Alicia Keys, centre, performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
T-Pain dons a dapper costume to perform. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
Kanye West accepts the award for best male hip-hop artist. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
T-Pain, bottom left, performs with stilt-walkers. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, left, and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, right, of TLC, perform with Alicia Keys. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
Nelly, right, and Fergie heat up the stage. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
Images from the BET (Black Entertainment Television) awards in Los Angeles.
