Despite the unconscionable runtime and the understandably solemn energy given the anti-ICE protests, as well as the passing of Sly Stone, the 2025 BET Awards tried their best to properly commemorate its 25th anniversary at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre on June 9.
The night’s most-nominated artist, Kendrick Lamar (10) took home five new trophies, including album of the year for GNX, best male hip-hop artist and video director of the year alongside Dave Free. His Grand National tour co-headliner, SZA, won best female R&B/pop artist, while several notable acts took home their first BET Awards. Shortly after shredding his way through “Mutt,” Leon Thomas was named best new artist; GloRilla used her Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award acceptance speech to quip that this victory was her first after 13 previous nominations. Of course, the Songbird Supreme knocked the air out of the room for a split second before she revealed that her Ultimate Icon Award is the first BET Award of her 35-year career.
Outside of music, 2025 Tonys host Cynthia Erivo won best actress thanks to her work in Wicked, and Denzel Washington, whose Othello was entirely passed over for Tony recognition, took home best actor. Blue Ivy Carter, who’s still popping out every night of her mom’s blockbuster Cowboy Carter Tour, won the YoungStars Award, marking the third BET Award of her young career.
Viewers at home were treated to a nearly five-hour show (including the red carpet pre-show), but even that kind of runtime cannot capture everything that’s going on. Here are the seven best 2025 BET Awards Moments you may not have seen on television.
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Sharon Osbourne has revealed that she removed a band from the lineup of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s highly anticipated Back to the Beginning concert, set to take place on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Osbourne explained that the removal followed a contentious dispute with the band’s manager, leading her to feel “the worst way I’ve felt in years.”
“I had a huge, huge to-do with a manager over this celebration for Ozzy and Sabbath,” Osbourne explained. “And it was probably the worst way I’ve felt in years. And I don’t care what this person says about me, thinks about it, because he doesn’t know me. And he’s now going around making up bulls— lies because I threw his band off the bill.”
While speculation initially arose that the band in question was Iron Maiden after she clashed with Bruce Dickinson during the 2005 edition of Ozzfest, Osbourne swiftly dismissed this.
“Oh god, no. Ozzy only has respect for the guys in Maiden,” she said, clarifying that Ozzy was unaware of Dickinson’s behavior until after the incident. “I never told him, until the night that it happened when it was the last show, and he just looked at me and goes, ‘You’re terrible.’”
Speculation also briefly pointed toward Tool due to their name initially missing from promotional materials for the event’s global livestream. However, it was later confirmed that the omission was merely a design oversight, and Tool is still set to perform.
Osbourne emphasized her indifference to industry criticism, noting, “I don’t care what people say. Because do you know what? I don’t love them. I care about people who love me, what they say about me. You can’t care what an industry says, because you don’t love them, so how can it hurt you? It doesn’t.”
The Back to the Beginning concert is set to be an iconic moment in rock history, featuring the final live performances from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.
In May, Ozzy spoke to Billy Morrison on their SiriusXM “Ozzy Speaks” show to break down what he’s doing to gear up for the July 5 Back to the Beginning show in his hometown.
“I haven’t done any physical work for the last seven, six and a half, seven years,” Ozzy said, promising that “by hook or by crook, I’m gonna make it [to the stage at Villa Park],” where Black Sabbath’s final gig will find them joined by an all-star roster that will also include Metallica, Mastodon, Anthrax, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Slayer and a supergroup featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins, Limp Bizkit, Judas Priest, Rage Against the Machine and many more.
“I’ve got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal,” he said of the intense training he’s undergoing following a rough several years that included spinal surgery and a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. “It’s hard going, but he’s convinced that he can pull it off for me. I’m giving it everything I’ve got.”
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Kirk Franklin closed the 2025 BET Awards by performing a medley of hits featuring Tamar Braxton, Muni Long, Jamal Roberts and Salt from Salt-N-Pepa after he received an Ultimate Icon Award.
“I never felt the love of a mother or a father,” he said during his acceptance speech when talking about being adopted. “The only time I felt love was when I sat behind the piano and wrote songs to Jesus. People loved my songs and the more I wrote, the more people listened. Thank you to all of you that still listen. Thank you to every group, singer, musician that’s been the microphone to my pain.”
