Wizkid and Ice-prince nominated for BET 2012

Fast rising singers Wizkid and Ice-prince have both been nominated for the 2012 BET Award amongst other African acts. Both acts have been nominated in the ’Best International Act: Africa’ category. Other conteders for the award are Mulla (Kenya), Lira (South Africa), Mokobe (Mali) and Sarkodie (Ghana). Last year, D’banj and 2face both received a joint award prize in the same category. Asa, Nneka, 9ice and the duo of P-Square are some Nigerian artists that have picked the award for the African category in recent years. The 2012 edition of the award will hold at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday July 1. Hollywood actor, Samuel .L. Jackson will be hosting the event. Leading the pack of A-list nominations for Black Entertainment award for 2012 is Kanye West with 7 nominations, with Mr and Mrs Carter; Beyonce and Jay getting 6 and 5 nominations respectively. Live performances during the award ceremony will be by Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj