Kanye West, Beyoncé, Jay-Z Lead BET Award Nominations

The music industry’s power triumvirate of Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Kanye West is likely to celebrate a family reunion at this year’s BET Awards. At least that’s what the nominations list indicates. Yeezy comes in with the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, received five; and Jay’s wife, Beyoncé, earned six. It comes as no surprise that Jay and ‘Ye’s Watch the Throne project played a massive role in this as their singles – “N—-s In Paris” and “Otis” – are up for video of the year. Bey has two nominations in that category with “Love on Top” and “Countdown.” The fifth nominee is Usher’s “Climax.” Other multiple nominees feature Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Drake and J. Cole. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will receive a lifetime achievement award. Samuel L. Jackson was tapped as a host of the award show, which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 1.