He then went on to say that even though he makes gospel music that the masses have come to enjoy, that still doesn’t make him more than human. “I am not perfect,” he told the crowd. “I fail, I sin, I am not a perfect Christian, I’m not a perfect husband, and we all know I’m not a perfect father. I’m not even a perfect artist because I can’t even sing, which makes this award even more amazing, because what I really do don’t make sense and if you’re listening to this that’s when you know it’s God when it don’t make sense.”
Franklin then shut things down by performing some of his popular songs like “Stomp,” “Silver & Gold,” and “Melodies From Heaven,” with D.C. Young Fly serving as a pastor delivering a sermon right before Franklin and his army of performers went into an energized remix of “Revolution.”
Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey and Jamie Foxx also received Ultimate Icon Awards at Monday night’s show.
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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 enduring legacy of BET and it’s venerable awards show.
Names such as Kendrick Lamar, Tyler Perry and Lil Wayne strutted their way to the festive event, making this year’s ceremony arguably one of the best showings in recent years. To bring everything together, BET unified some of the biggest heroes across hip-hop, R&B, and gospel, when they enlisted Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey and Kirk Franklin for the Ultimate Icon Awards. Not only did the musical heavyweights receive their honors and flowers, but they proved why they remain one-of-a-kind showstoppers with their sizzling performances. Though Foxx didn’t showcase his vocal prowess, his speech satiated the crowd’s hunger, as he had everyone in a vise grip emotionally when he recalled the dark moments of his stroke recovery.
“You can’t go through something like that and not testify,” Foxx said during his rousing speech. “A career that I could only thank God for.”
The icons weren’t the only ones to leave it all out there; younger superstars like GloRilla and Playboi Carti left indelible marks during “Culture’s Biggest Night,” with their stage presence and innate creativity.
Below, Billboard ranked the night’s best performances, including highlights from Teyana Taylor, Snoop Dogg, Leon Thomas, Mariah Carey and more.
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Kendrick Lamar was the top winner at the 2025 BET Awards, which aired live on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday (June 9). Kevin Hart hosted the show for the second time.
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Lamar won five awards – album of the year for GNX, best collaboration for “Luther” with SZA, best male hip hop artist (for a record-extending eighth time), video of the year for “Not Like Us” and video director of the year in tandem with Dave Free.
Lamar had won album of the year seven years ago for DAMN. Lamar and Beyoncé are the only artists to win twice in that category, which was introduced in 2017. Bey won for Lemonade and Renaissance.
GNX, which is a leading Grammy candidate for album of the year in 2026, beat three albums that won Grammys in February – Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (album of the year and best country album), Chris Brown’s 11:11 Deluxe (best R&B album) and Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal (best rap album).
SZA and Chris Brown each won two awards. SZA won best female R&B/pop artist for the third year in a row as well as the aforementioned award for best collaboration. SZA is just the third artist to win best female R&B/pop artist three or more times. Beyoncé leads with 10 wins in the category. Alicia Keys also won three times.
Brown won best male R&B/pop artist for a record-extending eighth time. In addition, his “Residuals” won the Viewer’s Choice Award. It’s Brown’s fourth win in that category, a total equaled or surpassed only by Beyoncé with five wins and Lil Wayne also with four wins.
Luther Vandross was remembered by fans in two categories: Not only did “Luther” win best collaboration, but the documentary Luther: Never Too Much won best movie. This is the second year in a row that a film about a music legend has won in that category. Bob Marley: One Love won last year.
Doechii won best female hip hop artist. It was her first BET Award. She proceeded to give an impassioned speech in support of protesters outside the venue protesting ICE crackdowns.
Leon Thomas won best new artist. He’s the first male artist to win in the category since Giveon four years ago. Thomas won a Grammy in 2024 for co-writing SZA’s “Snooze,” which was voted best R&B song. As a result, he will probably not be eligible to compete for best new artist at the 2026 Grammys. Thomas also performed his hit “Mutt” on the show.
GloRilla’s “Rain Down on Me” (featuring Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music) won the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award. It’s the record-extending eighth win in the category for Franklin, the second for Maverick City Music and the first for GloRilla.
Future & Metro Boomin took best group. It’s the third year in a row that a collaboration of two solo stars has won that award. The last groups to win were Migos and Silk Sonic.
