BET Awards honor Nipsey Hussle and 5 more key takeaways
LA TimesNipsey Hussle was awarded the Humanitarian Award at this year’s BET Awards. The affecting acceptance speech was then followed by a performance of Hussle’s “Real Big,” “Last Time That I Checked” and “Higher” by John Legend, DJ Khaled, YG, Mustard and Marsha Ambrosius. Wearing a yellow and black western outfit, Lil Nas X looked 100% y’all-ed up when he performed his smash hit, “Old Town Road,” with country star Billy Ray Cyrus. The Exonerated Five and H.E.R’s snap-worthy performance The Central Park Five, subjects of Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us,” showed up to the show to introduce H.E.R, but not before they received a standing ovation. Host Regina Hall called the group by a new and more accurate name, “The Exonerated Five.” At last year’s BET Awards, H.E.R gave a memorable, guitar-led performance, but on Sunday, she opted for a stand-up bass and slam poetry.
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