BET Awards: The good, bad and what the?!

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BET Awards: The good, bad and what the?!

Photos of the BET Awards show which aired live from the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on June 24, 2008.

Lauren London and Diddy say "Cheers" to the crowd.

Either Spice Girl Mel B is really, really tall or actor Kevin Hart is really short...

Superstar singer/actor/husband/daddy/businessman Usher opened up the BET Awards show in L.A. with the super sexy hit "Love in this Club."

The spotlight is on Young Jeezy, who puts it on for his city -- ATL -- while performing in L.A. Tuesday.

Again, Ne-Yo ... we're digging your grown-man gear. But dude, you can afford more than fedoras.

Keyshia Cole performs and we aren't sure what to say, except ...

So the "M" on Rick Ross's chest stands for ... man-boobs (though in his mind it's probably Maybach).

Marvin Sapp.

Sorry Ush, with stage presence like this it's hard to see how R&B needs a savior.

T-Pain really puts on a show.

Ludacris

Lil Kim...well, we've seen worse.

Terrence Howard gave Jennifer Hudson an acoustic serenade ... we'd probably scream too.

Blast from the past: Cuba Gooding Jr. (from left), Morris Chestnut and Nia Long.

Al Green received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Queen Latifah looks fabulous.

Jill Scott.

John Legend

Fergie and Nelly set it off.

Ashanti

Rapper/producer/model David Banner (from left), actor David T. Brandon and Soulja Boy present the award for best collabo.

My, my ... Chris Brown and Atlanta's Ciara had to hose off after heating things up.

We are TRULY at a loss for words while looking at Atlanta resident T-Pain and Kanye. We need a new term for hot mess.

Why does Kanye West have on that hot bubble vest? It's even hot in Chi-town.

R&B singer Ashanti and de-li-cious L.L. Cool J present the award for Best New Artist.

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Lauren London and Diddy say "Cheers" to the crowd.

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