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From Lil Wayne and Playboi Carti to Kirk Franklin, the stars showed up in a big way during Culture’s Biggest Night. Kirk Franklin performs onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images On Monday night (June 9), the BET Awards 2025 made its way back to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the BET Awards brought together an all-star cast of names. Extending from the worlds of Black music and entertainment, a bevy of superstar talent were all under one roof to commemorate the…
Introduced by Tyler Perry with a lengthy speech, Ledisi gave one of the best performances of the night at the 2025 BET Awards, stunning the crowd in a red gown as she sang “BLCKWMN” the second single from her latest album The Crown, as the Perry-directed music video played behind her. The director started his speech by telling a story about his then 3-year-old son following his footsteps on the beach and segued into a commentary on the Trump administration’s assault on the Department of Education. “They are removing our books from libraries, they’re removing our stories and our history,…
At Monday’s (June 9) 2025 BET Awards, Snoop Dogg stood at the mountaintop while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award with his wife and Dr. Dre at his side while looking out into a room of some of the biggest names in R&B and hip-hop. Coming toward the end of the show, Dre kicked off the Snoop tribute by giving a speech that both praised his frequent collaborator — whom he called “one of the most prolific artists in hip-hop” — and lovingly joked at his expense. “Every time I turn on the TV, he’s trying to sell something,” the producer…
Doechii accepted the BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and used the platform to address the current political climate.”I do want to address what’s happening right now outside of the building,” Doechii began, referring to the ICE protests in Los Angeles. “There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order. Trump is using military forces to stop a protest, and I want y’all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against…
Andra Day honored Roberta Flack with a beautiful tribute performance of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday night (June 9). Accompanied by a small string section and a few backup singers, Day’s lilting vocals echoed throughout the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live for her affecting cover. “Andra Day singing a Roberta Flack tribute? Ohhhh BET played NO games this year,” one person wrote on X, while someone else insisted to “put it in my veins!!!!” “Killing Me Softly With His Song” became Flack’s second No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973…
Kevin Hart came out swinging at Kanye West at the 2025 BET Awards.During the comedian’s opening monologue, Hart jokingly warned the audience that Ye was looking to make his way into the show.“Ah shit, it’s Kanye,” Hart said while looking at his phone. “He says he’s out front. He’s waiting for somebody to invite him in.”He continued, “Hey, don’t do it, okay? We all saw the movie Sinners, don’t let his ass in here so he can bite somebody, so he can bite Playboi Carti again.”Hart was obviously referring to the Ryan Coogler-directed vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan.“Playboi Cardi…
On a night where there was plenty of catering to the 2000s, Playboi Carti brought the BET Awards back to 2025 and to the future of rap. Carti hit the stage for his BET Awards performance debut on Monday night (June 9), which saw him flanked by a pair of black SUV trucks and his right-hand DJ Swamp Izzo as he laid his throaty flow over MUSIC hits “Like Weezy” and “Rather Lie.” Rocking dark jeans with a colorful Bape zip-up jacket and a YVL fitted cap, Carti bounced around the stage as white smoke filled the Peacock Theater, while…
In an emotional acceptance speech at the BET Awards, Jamie Foxx reflected on almost dying after his 2023 stroke.Foxx delivered the powerful speech to accept the Ultimate Icon Award in front of his two daughters, Corinne and Anelise, who both cried as their father recalled the moment that changed his life.”When I saw that ‘In Memoriam,’ I was like, man, it could have been me. I don’t know why I went through what I went through. But I know my second chance, I’m not gonna turn [it] down. I have so much love to give.”Foxx continued, “I told Him, I…
Kendrick Lamar won big at the 2025 BET Awards, taking home album of the year for his critically acclaimed 2024 LP GNX. And while accepting the coveted prize onstage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Monday night (June 9), the rapper explained why the recognition was extra special coming from BET. After first hugging his “Luther” collaborator and tourmate SZA, who excitedly cheered him on in the audience, Lamar began by saying, “I ain’t been here in a long time, but I always kept it in my heart.” “BET always makes sure its representing the culture right,” Dot continued. “I’ll…
Tony Yayo believes Sean “Diddy” Combs is all bark and no bite.In his interview with DJ Vlad, Yayo dismissed an alleged threat from Combs, who once told someone close to 50 Cent that he was carrying a firearm due to his “problem” with the rapper. “I think Diddy was just talking that day. I think he was just talking,” he said. “I think he just wanted to look good ‘cause c’mon bro…no way. No way.”Yayo said he and the rest of G-Unit were “moving crazy” during the height of their run, claiming their enemies “would’ve got eradicated.”“At that point, n****s…