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<\/p>\nNot One, But Two Surprise Lauryn Hill Performances<\/h2>\n\n\n\tFrom Queen Latifah and Common to Lizzo and Rapsody and even her children, Selah, YG and Zion Marley, Lauryn Hill\u2019s Living Legend Icon Award tribute performance was one for the books. But the celebration didn\u2019t stop there! Ms. Hill returned to the stage to close out the show with two moving, separate performances of \u201cEx-Factor\u201d and \u201cEverything Is Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tTo be clear, these were genuine surprise performances. Jill Scott, who was previously announced as a performer, did not make it to the ceremony. Billboard<\/em> hears she was meant to close out the tribute medley with \u201cEx-Factor,\u201d but was not able to do so after being put on vocal rest. Nonetheless, Ms. Hill took the reins and led a massive sing-along for one of her most beloved tracks. That\u2019s how you put the \u201cliving\u201d in Living Legend Icon Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nTamia Shuffle Clogs Aisles<\/h2>\n\n\n\tDuring every commercial break, seat fillers are whisked to their next assignment, while celebrities get up to mingle and head backstage and other attendees enjoy the vibes at culture\u2019s biggest night. During one commercial break, the DJ dropped Tamia\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t Get Enough,\u201d which spurred several people to begin leading the Tamia Shuffle line dance in the aisles \u2014 the one time the walkways almost didn\u2019t get cleared in time for the ceremony to return to the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nKeke Palmer (Kinda) Teases 2027 Hosting Gig<\/h2>\n\n\n\tCould Keke Palmer be hosting the 2027 BET Awards?<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring one particularly funny Druski segment, Keke Palmer snatched the mic from him, quipping: \u201cYou\u2019re doing too much. This should\u2019ve been my gig! Why the hell would they have you host? This is the problem with BET!\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThough she was obviously joking, the crowd roared in support; you could see people applauding and cheering behind Keke on the telecast, but those shots don\u2019t do justice to the rows of audience members absolutely losing their minds. That bit probably got a slightly stronger reaction than any of its participants anticipated, but that\u2019s what true comedy does. And who knows? Maybe Keke\u2019s playful call-out really will translate into a hosting gig for next year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGaggle of Celebs Miss Show Opening<\/h2>\n\n\n\tEvery year, the BET Awards red carpet closes right when the main ceremony begins \u2014 and every year, the traffic jam outside of the entrance to the theater is a nightmare. This year, a crowd including Too $hort, The Breakfast Club<\/em> co-host Loren LoRosa, Beauty in Black<\/em> stars Julian Horton and Terrell Carter and One Battle After Another<\/em> breakout Chase Infiniti, found themselves huddled together, waiting for the first commercial break, and missing opening performances by Kehlani and T.I. Several stars were understandably annoyed \u2014 people still can\u2019t get enough of \u201cFolded!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJanet Jackson\u2019s Unmatchable Aura<\/h2>\n\n\n\tWhen Janet Jackson appeared onstage to present Teyana Taylor her Icon of the Year Award, it was as if the air completely left the room. As the crowd realized who was on stage, people leapt to their feet, whipping out phones and letting out guttural, fanned-out screams as she sauntered towards the microphone. Before she even began her speech for Teyana, Janet\u2019s sheer energy and presence completely engulfed the room.<\/p>\n
\n\tBecause the entire room was standing, a few people were blocking Janet\u2019s line of sight to the teleprompter, and when she asked them to take a seat, entire rows, nowhere near the prompter, almost sat out of pure respect. Now, that\u2019s an icon! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nRAYE Courts Early Standing Ovation from Finicky Crowd<\/h2>\n\n\n\tThis year\u2019s BET Awards ceremony wasn\u2019t the liveliest \u2014 especially when it came to names they were less familiar with. Naturally, that was just fuel for RAYE to ace her BET Awards stage debut. Delivering yet another roof-raising performance of \u201cNightingale Lane,\u201d a standout ballad from her excellent This Music May Contain Hope<\/em> LP, RAYE brought her signature barefoot vocal acrobatics to the Peacock Theater, prompting several sections of the audience to leap to their feet well before that seemingly eternal final belt. Between her solo set and her contributions to the D\u2019Angelo tribute, it\u2019s probably fair to say that RAYE will be invited back for many more BET Awards ceremonies to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nYung Miami\u2019s \u2018Spend Dat\u2019 Continues Its Dominance<\/h2>\n\n\n\tFrom the Joe & Jada<\/em> podcast to the New York Knicks locker room celebrations, Yung Miami\u2019s \u201cSpend Dat\u201d has been steadily taking over the culture \u2014 and the 2026 BET Awards were no different. When Miami strutted onstage to present the BET Her Award, which ultimately went to Doechii and SZA for \u201cGirl, Get Up,\u201d the DJ dropped \u201cSpend Dat.\u201d Even though the volume started to drop after the first two lines, the audience understood the assignment, rapping the entire hook in unison. Simply put: no 2026 song had that effect on Sunday night. Houston, we may have an official song of the summer!