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Usher is receiving his flowers this year. The R&B icon was the man of the hour at the 2024 BET Awards Sunday (June 30) as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Ahead of Usher receiving the award, BET set up the moment with an epic tribute medley performance featuring a plethora of artists giving their best Usher impressions, running through anthems from the 45-year-old’s decorated discography.
While Usher may not rock the sandals and white linen fit Childish Gambino lined up, the multi-hyphenate did the R&B legend’s 2002 smash “U Don’t Have to Call” justice with a smooth cover before Keke Palmer joined him on stage. Palmer took it back to 1997’s “You Make Me Wanna…,” which landed on Usher’s sophomore My Way album. The Illinois native put her dance skills to the test and finished off undressing from her white kicks, bedazzled jeans and Braves cap.
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Summer Walker notched a guest appearance on Usher’s 2023 Coming Home album, and delivered her steamy verse to their sultry “Good Good” collab, which also features 21 Savage. Sans Savage and with Usher watching from the front row, Summer and her team of dancers in black corsets and matching combat boots held down the fort.
Performers came from the crowd as Coco Jones surprised the crowd at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, running through Usher’s “There Goes My Baby.” The emerging singer seductively danced in front of Jennifer Goicoechea (Usher’s wife), and then had the 45-year-old luminary stand up before she returned to the stage.
“Superstar” is a fan-favorite off Usher’s 2004 Confessions classic, and Marsha Ambrosius stepped up for the tender cover. Chloe Bailey joined the party, singing “Good Kisser” in a shiny white leotard.
With “Nasty” shooting up the charts, Tinashe fittingly made a cameo, reimagining Usher’s “Nice & Slow.” Nashe put her own spin on the My Way classic and added a dance routine that the singer himself seemed to be in approval of.
Next up, Victoria Monét and Teyana Taylor worked a tag-team collaboration, performing “Bad Girl,” which had the camera doing flips while trying to keep up with the gymnastic acrobatics from the duo.
Latto closed out the tribute performance with the massive “Yeah!” sans guest appearances from Lil Jon and Ludacris; the topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks in 2004. Big Latto even tweaked some of the lyrics to fit more of what she’s bringing to the table. “Big butt and some double-Ds,” she raps.
Watch the medley performance honoring Usher at the 2024 BET Awards below.
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The Beyoncé Effect is real. Shaboozey followed fellow country star Tanner Adell with 2024 BET Awards‘ second performance highlighting the genre on Sunday (June 30). His set featured dancers in a saloon line dancing as he performed his hit song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — a flip of J-Kwon’s own 2004 hit “Tipsy.” Boozey’s version […]
The 2024 BET Awards helped close out Black Music Month on Sunday (June 30) with performances by Will Smith, GloRilla, Latto, Shaboozey, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyla and many more. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Ice Spice – who was nominated in three categories at the 2024 […]
Tyla had everyone jumping from their seats during her performance of “Jump” with Gunna and Skillibeng at the 2024 BET Awards Sunday night (June 30). Four women cleverly painted as different parts of a tiger laid across the floor of a cage, swishing its “tail” (one woman’s painted arm) before Skillibeng kicked off the performance […]
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Will Smith performed his new single, “You Can Make It,” with Chandler Moore, Kirk Franklin and Sunday Service Choir for the first time during the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night (June 30). “You are in the smoke and the fire/ Tight rope on the wire/ I see you’re broken and tired/ And all your […]
St. Louis’ very own Sexyy Red shut the 2024 BET Awards down with her performance on Sunday (June 30) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Sexyy hit the stage dipped in a red gown like a lounge singer, with a backing jazz band and dancers to perform the Drake featured “U My Everything.” She […]
Normani is missing the 2024 BET Awards, where she was planning to perform Sunday night (June 30).
About a half hour before this year’s BET Awards were set to begin, the Dopamine artist shared an update regarding her appearance at the show via an Instagram Story.
In a message to fans, Normani revealed she’d been hard at work preparing a performance for the event, but has been sidelined due to “a really bad accident while in rehearsals.”
“I am devastated and hate feeling like a disappointment,” she wrote.
“Unfortunately due to my doctor’s orders, I am just not able to make this performance happen,” Normani said Sunday night, explaining that going forward with the performance “would delay my healing.” Following this message she posted a snapshot of herself on crutches, with her foot/ankle in a walking boot or brace, and her knee wrapped in a bandage.
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Billboard reached out to a representative for Normani, who said there’s no comment beyond what’s been shared on Instagram.
Normani’s note ended with an apology for having to bow out of the BET Awards so unexpectedly. “This is definitely NOT how I envisioned this weekend,” she said, “but best believe I will be championing everyone from home tonight.”
Normani, who was a member of girl group Fifth Harmony, unveiled her long-awaited debut studio album, Dopamine, on June 14 through RCA Records. Ahead of the album’s release, Normani dropped two singles: “1:59,” featuring Gunna, and “Candy Paint.” The set also includes her 2021 hit with Cardi B, “Wild Side.”Of Dopamine, she told Billboard News, “I’m just grateful that everybody is just really excited still for this album and for this body of work. They’ve waited on me, which I don’t really take for granted.”
Read Normani’s full statement about the BET Awards:
“I am more frustrated and disappointed than anyone believe me. I wanted to get on here and give you guys an update letting you know that while in rehearsals for BET I had a really bad accident and injured myself. I am normally good for powering through under any circumstance but unfortunately due to my doctor’s orders, I am just not able to make this performance happen. I desperately wanted to give you my best on that stage but performing would delay my healing. I have been going through my process and doing my best to make sense of my feelings regarding this. I am devastated and hate feeling like a disappointment to you but I have to focus on recovering at this time. Trust me, I hear you, and I see you. There is nothing more that I wanted to do than perform for you and also, get back to doing what fulfills me most — BEING ON STAGE. Thank you so much for understanding. Sending my love to BET for giving me and all of the other beautiful black women this opportunity. This is definitely NOT how I envisioned this weekend but best believe I will be championing everyone from home tonight. I’m sorrrrrrrry guys and love you so much.”
Megan Thee Stallion kicked off the 2024 BET Awards Sunday night (June 30) with a fiery medley of cuts from her latest album, Megan. She hatched from an egg — an ode to her album cover and overarching snake motif — before she set it ablaze with her seething Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 diss […]
The 2024 BET Awards have arrived, taking over the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (June 30). Hosted by Taraji P. Henson for the third year, the BET Awards feature performances from Childish Gambino, Chlöe, Coco Jones, Keke Palmer, Marsha Ambrosius, Summer Walker, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Ms. Lauryn Hill & YG Marley, Megan […]