BET Awards Highlights and Recap!

THE WINNERS

• Chris Brown made a comeback at the BET Awards at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium last night, taking home three trophies -- forViewer's Choice, Best Male R&B Artist and Best Collaboration.
• Nicki Minaj took home Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, while Kanye West was named Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.
• Other winners included Wiz Khalifa (Best New Artist) and Jennifer Hudson (Best Female R&B Artist).

THE PERFORMERS

• Mary J. Blige opened the show with "All Night Long." Dressed all in white, the hip-hop diva did a medley of her classics and brought out Anita Baker to join her on "Caught Up in the Rapture."
• DJ Khaled and Jadakiss premiered their collaboration.
• Rick Ross performed "Maybach Music," dressed in a silky red top, showing off a little man-cleavage.
• Ace Hood, Lil Wayne and Khaled performed the remix of Hood's single "Hustle Hard."
• Jill Scott performed "Rolling Hills."
• The Five Heartbeats and After Seven performed "Nights Like This," dressed in sharp shiny suits. They mentioned that they were celebrating their 25th year, before presenting Diddy Dirty-Money with the award for Best Group.
• Chris Brown performed "She Ain't You" dressed up in a suit, then brought out Busta Rhymes for "Look At Me Now." Breezy -- who was rocking Hammer pants with a shirt and tie -- danced with a crew in black with white masks.
• Alicia Keys performed a medley of her hits, including "A Woman's Worth" with Bruno Mars. She also sang the hook of "Maybach Music 2," and Rozay came out to supply some vocals to the crowd's surprise.
• Big Sean performed "My Last" with Chris Brown.
• Alexander O'Neal and Cherelle performed their classic soulful jam "Saturday Love." They shared a kiss before presenting Wiz Khalifa with the Best New Artist award.
• A topless Trey Songz performed "Love Faces" and "Unusual."Kelly Rowland performed "Motivation" in all black.
• Donnie McClurkin performed "Thank You." Donnie was then joined by Mary Mary and Deitrick Haddon.
• During Patti Labelle's tribute for her Lifetime Achievement Award, Cee-Lo performed "Somebody Loves You" and Marsha Ambrosius performed "If Only You Knew." Marsha tore it down with the vocals. Cee-Lo wore something that resembled the bottom of a broom on top of his hair, and kept spraying it with a spritzer. Pastor Shirley Caesar sang "You Are My Friend." Patti then took the microphone and performed "Love, Need and Want You" and "Lady Marmalade."
• DJ Khaled, Drake and Lil Wayne hit the stage and performed "On One." When Weezy hit the stage, he was shirtless and wearing a pair of boxer shorts with a U.S. flag.
• Beyonce closed out the show -- but she wasn't actually there. They streamed her live performance from the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. In a shimmery gold top and some short black shorts -- BK performed "Best I Never Had" and "Til The End of Time" from her new album, Four.

THE HIGHLIGHTS

• During the pre-show, DJ Khaled premiered the music video for his new single "On One" featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. In the video the guys were mostly hanging out in Drizzy's condo or seen driving their fancy cars down the streets feeling good about their money.
• Host Kevin Hart then came out with a group of young kids, and performed a step-show. While still winded, he went into a set where he said he was the "No Man," and he took the time to make fun of all the celebs within sight. "No one is safe tonight," he reminded the audience.
• Jaden and Willow Smith won the Young Stars award and thanked their proud mom and dad, who were smiling and cheering them on from the audience.
• Kevin Hart premiered a trailer for his faux-show Real Husbands of Hollywood, in which he, Bobby Brown, Nelly, and Nick Cannon mocked shows in the vein of the Real Housewives.
• When Nicki Minaj accepted her award for Best Female Hip-Hop artist, she said, "I can't believe I won," and then tried multiple times to rescind her statement when she realized that she sounded a little too cocky.
• Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber hit the stage with "Team Minaj" and "Team Bieber" and did a back-and-forth flirting before announcing Kanye West -- who wasn't present -- as the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.
• BET President Debra Lee honored comedian Steve Harvey and presented him with the State Farm Humanitarian Award.
• Wiz Khalifa was kissing his girlfriend Amber Rose -- and the camera caught it.
• When it was time for Terrence J to present the Coca Cola Viewers' Choice Award, he mistakenly said Chris Brown, when the real winner was his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. To make it even more awkward, the person who came up to get the award was Drake -- her other alleged fling.
• Warren G and Snoop, dressed in all black, paid tribute to their fallen homie Nate Dogg by performing "Regulate."