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A Tribe Called Quest Celebrates The 25th-Anniversary Of Their Seminal Debut 'People's Instinctive Travels...' LP Live On The Tonight Show With The Roots.
A Tribe Called Quest - Photos by Shayan Asgharnia.
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After Grammys Snub, A Tribe Called Quest Nominated For 2018 BET Award

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Following their Grammys snub, A Tribe Called Quest is finally getting recognized.

READ: Q-Tip Is Heated Over a Tribe Called Quest's Grammys Snub 

BET recently released its nominees for the 2018 BET Awards, and the influential hip-hop group has been nominated for the Best Group Award. They'll be competing against Migos, N.E.R.D., Rae Sremmurd, and Chloe x Halle for the award.

Although A Tribe Called Quest's last album, We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 The Service, was critically acclaimed, it didn't receive any recognition from music award ceremonies, particularly the Grammy Awards. Q-Tip called out the Grammys for the snub several months ago.

"I'm sick of y'all fuckin' Grammy n****, man. Y'all get us get out there to perform last year and close and shit, and y'all don't get us no fucking nominations?"

Consequence and Ali Shaheed Muhammad elaborated on the snub a few months later on Sway's Universe.

"Just to be honest with y'all, I thought we were going home with the statue," Consequence said, emphasizing how Phife Dawg's final work was featured on the album. "That was his last effort on Earth. I want you to understand the magnitude on that. What happens so many times with black people is that we come up with notions why other brothers and sisters shouldn’t be celebrated. Ain't no notion for that shit. They fucked up."

As for other BET Award nominees, DJ Khaled leads with six nominations including album of the year for Grateful and video of the year for "Wild Thoughts" which featured Rihanna and Bryson Tiller. Kendrick Lamar follows behind Khaled with five nominations. He's also nominated for album of the year for Damn. and video of the year for "Humble." The full list of nominees can be seen below.

Best Female R&B / Pop Artist Award

Beyonce

SZA

H.E.R.

Rihanna

Kehlani

Best Male R&B / Pop Artist Award

Bruno Mars

Chris Brown

The Weeknd

Khalid

Daniel Caesar

Best Group Award

Migos

A Tribe Called Quest

N.E.R.D.

Rae Sremmurd

Chloe X Halle

Best Collaboration Award

Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B - Finesse (Remix)

DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts

DJ Khaled feat. Jay-Z, Future & Beyonce - Top Off

Cardi B feat. 21 Savage - Bartier Cardi

French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable

Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna - LOYALTY.

Best Male Hip Hop Artist Award

Drake

Kendrick Lamar

DJ Khaled

Jay-Z

J. Cole

Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award

Cardi B

Nicki Minaj

Remy Ma

DeJ Loaf

Rapsody

Video of the Year Award

Drake - God's Plan

Cardi B - Bodak Yellow

Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B - Finesse (Remix)

DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts

Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

Migos feat. Drake - Walk It Talk It

Video Director of the Year Award

Benny Boom

Director X

Ava Duvernay

Chris Brown

Dave Meyers

Best New Artist Award

SZA

H.E.R.

Daniel Caesar

GOLDLINK

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Lecrae feat. Tori Kelly - I'll Find You

Snoop Dogg feat. B. Slade - Words Are Few

Ledisi & Kirk Franklin - If You Don't Mind

Marvin Sapp - Close

Tasha Cobbs Leonard feat. Nicki Minaj - I'm Getting Ready

The Best International Act Award

Booba (France)

Cassper Nyovest (SA)

Dadju (France)

Davido (Nigeria)

Distruction Boyz (SA)

Fally Ipupa (Dr. Congo)

J Hus (UK)

Niska (France)

Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)

Stefflon Don (UK)

Stormzy (UK)

Best Actress Award

Tiffany Haddish

Lupita Nyong'o

Issa Rae

Angela Bassett

Letitia Wright

Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor Award           

Chadwick Boseman

Michael B. Jordan

Donald Glover

Sterling K. Brown

Denzel Washington

Daniel Kaluuya

Young Stars Award

Yara Shahidi

Ashton Tyler

Caleb McLaughlin

Lonnie Chavis

Marsai Martin

Miles Brown

Best Movie Award

Black Panther

Girls Trip

A Wrinkle in Time

Detroit

Mudboung

Sportswoman of the Year Award

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

Skylar Diggins-Smith

Candace Parker

Elana Meyers Taylor

Sportsman of the Year Award

Stephen Curry

LeBron James

Kevin Durant

Dwayne Wade

Odell Beckham Jr.

Album of the Year Award

DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

CTRL - SZA

4:44 - Jay-Z

Culture II - Migos

Black Panther: The Album - Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists

Grateful - DJ Khaled

BET Her Award

Janelle Monae - Django Jane

Lizzo - Water Me

Mary J. Blige - Strength of a Woman

Remy Ma feat. Chris Brown - Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)

Chloe X Halle - The Kids Are Alright

Leikeli47 - 2nd Fiddle

Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

SZA feat. Travis Scott - Love Galore

Cardi B - Bodak Yellow

Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

Drake - God's Plan

Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj - Motor Sport

DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts