{"id":498922,"date":"2026-06-28T00:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/498922\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:37:36","slug":"bet-awards-2026-lizzo-doja-cat-raye-durand-bernarr-more-to-perform-must-see-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/498922\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards 2026: Lizzo, Doja Cat, RAYE, Durand Bernarr, & More to Perform Must-See Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>The BET Awards<\/a> 2026 is around the corner and will honor some of music\u2019s most revered names with a packed slate of tribute performances.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s show, which airs live tomorrow (June 28), will salute Lauryn Hill<\/a> as she receives the Living Legend Icon Award. It will also celebrate the lives and legacies of D\u2019Angelo<\/a> and Richard Smallwood.<\/p>\n

For the festivities, an exciting array of names has been lined up.<\/p>\n

Full story below\u2026<\/p>\n

BET Awards | Who Is Performing At The Tributes?<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s tribute is shaping up to be one of the night\u2019s biggest moments, with\u00a0Doja Cat<\/a>, Lizzo<\/a>, Doechii<\/a>, Nas<\/a>, Queen Latifah<\/a>, Rapsody, Selah, Tierra Whack, The War and Treaty, YG Marley, Zion Marley, Alexia Jayy, Common, and more set to take the stage.<\/p>\n

The late D\u2019Angelo will be honored with performances from RAYE<\/a>, Durand Bernarr<\/a>, Ari Lennox<\/a>, BJ the Chicago Kid, and George Clinton. The segment will also include his children for what BET is billing as a deeply personal family moment.<\/p>\n

Smallwood\u2019s Gospel legacy will anchor the In Memoriam tribute, with Erica Campbell and Le\u2019Andria Johnson performing in his honor.<\/p>\n

Hosted<\/a> by Druski from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the Culture\u2019s Biggest Night will also feature performances from <\/a>Cardi B, Baby Keem, Don Toliver, Kehlani, Tems, T.I., Rick Ross, French Montana, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BET Awards 2026 is around the corner and will honor some of music\u2019s most revered names with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[249399,222695,60919,36275,164373,156,29696,139600,157,14982,111,139,69,31220,129983],"class_list":["post-498922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ari-lennox","tag-bet-awards","tag-dangelo","tag-doja-cat","tag-druski","tag-entertainment","tag-lizzo","tag-ms-lauryn-hill","tag-music","tag-nas","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-raye","tag-richard-smallwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}