Reality Star Cardi B Snags 2 BET Noms + Mary J. Blige Announces Tour

Cardi B Snags 2 BET Noms + Mary J. Blige Announces Tour

Mary J. Blige is going on tour. Today (May 15th) the soulful singer announced the “Strength Of A Woman Live” tour kicking off in July 1st in New Orleans. The tour will also feature special guest Lalah Hathaway. See the tour dates below.

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Cardi B.

In other music news, Cardi B has successfully used her reality TV platform to spark her music career. The Love & Hip Hop (NY) reality star has snagged TWO BET Awards Nominations – Best Female Hip Hop Artist and Best New Artist. Meanwhile, Beyonce has snagged 7 noms and Bruno Mars 5. See a partial list of noms below.

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Beyoncé
Kehlani
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna
Solange

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Group

2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
A Tribe Called Quest
Fat Joe & Remy Ma
Migos
Rae Sremmurd

Best Collaboration

Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
Chance the Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne – “No Problem”
Chris Brown ft. Gucci Mane & Usher – “Party”
DJ Khaled ft. ?Beyoncé & Jay Z – “Shining”
Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane – “Black Beatles”

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Big Sean
Chance the Rapper
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

Cardi B
Missy Elliott
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Young M.A.

Video of the Year

Beyoncé – “Sorry”
Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
Solange – “Cranes in the Sky” ?

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom – Kehlani, “CRZY”
Bruno Mars & Jonathan Lia – Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Director X – Zayn Malik, “Like I Would”
Hype Williams – Tyga “Gucci Snakes ft. Desiigner”
Kahlil Joseph & ?Beyoncé Knowles-Carter – ?Beyoncé, “Sorry”?

Best New Artist

21 Savage
Cardi B
Chance the Rapper
Khalid
Young M.A.

Album of the Year

24K Magic – Bruno Mars
4 Your Eyez Only – J. Cole
A Seat at the Table – Solange
Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper
Lemonade – ?Beyoncé

The show will take place June 25 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

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