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Usher, Victoria Monét and Tyla are just some of the big winners at the 2024 BET Awards, which took place tonight in Los Angeles at the Peacock Theatre.
Taraji P. Henson hosted the four-hour show, which included a parade of performances from Lauryn Hill, Will Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, Ice Spice, Childish Gambino, GloRilla and more.
Among the highlights of the evening was the tribute to Usher in honor of his Lifetime Achievement Award win. Usher, who was introduced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, watched as a parade of artists paid tribute to his career.
Childish Gambino, who had just presented Killer Mike with Album of the Year for “Michael,” kicked off the Usher tribute with a stripped-down rendition of “U Don’t Have to Call” and was joined by Keke Palmer, who took over mic duties for her own version of “U Make Me Wanna.” Summer Walker appeared for a verse of her collaboration with Usher “Good Good,” while Coco Jones serenaded the man of the moment for “There Goes My Baby.” Marsha Ambrosius was next for “Confessions,” while Chlöe handled “Good Kisser” and Tinashe performed “Nice & Slow.” Victoria Monét, who had performed earlier in the evening, reappeared with Teyana Taylor for “Bad Girl”, referencing Beyoncé’s performance with Usher of the same song, while Latto closed the medley with a version of the verse from Ludacris on “Yeah!”
After the concert, LA Reid and Babyface, who signed Usher as co-founders of his LaFace Records label, presented Usher with the award. “Getting here definitely wasn’t easy, but it was worth it,” he said. “This lifetime achievement award, I don’t know, man. Is it too soon for me to get it? Because I’m still running around and I’m still loving this shit like I’m eight years old.”
But things quickly took a strange turn for Usher, who admitted to not writing any words before preparing but loved to talk. He started swearing a bit, and about halfway through his substantive acceptance, the show cut off most of what he was saying. As he stood on stage and thanked those behind him, including Jermaine Dupri, there was no more noise when he finished his speech. What was confusing was that the previous hosts and performers had cursed a lot, even if they weren’t censored in the same way.
Lauryn Hill had a great night with her closing performance, touring with songs from different eras of her career. She opened with the title track from her breakthrough debut album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” as well as “Lost Ones,” and brought out her son YG Marley for “Survival” — featuring a verse from Ms. Hill — and the viral hit “Praise Jah in the moonlight. » Fellow Fugees member Wyclef Jean, who appeared with Hill on YG Marley’s sets at Coachella earlier this year, ran through “Fu-Gee-La” to close things out.
Elsewhere, Megan Thee Stallion made her first appearance at the BET Awards in three years to open the show, hatching from an egg in reference to the album cover for her freshly released third studio project, “Megan.” The rapper belted out “Hiss,” flanked by four male dancers as plumes of flame erupted behind her, and as a large team of dancers joined her, she performed “Boa” and “Where Them Girls At.”
Host Taraji P. Henson, dressed as Kendrick Lamar on her show “The Pop Out,” gave an opening rendition of the rapper’s hit “Not Like Us,” featuring the track’s producer Mustard and by delivering his own words. “Stop playing with me, I’m Taraji P. Henson, your host,” she said in conclusion. “That’s how you come out.”
Grammy winner Victoria Monét reprized her hit single “On My Mama,” interrupting after her iconic line “I’m so deep in my bag like a grandma with a peppermint” to move on to the latest single “Alright.” Kaytranada, who produced the song, manned the decks while Monét changed outfits and delivered the spectacular choreography for her video.
Other performances of the evening included Sexy Redd for a medley of “U My Everything” and “Get It Sexyy,” while Tanner Adell and Doechii gave brief renditions of “Buckle Bunny” and “Rocket,” respectively. GloRilla parachuted down from the ceiling to “Yeah Glo!” ” and “TGIF” before bringing back Megan Thee Stallion for their hit collaboration “Wanna be,” and Shaboozey enlisted J-Kwon for a duet on “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
Latto had her own star turn with “Big Mama,” while one of the standout performances of the night came from Tyla, who called on Skillibeng and Gunna for their collaboration “Jump.” Ice Spice previewed her upcoming album “Y2K” with back-to-back performances of “Phat Butt” and “Think U the Shit (Fart).”
