Chris Brown leads the pack in BET nominees

Chris Brown has a leading six nominations heading into Sunday’s 2011 BET Awards ceremony, while Lil Wayne has five and Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake all have four.

Brown is nominated for best male R&B artist, video of the year, best actor, viewer’s choice and twice for best collaboration.

Ironically, Brown will compete in the collaboration category against ex-girlfriend Rihanna, whom Brown admitted assaulting after a pre-Grammy Award party in Los Angeles in 2009.

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