Summer Walker’s “Heart of a Woman” won the BET Her award. The song reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart in December 2024.
Blue Ivy Carter won the Young Stars Award for the second year in a row. BET rules allow multiple wins in this category. Marsai Martin won five times. Yara Shahidi and Keke Palmer also won it twice.
Denzel Washington won best actor for a record-extending fifth time. Cynthia Erivo won best actress for the first time.
Basketball star Angel Reese won sportswoman of the year for the third year in a row. Football star Jalen Hurts won sportsman of the year for the second time in three years.
Drake was shut out, despite going into the ceremony with six nods. The Weeknd was also shut out. He went 0-4.
There were special tributes to three legendary artists who died in the past year – Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack and Angie Stone. Luke James, Miles Caton and Lucky Daye performed Jones’ 1990 hit “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite).” Andra Day sang Flack’s 1973 classic “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” Brittney Spencer sang Stone’s 1999 hit “No More Rain (In This Cloud).” The multiple In Memoriam segments included Cissy Houston, James Earl Jones, Tito Jackson, Roy Ayers, Frankie Beverly and poet Nikki Giovanni.
As previously announced, Kirk Franklin, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg and Jamie Foxx were named BET Ultimate Icons. Astonishingly, it’s Carey’s first BET Award.
Connie Orlando — evp of specials, music programming and music strategy at BET — served as the executive producer for BET Awards 2025, with Jamal Noisette, svp of tentpoles and music community engagement, for BET. Jesse Collins Entertainment was the production company for the show, with Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay also serving as executive producers.
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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.
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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 quipped as Snoop laughed in the audience.
When he got onstage to accept the prize, Snoop squeezed in a retaliatory dig at Dre, thanking him in jest “for allowing me the opportunity to ghostwrite for you on ‘Deep Cover’ and ‘Nuthin’ But a G Thang’” — references to some of the duo’s earliest collaborations.
Most of the rest of Snoop’s speech — for which he was joined onstage by wife Shante Broadus, to whom he’s been married since 1997 — struck a more serious tone. Shouting out his teachers, all of the “MCs I battled along the way,” his family at Death Row Records and former groupmates Warren G and the late Nate Dogg, Snoop also praised his children and 10 grandchildren — “my greatest inspiration,” as he called them — as well as his “beautiful wife.”
“This is why I’m so rock solid,” he said, referring to Broadus. “This is why I’m able to deal with all the things I’m able to deal with — when I’ve got God in my life and I’ve got a queen in my life. She’s always been my everything.”
Before switching gears to perform some of his most iconic songs, the rapper ended his remarks by sharing his ideas of what the title of Icon means to him. “The work speaks for you,” he told the crowd gathered at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “Hip-hop, it gave me a voice. It gave me a purpose. It gave me a way out and a way in … Being an icon, it ain’t about fame. It’s about legacy. It’s about what you build, what you leave behind and who you lift up along the way.”
Snoop was one of four artists presented with an Ultimate Icon Award on Monday night. Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx and Kirk Franklin — each of whom the Doggfather personally shouted out during his speech — also took home the same honor, making for emotional moments throughout the four-hour ceremony.
After a quick commercial break, Snoop sealed his Ultimate Icon status by delivering a high-energy medley of his hits, including “Unsung Heroes,” Billboard Hot 100 topper “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.” A few familiar faces also joined him, his backup dancers and his accompanying orchestra on stage, with Charlie Wilson helping to perform The Gap Band’s “Outstanding,” and Warren G and Kurupt assisting in closing out the medley with “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None).”
The BET Awards were hosted this year by Kevin Hart and honored some of 2025’s biggest feats in pop culture. Kendrick Lamar — who took home album of the year for GNX along with four other prizes — was the top nominee, earning 10 nods.
The presentation of Ultimate Icon to Snoop follows more than 30 years of climbing his way up the hip-hop ranks, notching 45 entries on the Hot 100 and three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in the process. He’s also paved the way as a media personality and as the now-owner of his first label home, Death Row Records, which he acquired in 2022.
Snoop’s latest album, Iz It a Crime?, dropped May 15.
