The top 5 moments from the 2024 BET Awards
An all-star tribute to Usher, Taraji P. Henson's epic wardrobe changes, and standout performances from R&B's hottest newcomers.
2024 BET Award Nominees
2024 BET Award Nominees
The 2024 BET Awards was, as usual, a joyous if chaotic celebration of Black culture. Victoria Monét was arguably the star of the night, winning Video of the Year and performing twice, as a solo act and as part of the Lifetime Achievement Award winner Usher — both of which made our best moments list. Check them all out below.
Kevin Winter/Getty Teyana Taylor and Victoria Monét
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.Taraji P. Henson's wardrobe game
Getty(3) Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson returned to host for a third time, and obviously they upped the Oscar- and Emmy-nominees clothing budget this year because every time she stepped out on stage mother was slaying, snatching, and serving.'A Different World' reunion
Paras Griffin/Getty Debbie Allen, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, Kadeem Hardison, and Dawnn Lewis
The BET Awards took a page out of the Emmys' playbook with a cast reunion, this time giving some much-needed flowers to the legendary A Different World, which still has one of the greatest theme songs in history.Tyla and Victoria Monét burn up the stage
Getty(2) Tyla and Victoria Monét
Two of the hottest new acts in pop and R&B (though Victoria Monét has been around for years) woke up and chose violence. Among a slew of performances, many of them from the young women blowing up in hip hop, Tyla and Monét turned in two of the most energetic and just plain enjoyable numbers of the night: Tyla performed the infectious "Jump" while Monét turned it out to "Alright."
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The Usher tribute
Paras Griffin/Getty Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino and Keke Palmer
BET really pulled out all the stops to honor Lifetime Achievement Award winner Usher, as they should, with an all-star tribute to the singer featuring Childish Gambino, Keke Palmer, Marsha Ambrosious, Chlöe, Tinashe, and Latto, but Teyana Taylor and Victoria Monét stole the show with a sapphic, acrobatic interpretation of the Usher hit "Bad Girl."Ms. Lauryn Hill not only showed up but showed out
Kevin Winter/Getty Lauryn Hill
People love them some Lauryn Hill, and especially her seminal 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, but let's be real — most of y'all didn't think she was going to show up. At least not on time. But show up she did, with her son YG Marley and surprise guest Wyclef Jean, providing a show-closing set that had the audience at the BET Awards on their feet and singing along. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly.