The 2013 BET Awards will be held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on June 30, 2013. The awards ceremony recognize Americans in music, movies, sports and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Chris Tucker will host the event. The BET Awards nominations were announced May 14, 2013 at a press conference on the rooftop of L.A.'s Icon Ultra Lounge, just up the street from the Nokia Theatre, where the BET Awards will be staged for the first time. Chris Brown was announced as the first confirmed performer.



Charlie Wilson was announced as this year's Cadillac Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. R. Kelly will also perform at the awards show. This year's show will be the culmination of the cable network's first ever BET Experience, a three-day music and lifestyle fest done in partnership with AEG Live.





 A three-day destination festival called the BET Experience, BET revealed a freshly inked deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group that would bring the show to the glitzy, $2.5-billion L.A. Live complex in 2013. "It allows us to take the show to the next level," said Debra Lee, chairman and chief executive of BET. "We are making more opportunities for advertisers and taking it to a level that can get more consumers involved. In addition to concerts, comedy shows and the new home of the BET Awards, the BET Experience 3-day weekend will feature “106 & Park” LIVE, BET Fan Fest, film screenings, BET Revealed seminars, BET GRAMMY® Museum exhibit, various social events and celebrity appearances. BET Experience will climax with the BET Awards broadcasting live from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, June 30, 2013.