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At Monday night’s (June 9) 2025 BET Awards, Kendrick Lamar entered Peacock Theater at L.A. Live as the top nominee and he left the night’s top winner, taking home five awards from 10 nominations.
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On the telecast, Lamar accepted the album of the year prize for GNX, but he also took home best male hip hop artist, best collaboration (“Luther” with SZA), video of the year (“Not Like Us”) and video director of the year alongside Dave Free.
But who else left winners? You can find the full winners list below.
Album of the Year
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U — Drake & Partynextdoor 11:11 Deluxe — Chris Brown Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé Glorious — GloRilla WINNER: GNX — Kendrick Lamar Hurry Up Tomorrow — The Weeknd We Don’t Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Ari Lennox Ayra Starr Coco Jones Kehlani Muni Long Summer Walker WINNER: SZA Victoria Monét
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Bruno Mars WINNER: Chris Brown Drake Fridayy Leon Thomas Teddy Swims The Weeknd Usher
Best Group
41 Common & Pete Rock Drake & Partynextdoor Flo WINNER: Future & Metro Boomin Jacquees & Dej Loaf Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist Maverick City Music
Best Collaboration
“30 For 30” — SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar “Alter Ego” — Doechii feat. JT “Are You Even Real” — Teddy Swims feat. Givēon “Beckham” — Dee Billz feat. Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo, KJ Swervo Bless — Lil Wayne, Wheezy & Young Thug “Like That” — Future & Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar WINNER: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Sticky” — Tyler, The Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne “Timeless” — The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Cardi B WINNER: Doechii Doja Cat GloRilla Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Rapsody Sexyy Red
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
BigXthaPlug Bossman DLow Burna Boy Drake Future WINNER: Kendrick Lamar Key Glock Lil Wayne Tyler, The Creator
Video of the Year
“3AM in Tokeyo” — Key Glock “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey “After Hours” — Kehlani “Denial Is a River” — Doechii “Family Matters” — Drake WINNER: “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar “Timeless” — The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti “Type Shit” — Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti
Video Director of the Year
Anderson .Paak B Pace Productions & Jacquees Benny Boom Cactus Jack Cole Bennett WINNER: Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar Dave Meyers Foggieraw Tyler, The Creator
Best New Artist
41 Ayra Starr BigXthaPlug BossMan Dlow Dee Billz WINNER: Leon Thomas October London Shaboozey Teddy Swims
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
“A God (There Is)” — Common & Pete Rock feat. Jennifer Hudson “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr. “Better Days” — Fridayy “Church Doors” — Yolanda Adams feat. Sir The Baptist & Donald Lawrence (Terry Hunter Remix) “Constant” — Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore & Anthony Gargiula “Deserve to Win” — Tamela Mann “Faith” — Rapsody WINNER: “Rain Down on Me” — GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music
Viewer’s Choice Award
WINNER: “Residuals” — Chris Brown “Denial Is a River” — Doechii “Nokia” — Drake “Like That” — Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar “TGIF” — GloRilla “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Brokey” — Latto
Best International Act
Any Gabrielly (Brazil) Ayra Starr (Nigeria) Basky (UK) Black Sherif (Ghana) Ezra Collective (UK) Joé Dwèt Filé (France) MC Luanna (Brazil) Rema (Nigeria) SDM (France) Tyla (South Africa) Uncle Waffles (Swaziland) Best New International Act Abigail Chams (Tanzania) Ajulicosta (Brazil) Amabbi (Brazil) Dlala Thukzin (South Africa) Dr Yaro (France) KWN (UK) Maglera Doe Boy (South Africa) Merveille (France) Odeal (UK) Shallipopi (Nigeria) TxC (South Africa)
BET Her
“Beautiful People” — Mary J. Blige “Blackbiird” — Beyonce feat. Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts “Bloom” — Doechii “Burning” — Tems “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande WINNER: “Heart of a Woman” — Summer Walker “Hold On” — Tems “In My Bag” — Flo & GloRilla
Best Movie
Bad Boys: Ride or Die Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F WINNER: Luther: Never Too Much Mufasa: The Lion King One of Them Days Rebel Ridge The Piano Lesson The Six Triple Eight
Best Actor
Aaron Pierce Aldis Hodge Anthony Mackie Colman Domingo WINNER: Denzel Washington Jamie Foxx Joey Bada$$ Kevin Hart Sterling K. Brown Will Smith
Best Actress
Andra Day Angela Bassett Coco Jones WINNER: Cynthia Erivo Keke Palmer Kerry Washington Quinta Brunson Viola Davis Zendaya
Young Stars Award
Akira Akbar WINNER: Blue Ivy Carter Graceyn “Gracie” Hollingsworth Heiress Harris Melody Hurd Thaddeus J. Mixson Tyrik Johnson VanVan
Sportswoman of the Year Award
A’ja Wilson WINNER: Angel Reese Claressa Shields Coco Gauff Dawn Staley Flau’jae Johnson Juju Watkins Sha’Carri Richardson Simone Biles
Sportsman of the Year
Aaron Judge Anthony Edwards Deion Sanders WINNER: Jalen Hurts Jayson Tatum LeBron James Saquon Barkley Stephen Curry
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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 and won record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female at the 1974 Grammy Awards. The Fugees included their own rendition of “Killing Me Softly” on their 1996 album The Score, and the hit single won a Grammy in 1997 for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal while the parent album won the award for best rap album.
