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“We are here today to give you your flowers, your long-overdue flowers.” Lil Kim said those words directly to Queen Latifah following a groundbreaking performance in honor of the veteran MC and Hollywood star, who was given the lifetime achievement award at the 2021 BET Awards on Sunday night (June 27).
Queen Latifah was introduced as “a woman who has been creating magic for decades,” and following a highlight reel that included testimonials from stars like Jada Pinkett-Smith, LL Cool J and Megan Thee Stallion, Rapsody took the stage to perform Queen Latifah’s 1989 hit “Ladies First” alongside its original guest star, Monie Love. Immediately after, Lil Kim entered to put her spin on 1993’s “U.N.I.T.Y.,” followed by MC Lyte to send the song home and round out the all-star tribute.
Queen Latifah appeared visibly moved while watching her quartet of friends, who joined together following the performance to introduce the lifetime achievement honor. At 51, Queen Latifah is the third-youngest artist in BET Awards history to receive the lifetime achievement honor.
Click here for an updating list of winners from the 2021 BET Awards.
Roddy Ricch brought moody vibes and striking imagery to the 2021 BET Awards on Sunday (June 27) night with a performance of his single “Late at Night.” While the music video for his top 20 Hot 100 hit took him to a Ferris wheel in the night sky, his BET Awards performance found him on an old-timey art deco stage, rocking an all-white suit and flanked by drums, saxophone and an upright bass.
As Ricch descended the white stairs singing about a woman he’s deeply involved with, backup dancers in glittery body suits gyrated around him. The performance ended with Ricch backlit by a glowing pink moon on the stage beneath him, nodding to the werewolf twist at the end of his “Late at Night” video (which itself nods to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”).
Lil Nas X walked like an Egyptian into one of the steamiest performances of the evening at the 2021 BET Awards with a King Tut-styled, Michael Jackson-inspired performance of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”
Opening on an Egypt-themed stage, complete with a sphinx background, pyramid designs and some well-placed hieroglyphs, Lil Nas X, dressed in a pharaoh-inspired golden kilt and neck brace combo, started commanding the stage with the opening lines of his No. 1 single. “I caught it bad yesterday/ You hit me with a call to your place,” he sang.
As the performance — which paid homage to the choreography and looks of Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” — went on, Nas joined his dancers for some truly excellent breakdowns, including one that saw him grinding right into a camera. As he ascended the staircase placed on the set, and stood atop his throne, the rapper then turned to the dancer next to him and planted a kiss on him, making out with him as the audience cheered on.
Fans on Twitter immediately began praising the rapper, thanking him for featuring such an explicitly queer moment during his performance. “Lil Nas X finna piss the homophobics off and I’m loving every moment of him making y’all sick,” one fan wrote.
Lil Nas X was just one of the stars attending the 2021 BET Awards — the “Montero” rapper joined stars like Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Jazmine Sullivan, Kirk Franklin and many more in celebrating black culture on Sunday night.
City Girls took the stage at the 2021 BET Awards on Sunday night (June 27) for the first live TV performance of their new single, the viral hit “Twerkulator.”
Introduced by host Taraji P. Henson with an extensive geographic history lesson that ended in the duo’s Miami hometown, the City Girls came out flanked by a variety of dancers to play the the much-anticipated new single. Towards the end of the energetic performance, the Kraftwerk-via-Afrika-Bambaataa-sampling single gave way to a quick snippet of Cajmere’s ’90s club classic “Percolator,” whose hook “Twerkulator” interpolates.
Earlier this month, “Twerkulator” debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group was nominated for best group at this year’s BET Awards, but lost to Silk Sonic earlier in the evening.
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak gave a select group of fans a special treat at the 2021 BET Awards Sunday (June 27). The duo, known collectively as Silk Sonic, performed their hit “Leave the Door Open” at Club Novo at L.A. Live for newly vaccinated fans.
The two kicked off their performance by sauntering into the area on a roped-off red carpet, with attendees grooving to the tune while the two serenaded them with the help of some backup singers. As Silk Sonic performed their hit, fans behind danced while holding up signs.
Toward the end, Anderson .Paak teased the attendees, asking, “Do y’all want to hear a new song? Do ya’ll want to hear a new song off the new album?” While fans cheered in the affirmative, he dashed their hopes, saying, “Nah! We’re gonna bring [‘Leave the Door Open’] back! ‘Cause we’re still in the top 10! We’re gonna do this again, and again, and again!” before launching back into the smooth song.
The duo were nominated for three awards: video of the year, best group, and viewer’s choice.
“Leave the Door Open” is the debut single for Silk Sonic, and has topped the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the summit on the Adult R&B Airplay chart, becoming the fastest to reach the No. 1 spot by male artists in the chart’s history.
Taraji P. Henson hosted the awards, which this year celebrated Black women in and their impact on culture. The show was broadcast in front of a live audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
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