Teyana Taylor, Keke Palmer and Chlöe were among the stars who hit the stage to help honor Usher at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
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Usher wears a white blazer and jeans while hitting the blue carpet at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
The 45-year-old entertainer was joined by his wife Jenn Goicoechea at the event, where he is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
On the carpet, Usher opened up about being this year’s recipient of the award.
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“Really happy to be able to receive this award,” he told Billboard. “It’s been an amazing year for me, being recognized by the Apollo Theater, and then this just to add to that incredible moment that I’ve been able to curate over the last 30 years. Really happy to be here to celebrate it with my family, all of the people whom had something to do with this, specifically my mother… It’s gonna be an emotional moment for me, I can already tell.”
He has also already picked up an award, winning in the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist category. Usher is also nominated for Album of the Year, as well as Best Collaboration and Video of the Year for “Good Good” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage.
Other entertainers who stepped out at the awards show include Chloe and Halle Bailey, Keke Palmer, Ice Spice, Coco Jones, Tamar Braxton, Tyla, Summer Walker, Muni Long, Mickey Guyton, Tinashe, Victoria Monet, Tanner Adell, Shaboozey and Tyrese Gibson with girlfriend Zelie Timothy.
FYI: Chloe is wearing Mônot. Halle is wearing Alexis Bittar earrings. Tanner is wearing Bach Mai. Ice Spice is wearing Versace. Andra is wearing Suzanne Kalan and Maison H. jewelry. Coco is wearing Retrofête. Mickey is wearing Alexis Bittar jewelry. Zelie is wearing Di Petsa.
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Teyana Taylor, Keke Palmer and Chlöe were among the stars who hit the stage to help honor Usher at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
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Normani had to sadly pull out of her scheduled performance at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night (June 30).
Victoria Monet slayed the stage during her performance at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday (June 30) at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Childish Gambino took to the stage at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday (June 30) held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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Will Smith got his rap groove back at the BET Awards on Sunday night.The 53-year-old Oscar and Grammy winner performed his new single “You Can Make It,” a gospel-charged testimony — featuring Haitian-American singer Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir — that was released on Friday.The performance marked the first time Smith appeared at an awards show since he infamously slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face for a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.“The darker the hell you gotta endure/The brighter the heaven you get to enjoy/The harder the fall, the higher you soar/God opens a window when the devil closes the door,” raps Smith, sounding more like the Fresh Preacher.“Believe me, they tried to bleed Will Smith/In the rearview, I see adversity was the gift/To lift me higher gifts require faith/So dry your eyes and then you’ll find the way,” he continues over the take-you-to-church arrangement.It all continues the Oscar Slapgate redemption tour that Smith has been on since “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” opened to boffo box office on June 7, reestablishing the actor as a bankable movie star.But now, the “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” MC is looking to regain the music cred that led DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince to receive the first Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1989.Smith wasn’t the only rap icon to take the stage at the 2024 BET Awards: Ms. Lauryn Hill celebrated the 25th anniversary of her Album of the Year Grammy win for her 1998 classic “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”Also performing at the show — hosted for the fourth time by Taraji P.
Will Smith performed his new single for the first time at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday night (June 30) in Los Angeles.
Megan Thee Stallion was the opening act for the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday night (June 30) in Los Angeles.
Niecy Nash-Betts and Colman Domingo are among the stars in attendance at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday evening (June 30) in Los Angeles.
Taraji P Henson shines in gold while hitting the blue carpet at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.
Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Will Smith debuted his new single “You Can Make It” at the 2024 BET Awards, just two days after releasing the track that features Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir.
The 2024 BET Awards are taking place in just a couple of hours!
The 2024 BET Awards will close out the first half of the year at the end of June. This year’s show boasts a wide range of nominees as well as performers, and the spotlight will be on Usher — fresh from his Super Bowl halftime show — as he receives the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes pioneers in the industry who have shifted the culture of entertainment.
Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer SZA, Usher and Victoria Monét were just a few of the musicians to take top honors at the 2024 ASCAP Top Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
Sigourney Weaver has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival.
Prince Harry will be honored at the upcoming 2024 ESPYs.
,” Kate Jackson, VP of Production at ESPN, said in a statement.“These honorees have used their platforms to change the world and make it more inclusive for marginalized and suffering communities, demonstrating incredible resilience, positivity and perseverance, and we’re thrilled to celebrate them at The 2024 ESPYS.”Harry is set to be honored for his on the Invictus Games, as well as his military experience in Afghanistan.The prince, who quit royal life in 2020, launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as multi-sport Paralympic-styled games for wounded or injured servicemen and veterans.He will be receiving the award “in honor of his tireless work in making a positive impact for the veteran community through the power of sport.”Harry — who recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Games in London — also served in the British Armed Forces for 10 years, including two tours of duty in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot and a forward air controller.The father of two has already proudly announced the news on his and wife Meghan Markle’s official website.Gleason for his part, played a total of 7 seasons with the New Orleans Saints from 2000 to 2006, before hanging up his cleats in 2008.The retired athlete was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2011.Elsewhere, University of South Carolina basketball coach Dawn Staley is slated to receive The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.The ESPYs will be air on July 11 at 8 p.m.
Get ready for a performance from Will Smith this weekend!