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The legendary singer and pianist died in February, and according to a statement from her spokesperson, she “died peacefully surrounded by her family.”
The “in memoriam” tribute also featured former Isley Brothers member Chris Jasper, The Notorious B.I.G.’s mother Voletta Wallace, hip-hop journalist and filmmaker Sacha Jenkins, Kool & the Gang hype man Michael Sumler, Tony! Toni! Toné! founding member D’Wayne Wiggins, The Spinners lead singer John Edwards and more.
Earlier in the evening, Lucky Daye, Luke James and Miles Caton from Sinners performed “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)” during the Quincy Jones tribute.
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The long-awaited BTS reunion is getting closer to happening, with two more members of the South Korean group completing their mandatory military service.
On Tuesday (June 10), it was reported that BTS members RM and V were discharged from the South Korean military after completing their required service. The pair’s discharge was welcomed by hundreds of their fans (known as members of BTS’ ARMY fandom) who had gathered in Chuncheon City to greet the two musicians.
“To all the ARMYs who have waited for us in the military, I want to say I am truly, truly grateful,” V told gathered fans and media. “Please wait just a little longer and we will return with a really cool performance.”
BTS pressed pause on their work as a group in 2023 in order for its members to fulfill their duties as South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 35 and serve a total of 18 months in the South Korean military.
Jin and J-Hope were discharged from their service in June and October of 2024, respectively, while Jimin and JungKook are scheduled to be discharged on Wednesday (June 11). Suga was assigned alternative service, and has been operating as a social worker since his service began. His discharge is expected to occur later this month.
While all members of BTS have released solo projects in the interim, the approaching end of their collective military service has been eagerly anticipated by fans, who are looking forward to the band announcing their official reunion plans.
“I look forward to June when our members will have completed their service,” J-Hope told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe last month. “We will quickly get together and talk about what BTS can do in the future. I think it’s going to be a massive energy.”
“When we’re all back together as a group, it’s going to have a huge impact, and everybody’s going to be watching,” J-Hope also said to Weverse Magazine in December. “I’m excited to see what it’ll feel like when we perform together again. I want to come back in style and say, ‘This is us. This is BTS.’ I can’t speak for everyone, but I can tell you the other members feel the same way.”
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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.
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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, they are removing our names from government buildings,” he began. “It’s as if someone wants to erase our footprints because what we need to understand is that if our children don’t know our history, they won’t know our power. But the truth of the matter is, it’s impossible to erase our footprints because we left them on water.”
He continued, “What I mean by that is we’ve been snatched from our homeland, brought across the ocean, and left footprints all the way to America. When they tried to silence a king named King to keep his voice down, it still echoes through generations to generations to generations because you cannot erase our footprints. They literally took the jewels out of the crowns in our crowns in Africa, put them in their own crowns, in their museums, trying to erase our history.”
Finally, he told the crowd that he wanted to be there personally to introduce Ledisi because he loved her song so much. “I wanted to be here today to introduce this next song because when I heard it, it’s an homage to to every black woman and every strong black woman, every black woman who’s vulnerable, every black woman who’s weak, every black woman who’s powerful — this song spoke to me.”
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