BET Awards 2020 Live Blog: All The Best Moments From the Show
The BET Awards '20 are officially underway and this year, just like every year, it's an unabashed and defiant celebration of Black lives, Black love and Black people. The show is also a tribute to 40 years of BET, and host Amanda Seales will take us through four decades of the network's groundbreaking programming, from Video Soul to 106 & Park.
This year's show will be virtual, of course, but that doesn't mean it won't be the Black family reunion we all need. We'll post all the updates as the show goes on over here, and follow the conversation on Twitter as well.
Let's get to it!
Amanda Seales Calls Out White People's Newfound Wokeness In Opening Monologue
Amanda Seales kicked off the show with an opening monologue that somehow manages to be disarmingly real and utterly hilarious at the same damn time. You know Amanda had to take shots at all the performative wokeness going around these days. "Y'all feeds went from OnlyFans to only fists in 24 hours," she jokes, adding that "America is acting brand new about racism." She specifically called out this year's unprecedented celebration of Juneteenth: "Ya'll don't let them Cinco de Mayo our day," she joked.
Public Enemy Perform "Fight The Power"
What a way to open the show. If there's an anthem for this moment, "Fight the Power" is it. Public Enemy members Chuck D and Flava Flav are joined by Nas, Black Thought and others for this pulse-raising tribute to protest, hip hop and Black power.
