Black Music Month Challenge Day 26: What's an iconic Award show performance??

[FluffyEyes]

In honor of the BET Awards, what is an iconic award performance by a Black artist?? It can be from any award show.


Yesterday's thread is here if you want to participate:

Black Music Month Challenge Day 25: What's your favorite song by an R&B group or band??

June is known as Black Music Month and I thought it would be fun to make a thread each day using this template to discuss different Black music related to the challenges here. Yesterday's thread is here if you want to participate:Black Music Month Challenge Day 24: A song that has aged...

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When I see award shows her presence is sorely missed
I could only find a snippet of this performance


And Kendrick is one of the only male performers that can match her energy

 

[jensyao]

ashanti is the few who sings in CDQ

alicia keys' one-ups everyone on the piano when it comes to performances but her medley tribute was fire

hip hop honors had a lot of slept on performance medleys...most reward shows are tone-deaf to the culture



a lot of performances are blocked from youtube syndication or are super low quality or named generically to prevent from being flagged

 

[Grizzly]

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Young Breezy and Rih during their breakout years and early romance



Goddess Badu and K Dot

 

[Stick Up Kid]

 

[Mr. Negative]

I cant think of any performances, but here my favorite acceptance speech

 

[rabbid]

First one i thought of was bhris breezy jumping on tables that was already posted.

 

[Amo Husserl]

"Richard."

 

[Pop123]

 

[Pop123]

 

[JustCKing]

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[FluffyEyes]

Who can do better than Luther???

 

[FluffyEyes]

I cant think of any performances, but here my favorite acceptance speech

This is iconic and from the very first BET Award show.

"IMMA SURVIVOR, IMMA SURVIVOR..."

Love Whitney.

 

[Hitman's Shades]

Death Row - Source Awards



Spinners - Grammy Awards



Jacksons - Motown 25