image via Nipsey Instagram
With the 2019 BET Awards set to air next Sunday, the network continues to announce their upcoming award recipients–and following Wednesday’s announcement that Mary J. Blige is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards–now its been confirmed that the late Nipsey Hussle will also be honored.
On Thursday (June 13), the network announced the Los Angeles native will be posthumously honored with the Humanitarian Award for his well known philanthropic efforts and activism in his community before his untimely death in March.
“As a prolific artist and leader, Nipsey Hussle was zealous about driving change for the betterment of his community, empowering and employing those in need and being an influential and highly respected leader,” said BET’s Executive Vice-President, Head of Programming, Connie Orlando. “His passing was a tremendous loss to the entertainment industry and to the culture. We will continue to remember his advocacy and be inspired by the groundwork he set forth and his dire commitment to social change.”
“We are forever grateful, humbled and honored to have experienced his presence and we are invested in doing our part to ensure that the marathon will indeed continue,” she continues. “It is an immense honor for us to recognize him with this year’s Humanitarian Award.”
