback Music Group, Eminem's Bad Meets Evil. Nicki Minaj is also nominated.

For the full list of nominees and categories, visit Bet.com.

Sounds like this year's show might be pretty good. I'm also interested in knowing who will be performing at this year's pre-show... Stay tuned to #TheJuiceBlog for 2012 BET Awards updates!

-J.Couture