Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx & Kirk Franklin to Receive Ultimate Icon Awards at 2025 BET Awards

Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg, will all be honored with the BET Ultimate Icon Award, “celebrating their decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy, and community impact.”

Carey, Franklin, and Snoop are also set to perform on the show. Hosted by Kevin Hart, the 2025 BET Awards, promoted as “Culture’s Biggest Night,” will air live on Monday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET.

Franklin has won 20 Grammys, Carey has won five, and Foxx has won one. Snoop Dogg has yet to win a Grammy, despite 16 nominations. But Snoop won a Primetime Emmy in 2022 as a performer on The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, which was voted outstanding variety special (live). Foxx won an Oscar in 2005 for his lead role in the 2004 biopic Ray. Foxx also hosted the BET Awards twice, in 2009 and 2018.

Previous Ultimate Icon Award recipients are Janet Jackson (2015), Deborah L. Lee (2018), and Tyler Perry (2019).

As previously announced, Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Playboi Carti and Leon Thomas will perform at the 2025 BET Awards.  More performers are expected to be announced.

Kendrick Lamar leads the 2025 BET Awards nominations with 10 nods. Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla are tied with six nods. Metro Boomin earned five, followed by SZA and The Weeknd, with four nods each.

As previously announced, BET will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the music video countdown show 106 & Park with a tribute. Former hosts AJ Calloway, Free Marie Wright, Julissa Bermudez, Keshia Chanté, Rocsi Diaz, and Terrence J will reunite on stage for a nostalgic celebration. The tribute will feature performances from previous host, Bow Wow, as well as Amerie, B2K, Jim Jones, Mya, T.I., and more.

Culture’s Biggest Week returns with BET Experience 2025 (BETX), two days of immersive fan-focused events on Thursday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, ahead of the 2025 BET Awards.