The nominees for the 2016 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards was announced earlier this morning.

Dancehall artiste MzVee became the first female act to be nominated in the ‘Best International Act Africa’ category after Sarkodie and Stonebwoy.

The ‘Natural Girl’ act Friday morning spoke to Jeremie on Live Breakfast Club on Live FM in her first interview about the nomination.

“This is just the beginning for Ghana and the females in the industry and I hope a lot of them are going to do better things, bigger and better things so yeah.”

This is her second nomination at the awards scheme after she was nominated in the ‘Best New International Artist Viewers’ Choice Award’ category last year.

She will be competing against South Africans AKA, Cassper Nyovest and Black Coffee, Nigerians Wizkid and Yemi Alade, Tanzanian Diamond Platinumz and Ivorian Serge Beynaud.

The 2016 BET Awards will take place at the Microsoft Theater In Los Angeles, United States of America on Sunday, June 26.

Listen to full interview below.