{"id":280980,"date":"2026-06-29T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280980\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:55:15","slug":"lauryn-hill-bet-awards-2026-nas-doja-cat-and-more-perform-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280980\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauryn Hill\u00a0BET Awards 2026: Nas, Doja Cat And More Perform Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGenerations of musical talent united to amplify the legacy of Ms. Lauryn Hill<\/a> at the 2026 BET Awards. As the veteran artist was honored with this year\u2019s first-ever Living Legend Icon award, her peers, collaborators, children, and the women in Hip-Hop and R&B<\/a> inspired by Hill took the stage for a touching tribute performance <\/a>of her fan-favorite songs.<\/p>\n

\n\tIntroduced by Ice Cube, a video montage narrated by Wyclef Jean highlighted the genius of the Grammy winner, showcasing her decades of achievement. The musical portion<\/a> then kicked off with Husband-and-wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, known together as The War And Treaty, with a vocally stunning performance of \u201cJoyful Joyful.\u201d Notably, the gospel song was performed by Hill and Tanya Trotter together as teenagers in their roles in Sister Act II (1993).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo was then joined by SZA<\/a> and Doechii<\/a>, who embodied The Fugees with a performance of \u201cReady or Not.\u201d \u00a0SZA passed the baton to Tierra Whack<\/a> and Tems<\/a> for The Fugees\u2019 \u201cFu-Gee-La,\u201d not missing a beat. Her daughter, Selah Marley<\/a>, then graced the stage as Lauryn Hill became overwhelmed with emotion for a moving cover of\u00a0The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill\u2018s\u00a0title track.<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up, Doja Cat paid homage to the dual singing\/rapping talents of Ms. Hill with\u00a0 \u201cSuperstar\u201d before being joined by Nas for \u201cIf I Ruled The World.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMs. Hill, you\u2019re the greatest!\u201d shouted the Queens native as he wrapped up his time on stage. Without holding back, the tribute continued with a touching rendition of \u201cTurn Your Lights Down Low\u201d by her son, YG Marley<\/a>. Lizzo<\/a> and Rapsody<\/a> then stormed the stage with an energetic execution of\u00a0the 1998 hit \u201cDoo Wop (That Thing).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn one of the most heartwarming moments, Zion Marley<\/a> took the stage to perform a reggae-inspired rendition of \u201cTo Zion,\u201d originally released in his honor. Alexia Jayy, winner of season 29 of The Voice, took on \u201cKilling Me Softly\u201d and proved why she came in first place in the vocal competition series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ultimate climax of the tribute came as Queen Latifah<\/a> and Common<\/a> brought classic hip-hop prestige for a joint performance of \u201cLost Ones.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRespect the Queen of Jersey,\u201d yelled Queen Latifah as the set ended to a standing ovation. \u201cL. Boogie, Ms. Lauryn Hill!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHill also returned to the stage to perform \u201cEx-Factor\u201d before receiving her award. Watch clips from the tribute and her solo performance below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Generations of musical talent united to amplify the legacy of Ms. Lauryn Hill at the 2026 BET Awards.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[26229,53704,25707,53890,9,24,63,34055,122,124,123,38548,107814,98559,107815,107816,107817,107818],"class_list":["post-280980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-common","tag-doechii","tag-lauryn-hill","tag-lizzo","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-latifah","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-rapsody","tag-selah-marley","tag-sza","tag-tems","tag-tierra-whack","tag-yg-marley","tag-zion-marley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}