BET Awards 2004

The 4th BET Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 29, 2004. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedienne Mo'Nique hosted the event for the second time.

Performances

• Kanye West (ft. Yolanda Adams) — "Jesus Walks"
• Rick James (featuring Teena Marie) — "Fire & Desire"
• OutKast — "Roses"
• Alicia Keys — "If I Ain't Got You"
• India.Arie — "Georgia on My Mind" (Ray Charles tribute)
• Jay-Z (featuring Kid Rock, Dave Navarro, Sheila E., Rick Rubin, Questlove, Omar Edwards and Adam Blackstone) — "99 Problems" and "Public Service Announcement (Interlude)"
• Janet Jackson (featuring Elephant Man) — Medley: "All Nite (Don't Stop)," "R&B Junkie" and "All Nite (Don't Stop) (So So Def Remix)." (Janet opened her medley with a spoken word poem that references the controversy and fallout from her performance on the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show: "Life is strange. One day you're adored; the next you're scorned. How do you handle the confusion? Where you put the frustration? I know a place, a place that lifts the fog, that eases the pain<nowiki></nowiki>")
• Hip-Hop 25th Anniversary Celebration:
• Sugarhill Gang— "Rapper's Delight"
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — "The Message"
• MC Lyte — "Paper Thin"
• Slick Rick — ""
• Doug E. Fresh -- "The Show"/"La Di Da Di"
• Public Enemy -- "Fight the Power"
• Smokie Norful -- "Can't Nobody"
• The Isley Brothers -- "Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)", "Between the Sheets", "For the Love of You", "Contagious", "It's Your Thing" and "Shout" (Lifetime Achievement Award performance)