BET Awards to confer Anita Baker with Lifetime Achievement honours

Washington DC: Grammy award-winning R&B legend Anita Baker will be honoured at this year's BET Awards.

The 60-year-old will be presented with BET's Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sunday's ceremony, hosted by Jamie Foxx.

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Past honorees, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, include Whitney Houston, Prince and Samuel L. Jackson.

"With a career that spanned nearly four decades, she made an everlasting impression on the sound of soul and R&B music that has inspired generations to come," BET said. 

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Baker took to Twitter to share her happiness, writing, "Its Official. Thank You, to My Family @BET "Can't Wait To CELEBRATE!"

This year's BET awards will take place on Sunday, June 24, in Los Angeles. (ANI)

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