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/7-best-moments-2026-bet-awards-you-didnt-see-on-tv\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1186JUG-e1782713769411.jpg?w=1024″] Hosted by Billboard cover star Druski and anchored by star-studded tributes to Ms. Lauryn Hill and the late D\u2019Angelo, the 2026 BET Awards absolutely rocked Los Angeles\u2019 Peacock Theatre on Sunday night (June 28). A wide range of performers lit up the night, including R&B sensations (Kehlani, Tems, kwn), hip-hop superstars (Cardi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2017009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tFrom Queen Latifah and Common to Lizzo and Rapsody and even her children, Selah, YG and Zion Marley, Lauryn Hill\u2019s Living Legend Icon Award tribute performance was one for the books. But the celebration didn\u2019t stop there! Ms. Hill returned to the stage to close out the show with two moving, separate performances of \u201cEx-Factor\u201d and \u201cEverything Is Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tTo be clear, these were genuine surprise performances. Jill Scott, who was previously announced as a performer, did not make it to the ceremony. Billboard<\/em> hears she was meant to close out the tribute medley with \u201cEx-Factor,\u201d but was not able to do so after being put on vocal rest. Nonetheless, Ms. Hill took the reins and led a massive sing-along for one of her most beloved tracks. That\u2019s how you put the \u201cliving\u201d in Living Legend Icon Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tDuring every commercial break, seat fillers are whisked to their next assignment, while celebrities get up to mingle and head backstage and other attendees enjoy the vibes at culture\u2019s biggest night. During one commercial break, the DJ dropped Tamia\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t Get Enough,\u201d which spurred several people to begin leading the Tamia Shuffle line dance in the aisles \u2014 the one time the walkways almost didn\u2019t get cleared in time for the ceremony to return to the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tCould Keke Palmer be hosting the 2027 BET Awards?<\/p>\n \n\tDuring one particularly funny Druski segment, Keke Palmer snatched the mic from him, quipping: \u201cYou\u2019re doing too much. This should\u2019ve been my gig! Why the hell would they have you host? This is the problem with BET!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThough she was obviously joking, the crowd roared in support; you could see people applauding and cheering behind Keke on the telecast, but those shots don\u2019t do justice to the rows of audience members absolutely losing their minds. That bit probably got a slightly stronger reaction than any of its participants anticipated, but that\u2019s what true comedy does. And who knows? Maybe Keke\u2019s playful call-out really will translate into a hosting gig for next year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tEvery year, the BET Awards red carpet closes right when the main ceremony begins \u2014 and every year, the traffic jam outside of the entrance to the theater is a nightmare. This year, a crowd including Too $hort, The Breakfast Club<\/em> co-host Loren LoRosa, Beauty in Black<\/em> stars Julian Horton and Terrell Carter and One Battle After Another<\/em> breakout Chase Infiniti, found themselves huddled together, waiting for the first commercial break, and missing opening performances by Kehlani and T.I. Several stars were understandably annoyed \u2014 people still can\u2019t get enough of \u201cFolded!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tWhen Janet Jackson appeared onstage to present Teyana Taylor her Icon of the Year Award, it was as if the air completely left the room. As the crowd realized who was on stage, people leapt to their feet, whipping out phones and letting out guttural, fanned-out screams as she sauntered towards the microphone. Before she even began her speech for Teyana, Janet\u2019s sheer energy and presence completely engulfed the room.<\/p>\n \n\tBecause the entire room was standing, a few people were blocking Janet\u2019s line of sight to the teleprompter, and when she asked them to take a seat, entire rows, nowhere near the prompter, almost sat out of pure respect. Now, that\u2019s an icon! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tThis year\u2019s BET Awards ceremony wasn\u2019t the liveliest \u2014 especially when it came to names they were less familiar with. Naturally, that was just fuel for RAYE to ace her BET Awards stage debut. Delivering yet another roof-raising performance of \u201cNightingale Lane,\u201d a standout ballad from her excellent This Music May Contain Hope<\/em> LP, RAYE brought her signature barefoot vocal acrobatics to the Peacock Theater, prompting several sections of the audience to leap to their feet well before that seemingly eternal final belt. Between her solo set and her contributions to the D\u2019Angelo tribute, it\u2019s probably fair to say that RAYE will be invited back for many more BET Awards ceremonies to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tFrom the Joe & Jada<\/em> podcast to the New York Knicks locker room celebrations, Yung Miami\u2019s \u201cSpend Dat\u201d has been steadily taking over the culture \u2014 and the 2026 BET Awards were no different. When Miami strutted onstage to present the BET Her Award, which ultimately went to Doechii and SZA for \u201cGirl, Get Up,\u201d the DJ dropped \u201cSpend Dat.\u201d Even though the volume started to drop after the first two lines, the audience understood the assignment, rapping the entire hook in unison. Simply put: no 2026 song had that effect on Sunday night. Houston, we may have an official song of the summer!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/7-best-moments-2026-bet-awards-you-didnt-see-on-tv\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P1186JUG-e1782713769411.jpg?w=1024″] Hosted by Billboard cover star Druski and anchored by star-studded tributes to Ms. Lauryn Hill and the late D\u2019Angelo, the 2026 BET Awards absolutely rocked Los Angeles\u2019 Peacock Theatre on Sunday night (June 28). A wide range of performers lit up the night, including R&B sensations (Kehlani, Tems, kwn), hip-hop superstars (Cardi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2017009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tamia Shuffle Clogs Aisles<\/h2>\n
Keke Palmer (Kinda) Teases 2027 Hosting Gig<\/h2>\n
Gaggle of Celebs Miss Show Opening<\/h2>\n
Janet Jackson\u2019s Unmatchable Aura<\/h2>\n
RAYE Courts Early Standing Ovation from Finicky Crowd<\/h2>\n
Yung Miami\u2019s \u2018Spend Dat\u2019 Continues Its Dominance<\/h2>\n