Keke Palmer Dedicates 2020 VMAs to Chadwick Boseman Following His Tragic Death

The actress joined the list of celebrities honoring Chadwick Boseman after his shocking death at the age of only 43 and she did it at the very beginning of the MTV VMAs last night! Keke Palmer, just like many others, is mourning the Black Panther actor who lost his private fight with colon cancer after 4 years. While Keke’s speech was not too long in the opening of the awards show, there is no doubt that it had a huge impact on anyone watching.

Chadwick Boseman was remembered at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on Saturday when Keke Palmer dedicated the show to the Black Panther actor who died on Friday from colon cancer at age 43. "We dedicate tonight's show to a man whose spirit touched so many," said Palmer.

"The world needs more superheroes," a title card read at the beginning of the segment, reports deadline.com.The tribute featured a clip of Boseman, who died at 43 after losing his battle to colon cancer, accepting the Best Hero award at the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards.Back in 2018, he used the award ceremony to put the spotlight on a real life hero."Receiving an award for playing a superhero is amazing," Boseman said in the clip."But, it's even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in

MTV VMAs brought some of the biggest names in music to the stage for a virtual awards show that raised the bar for event TV in the age of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020 MTV VMAs may have looked a little different than fans are used to, but the show didn’t fall short of memorable moments.On Sunday, August 30, host Keke Palmer opened the show with a touching tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who died two days earlier. The late Black Panther star was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016, succumbing after a four-year battle throughout his iconic career.

Preparing to host the MTV Video Music Awards taking place Sunday night, the singer and actress Keke Palmer has been putting all of her talents to use. Her duties include “a little bit of everything,” she says.

Keke Palmer has officially kicked off the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards! The 27-year-old actress, dressed in a stylish, feather-fringed art deco flapper gown as she took to the digital stage, delivered a fun and impassioned opening monologue about the power of music to make cultural change.«This is incredible. I can't believe MTV asked me to host.

After dedicating the night's performances to the late actor Chadwick Boseman, the 2020 MTV Video Music Award host Keke Palmer turned to current events: The Black Lives Matter movement that has swept across the country in recent months. "With the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen our generation step up, take to the streets and make sure our voices will be heard," she said during the first moments of the show.

The MTV VMAs began tonight with a tribute to Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman, with the show's host Keke Palmer dedicating the ceremony to him."We need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered," she said. "We dedicate tonight’s show to the man whose spirit touched so many.

Keke Palmer is ready for change. Are you? The singer and actress was one of the first faces we saw when the 2020 VMAs kicked off, and it was fitting — she is the show's host, after all.

Also Read: 'Black Panther' Director Ryan Coogler Honors Chadwick Boseman: 'I Haven't Grieved a Loss This Acute Before'The segment was followed by a longer segment during the first commercial break sharing Boseman’s acceptance speech from the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman.

2020 MTV Video Music Awards honored Chadwick Boseman two days after the Black Panther star lost his battle with cancer.“Before we get into the music tonight, we need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered,” Keke Palmer said at the top of the Sunday, August 30, ceremony, which she hosted.