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23-451: The Award Trophy, inspired by three words - aspire, ascend, achieve, was designed by artist/sculptor Carlos "Mare139" Rodriguez . Outkast won the first award trophy during the first ceremony in 2001. In 2007, Society Awards , the New York firm who manufactures the award, enhanced the quality of the trophy design using plated steel and black crystal. The inaugural ceremony in 2001 was held at

46-542: A Dondi stencil on a series of pieces from 2008. Dondi was featured on a Converse shoe as part of the Product Red project (2007) as well as on a capsule clothing line by Kool Sugar Apparel that was to be available in 2016. Parts of the proceeds are going to an AIDS charity. In 2019, the Dondi White Foundation partnered with Virgil Abloh for his Off-White clothing line. In January 2018 on an Artnet auction,

69-472: A G-Unit Award expressly for 50 Cent given to him by fashion designer Marc Ecko . In 2008, he completed a residency project titled "FreeStyle Archityper" at Brighton University in England , where he created an indoor sculpture installation using a process devoid of models and drawings. The on-site exhibition included other works in both metal print and large-scale sculpture. The Freestyle Archityper installation

92-605: A studio. He was the first graffiti artist to have a one-man show in the Netherlands and Germany, and his work is collected by European museums. As attested by newspapers and magazines of the early 1980s, like People magazine he worked with the Fun Gallery and together with artists of the like of Jean-Michel Basquiat , Lee Quinones , Keith Haring , ERO (Dominique Philbert), Rammellzee , Fab 5 Freddy , Futura 2000 , Toxic , Zephyr , and others, he brought Graffiti art from

115-640: A tag was considered risky at the time because the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York Police Department (NYPD) were attempting to crack down on graffiti writers. In 1979, White officially adopted his name when he painted a giant piece on the roof of his house. He became a member of TOP crew (The Odd Partners) in 1977. In 1978, Dondi formed his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists), which included other prominent artists such as his good friend DURO. For

138-458: Is a New York-based artist born in 1965 in Spanish Harlem , New York City . He was best known as the subway graffiti writer Mare 139, and has since adapted the graffiti lettering styles to metal sculpture in the fine art context, and is recognized as a media artist for his creation of graffiti-art-related websites. As a member of the golden age of subway graffiti (1975–1985), he painted under

161-861: Is a member of the Cornell Hip Hop Collection Advisory Board. Rodriquez also lectures and writes about the evolution and history of urban art in New York City , where he lives. Aside from his fine arts accomplishments, he earned the prestigious 2006 Webby Award for his launch of the Hip Hop documentary Style Wars website. Style Wars has also garnered the COMMARTS/Communication Arts Award, Horizon Interactive Award, as well as SXSW/South by Southwest Interactive for its uniques design, narrative and interactivity. In 2006 and 2007, Rodriguez worked with actor Robert De Niro on

184-811: The Paris Las Vegas resort on the Las Vegas Strip . From 2002 to 2005, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood hosted the awards. From 2006 to 2012, the ceremonies were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . The ceremony was moved to the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in 2013. [REDACTED] The nomination process is handled by a voting academy made up of about 500 people from the music industry, involving

207-523: The award for the annual BET Awards show, which is given to entertainers, athletes and actors. Recipients include Denzel Washington , Halle Berry , Jay-Z , Snoop Dogg , Beyoncé , Kobe Bryant , Usher , Serena Williams and many more. Other award projects included the 2005 and 2007 Red Bull Beat Battle Award and more recently the SPY Award for the 30th Anniversary of the Rock Steady Crew as well as

230-487: The ceremony. The BET Lifetime Achievement Award is given a veteran artist or group who has made notable contributions to the music industry. The honoree is paid tribute to by current popular singers who perform the honoree's most recognized songs. The honoree will usually perform themselves after being paid tribute. In 2002, at the second annual BET Awards, the category for the BET Award Humanitarian Award

253-876: The current rankings for the most wins and most nominated artist (male & female): Most wins (as of 2024) Most nominations (as of 2017) This is a list of multiple nominated performers, athletes & actors with 5 or more career nominations. Beyoncé is currently the most nominated performer with 81 nominations, solo and with Destiny's Child . 81 nominations 59 nominations 51 nominations 37 nominations 35 nominations 33 nominations 31 nominations 23 nominations 21 nominations 19 nominations 18 nominations 17 nominations 16 nominations 15 nominations 14 nominations 13 nominations 12 nominations 11 nominations 10 nominations 9 nominations 8 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations Mare139 Carlos Rodriguez , better known as Mare139 ,