See the full list of winners below:
Best R&B/Pop Female Artist
Beyonce
Muni Long
Coco Jones
Doja Cat
HER
SZA
Tyla
Victoria Monet
Best R&B/Pop Male Artist
Brent Faiyaz
Bryson Tiller
Burna Boy
Chris Brown
Duck
Friday
October London
Bailiff
Best group
Y$, yeah, Ty Dolla $ign
2 Chainz and Lil Wayne
41
Blxst & Bino Curtains
City Girls
Flo
Maverick City music
Wanmor
Better collaboration
Lil’ Durk with J. Cole – All My Life
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – America’s Got a Problem (Remix)
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice (with Aqua) – Barbie World
Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion – Bongos
Y$, Ye, Ty Dolla $ign with Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti – Carnival
Lola Brooke featuring Latto & Yung Miami – Don’t Play With It (Remix)
Nicki Minaj and Lil Uzi Vert – Everybody
Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage – Good Good
Drake ft. Sexy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Cat Doja
GloRilla
Cardi B
Spice ice cream
Latto
Stallion Megan Thee
Nicki Minaj
Sexy red
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
21 Wild
Burna Boy
Duck
Future
Gunna
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Lil Wayne
Video of the year
Doja Cat – Agora Hills
Lil Durk ft. J.Cole – All my life
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice (with Aqua) – Barbie World
Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion – Bongos
Drake ft. J.Cole – First Person Shooter Game
Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage – Good Good
Victoria Monét – On my mother
Drake ft. Sexy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Child.
Cole Bennett
Dave Meyers
Janelle Monae and Alan Ferguson
Compensate for
TIME
Tyler the Creator
Best New Artist
41
4Batz
Ayra Starr
Bossman DLow
Friday
October London
Sexy red
Tyla
Album of the year
Chris Brown – 11:11
Gunna – A Gift and a Curse
21 Savage – American Dream
Usher – The Return Home
Drake – For All Dogs (Scary Hours Edition)
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
Killer Mike – Michael
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday 2
Best Gospel/Best Inspirational Award presented by Dr. Bobby Jones
Shirley Caesar – All the Glory
Kirk Franklin – All Things
Halle Bailey – Angel
Cece Winans – Come, Jesus, Come
Erica Campbell – Do you believe in love?
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore – Problems with God
Time – Me and you
Kirk Franklin – Try Love
BET Her Awards
Beyoncé – 16 cars
Nicki Minaj and Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Blessings
Ayra Starr – Commas
Flo with Missy Elliot – Fly Girl
Megan Thee Stallion – Whistling
Victoria Monét – On my mother
SZA–Saturn
GloRilla – Yeah Glo!
Best film
American Fiction
Bob Marley: A Love
Renaissance: A film by Beyoncé
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Clarence’s Book
The color purple
Equalizer 3
The little Mermaid
Best actor
Anthony Mackie
Colman Domingo
Damson Idris
Denzel Washington
Donald Glover
Idris Elba
Jeffrey Wright
Lakeith Stanfield
Best actress
Angela Bassett
Ayo Edebiri
Coco Jones
Danielle Brooks
Fantasy
Halle Bailey
Issa Rae
Regina King
YoungStars Awards
Akira Akbar
Blue Ivy Carter
Demi Singleton
Heiress Diana Harris
Jabria McCullum
Jalyn Room
Lea Jeffries
Van Van
Sportswoman of the year
A’Ja Wilson
Angel Reese
Coco Gauff
Flau’Jae Johnson
Juju Watkins
Naomi Osaka
Sha’Carri Richardson
Simone Biles
Sportsman of the year
Anthony Edwards
Gervonta Davis
Jalen Brunson
Jalen hurts
Kyrie Irving
Lebron James
Patrick Mahomes
Stephen Curry
Best International Group
Asake
Aya Nakamura
Ayra Starr
BC
Cleo Sol
Focalist
Karol Conka
Striped
Tiakola
Tyla
Viewers’ Choice for Best International Act
Bellah
Crystal
Duchessa
Holly G
Jungeli
Makhadzi
Oruam
Seyi Vibez
Tyler Intensive Care
