OlderQueen Latifah To Host 2023 NAACP Image Awards This Weekend; Some Winners Announced Ahead of the Show
Queen Latifah will be back at the NAACP Image Awards as host!
Announced via The Hollywood Reporter, The Equalizer star will be hosting the upcoming show this weekend.
“It’s an honor to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards, especially in the year we are celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop,” Queen shared in a statement. “This is a night to celebrate Black excellence and Black contribution to our industry and beyond. Celebrating one another, lifting each other up and you know we’ll have fun doing it!”
The 2023 NAACP Image Awards will be airing this weekend, Sunday, February 25 on BET, CBS and many other Paramount networks including CMT, Paramount Network, MTV and VH1.
In addition to the host announcement, presenters for the show were also revealed. Snowfall‘s Damson Idris, Taye Diggs, Harold Perrineau, Issa Rae, Janelle Monáe, Jonathan Majors, Kerry Washington, Letitia Wright, Zendaya and many more will be at the event.
Winners for the show have already been announced! Check out who they are:
Many of the winners and honorees for this weekend’s show were already announced. Check them out below:
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“Take My Hand” – Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
“Finding Me” – Viola Davis
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
“Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen” – George McCalman
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography
“Scenes from My Life” – Michael K. Williams, Jon Sternfeld
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
“Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration” – Tracey Lewis-Giggetts
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness” – Robin Coste Lewis
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
“Stacey’s Remarkable Books” – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
“Cookies & Milk” – Shawn Amos
Outstanding Variety or Game Show (Series or Special)
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Tabitha Brown – “Tab Time”
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
“Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls”
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Jennifer Hudson – “The Jennifer Hudson Show”
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
“ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts”
Outstanding International Song
“No Woman No Cry” – Tems
Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental
“JID014 (Jazz is Dead)” – Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song
“Positive” – Erica Campbell
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album
“Kingdom Book One” – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)
Silk Sonic – “Love’s Train”
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)
Chris Brown feat. Wizkid – “Call Me Every Day”
Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album
“Lift Me Up” – Rihanna
Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan
Outstanding Male Artist
Chris Brown – “BREEZY” (Deluxe)
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé – “Renaissance”
Outstanding Soul/R&B Song
“Cuff It” – Beyoncé
Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Song
“Hotel Lobby” – Quavo, Takeoff
Outstanding Album
“Renaissance” – Beyoncé