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276-669: The film The Good Shepherd as a documenter for the making of the movie and as member of De Niro's editing team. The writing of Rodriguez has been published in Martha Coopers photo book Street Play that documents the imaginative ʻplayʼ of children in the streets of New York in the late 1970s. His writings capture the creative play and dangers of his youth in the South Bronx . In July 2023, Rodriguez's son Leandro with Drena De Niro died at age of 19. Dondi White Donald Joseph White , "DONDI" (April 7, 1961 – October 2, 1998)

299-453: The media, and bloggers. BET sends out ballots electronically and voters nominate deserving works and artists in all categories who they think should be nominated. Nominations and voting ballots are collated by Yangaroo, Inc. , a leading digital distribution firm that works on many other televised award ceremonies, including those of BET's sister networks under parent company Paramount Global . The top nominees are determined in each category, and

322-420: The moniker "Mare" which was short for "Nightmare". He wrote alongside many of the style masters of his generation among them Kel First, Dondi White , Crash, Kase2, Noc167 and others. This tutelage along with his interest in modernizing the art form lead his interests to contemporary art as a vehicle to re-interpret the concepts and aesthetic of style writing. As a sculptor, Carlos Mare139 Rodriguez's breakthrough

345-473: The next 20-odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing generations of graffiti writers. Dondi pioneered many of the styles and techniques still used by modern graffiti artists. Though he often created wildstyle pieces for the benefit of other writers (like the famous 2MANY piece), he wanted the public to be able to read and enjoy his work, so he focused on readable letters with intricate fills and characters. His most famous work

368-568: The prominence of gangs. In an interview with Zephyr , Dondi stated that he had joined several gangs in the 1970s to avoid being attacked. Anxious to leave high school behind, he earned his GED in 1984, took a job in a government office, and began to indulge his interest in graffiti. Graffiti became a serious part of Dondi's life in the mid-1970s. His first work in graffiti was as a tagger . He tagged using "NACO" and "DONDI", and worked on refining his style, gradually moving from simple tagging to building more elaborate pieces. Using his nickname as

391-593: The streets to art galleries, and museums of the United States, Europe, and Japan. Dondi died of AIDS on October 2, 1998. Dondi had no children, but his family, including brother Michael White and his son Mike White, has been moving his legacy forward. Dondi left behind hundreds of paintings and drawings, the ownership of which is still being disputed. Zephyr , IZ the Wiz , Doc, and Keo painted tribute murals between 1998 and 2000. The glass-pipe artist Marbleslinger features

414-420: The winners are selected via the academy members' voting process. The BET Lifetime Achievement , Humanitarian and Ultimate Icon Award recipients, along with the nominees for other categories are announced in a press conference. At the awards ceremony a mini-documentary is shown covering the honorees' life. The awards are given out separately. The Ultimate Icon Award was created in 2015 and presented in

437-566: Was Children of the Grave Parts 1, 2 and 3—three whole cars on the New York City Subway in the years 1978 through 1980. The name of the piece was taken from a Black Sabbath song. Journalist Martha Cooper filmed the final piece from start to finish. On this last piece, Dondi adopted the cartoon characters from the late Vaughn Bode . He later painted a version of Children of the Grave 3 in

460-659: Was a breakthrough work in which his interest in re-skinning architecture continued to take form. In 2009, Rodriguez will re-skin his first building using his unique sculptural talents. Works of Rodriguez (as "Mare 139") were included in the 2010 "Art in the Streets" exhibition of graffiti and street art at MOCA in Los Angeles. In 2017 he held the solo Breaking Abstractions exhibit at the Artgang Gallery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He

483-545: Was an American graffiti artist . Born in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn , Dondi was the youngest of five children. He was of African American and Italian American descent. He was nicknamed " Dondi " after the famous comic strip by the same name. He attended a Catholic school during his sophomore year. By 1975, the East New York region became unstable with racial tensions and social conflicts, including

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506-495: Was created. The Humanitarian Award is given to a celebrity philanthropist who donates their time and money to a charitable cause. In 2015 and 2018, at the fifteenth and eighteenth annual BET Awards, the category of the Ultimate Icon Award was created. It is given to a veteran artist whose career is deemed iconic by fans and critics alike for their notable contributions in the music, dance and music video fields. Below are

529-464: Was with the metal "K" sculpture in 1985. This led to a series of large-scale sculptures that were true to graffiti lettering format, but peeled and folded into space. By 1986, the sculptures departed from the common vernacular of writing to the more complex study Constructivist , Cubist and Futurist ideas, but yet retained its initial feel of graffiti-style writing. His sculptures have been exhibited internationally. Rodriguez also designed and created

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