2005 BET Awards Winners

Take a look at who won!

Shaquille O'Neal - Miami Heat's No. 32 runs the ball home winning the Best Male Athlete award after several nomiations.(Photo: Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
The BET Silver Anniversary Celebration - Donnie McClurkin performed at "25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Celebration" at The Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles. The event highlighted 25 years of programming on Black Entertainment Television. (Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Missy Elliott and Ciara - The "Loose Control" collaborators accept the Best Collaboration award at the 5th Annual BET Awards in Hollywood.  (Photo: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)
Omarion - Solo and killing the ladies, the former B2K star accepts the Viewers' Choice award June 28, 2005.(Photo: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)Tweet Sheet: Kanye West Talks 10-Year Anniversary of The College Dropout - Kanye West is having another Twitter moment, but this time there's no smell of beef in the air. Instead, 'Ye is celebrating 10 years of The College Dropout, which released in-stores Feb. 10, 2004. The album, in part channeled through the frustration 'Ye was feeling over having his jaw wired shut (listen to "Through the Wire"), is acclaimed as one of the most significant and successful rap debuts. Handling the production entirely himself — an extremely rare feat for an artist in any genre — West bucked against the imagery that was mainstream rap at the time, using lush orchestration and lyrical examinations of consumerism "(i.e., "All Fall Downs"), religion (i.e., "Jesus Walks"), and institutional prejudices (i.e. "Spaceship"), for example. Read on to see what he ...

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Donnie McClurkin - The 2001 BET Awards Best Gospel Artist winner and the "I Call You Faithful" singer receives a third nomiation.(Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

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