Seal & Idris Among BET Award Nominees

The 2009 BET Award nominations are out and our two African brothers made the cut.

The BET Awards have become one of the most anticipated award shows.  If one thing is for sure, the awards make for interesting water cooler conversation the next morning.

Idris Elba and Seal have been nominated and are in good company.  Congratulations to them both.

The nominees for Best Actor are:

• Common
• Idris Elba
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Will SmithÂ
• Jamal Woolard

The nominees for the BET J Award are:

• Musiq Soulchild
• Raphael Saadiq
• Seal
• Solange
• Jazmine Sullivan

The Awards will air live on BET on June 28, 2009 at 8PM.