Grammys 2020: Best Unseen Moments From Audience and Backstage

Kobe Bryant’s grieving widow has continued to mourn the basketball icon’s tragic death by sharing a sweet tribute to her “best friend” on social media.

In the 2015 documentary Kobe Bryant’s Muse, the late basketball player opened up and revealed intimate details about his relationship with his wife Vanessa Bryant. The two met in 1999 on the set of his music video, which was three years after he joined the LA Lakers. Directed by Gotham Chopra, the film reveals just how much Kobe Bryant valued the love of his life.

Vanessa Bryant returned to Instagram with another beautiful tribute to her late husband, Kobe Bryant, nearly two weeks after his tragic death. Vanessa’s February 5 post showed a handsome portrait of Kobe, 41, resting his head in his hand while flashing that famous smile at the camera.

During Sunday’s Grammy Awards, host Alicia Keys joined Boyz II Men to perform the Philly R&B group’s 1991 hit, “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday,” in tribute to NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash earlier that day. In an interview with GQ, Boyz II Men member Nathan Morris detailed how the last-minute tribute was put together.

The show must go on.

With the news of legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant's death breaking just five hours before Grammy Awards 2020 was scheduled to kick-off, the organisers made some last-minute changes in host Alicia Keys’ opening monologue and the result was moving! During her appearance on the latest episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Alicia shared details about what went on backstage while she and her team were trying to come up with a 'proper' tribute to retired NBA star.

The 2020 Grammy Awards started off on a somber note as host Alicia Keys paid tribute to the late great Kobe Bryant, who died earlier on Sunday, January 26, in a tragic helicopter crash. But music healed some of the wounds inside of the Staples Center, where the NBA legend played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lizzo entered the62nd annual Grammy Awards with the most nominations — eight, including noms in all four top categories. She ended up nabbing three honors: best pop solo performance for "Truth Hurts," best urban contemporary album forCuz I Love You (Deluxe)and best traditional R&B performance for "Jerome."The 31-year-old singer opened up the awards show with a short tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash.

The 2020 Grammys celebrated the biggest night in music, but the stars in attendance couldn’t help but think about Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna during the show.

Several of Nipsey Hussle’s close collaborators paid tribute to the late rapper during a performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Millidelphia and Roddy Ricch debuted a new song titled “Letter to Nipsey.”

In a bittersweet somber opening to the annual Grammy Awards 2020 ceremony, which saw Black gay musician Lil Nas X winning two out of his six nominations and lesbian Tracy Young being the first woman to win in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the Grammy Awards- artist and multiple Grammy winner host Alicia Keys paid a touching tribute to the retired basketball superstar Kobe Bryant who was killed hours before the ceremony began.

The 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards took a moment to share some love and respect for the music stars who died over the past year, leaving behind incomparable legacies, including NBA icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a tragic accident hours before the ceremony.

Alicia Keys chose to open the Grammys with a moving, acoustic version of Lewis Capaldi's heartbreaking ballad "Someone You Loved," paying tribute in her Grammys introduction not only to Kobe Bryant, who had passed away hours earlier, but to the biggest names in music. "Music is that one language we can all speak," she explained before she began singing. "No matter where we're from. We all understand it."

Hosting an awards show is hard. But doing so in the wake of a tragedy is near impossible.

LOS ANGELES – UFC legend Conor McGregor remembered fellow athlete Kobe Bryant on the red carpet of the 2020 Grammy Awards.

Several of Nipsey Hussle’s close collaborators paid tribute to the slain rapper during a performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. YG, Roddy Ricch, and Meek Mill each took the stage, while DJ Khaled and John Legend played Nipsey’s first posthumous song, “Higher.”

Lizzo delivered a high-energy medley performance of her two hits "Cuz I Love You" and "Truth Hurts" to open the 62nd annual Grammy Awards. The pop star dedicated the night to NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who tragically passed in a helicopter accident earlier today.