Megan Thee Stallion won a leading four awards Sunday at the BET Awards -rapper won best female hip-hop artist, best collaboration and best video of the year for 'Wap' with Cardi B, and the viewers’ choice award for 'Savage' with Beyoncé. Chris Brown won best male R&B/Pop Artist, and Oscar winner H.E.R. won female R&B/Pop Artist. The annual awards celebrate the year in Black music, TV, film, sports and social impact and this edition touted the “year of the Black woman,” with Queen Latifah receiving the Lifetime Achievement BET Award. Billboard lists all the nominees and winners.

Harvard University is to honor rapper and actor Queen Latifah with Hutchins Center for African and African American Research's W.E.B. Du Bois Medal for her contributions to black history and culture. Latifah is one of seven honorees who will receive the honor at a ceremony on October 22 - other recipients include poet and educator […]