BET Awards 2025 highlights: Jamie Foxx delivers emotional speech, Doechii criticizes Trump's use of ‘military force' to stop L.A. protests, Mariah Carey performs and more
Here are some highlights from this year's celebration.
Jamie Foxx gave an emotional speech while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award. The actor-comedian expressed gratitude for the 'second chance' he was given after suffering a brain bleed, which led to a stroke, in 2023.
'I gotta be honest, when I saw the 'In Memoriam,' I was like, 'Man, that could have been me,'' Foxx told the audience. 'But I don't know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance, I'm not going to turn down. I'm not going to turn down. I have so much love to give. I told Him, I said, 'Man, bro. Just give me one more crack at this. And I promise,' I said, 'Whatever reason you put this on me, I promise, I'mma do right.'
The Ray star went on to thank his two daughters.
'My beautiful daughter Corinne, I cannot say enough about you,' he said of his eldest. 'You've always taken the backseat to everything, but when you needed to drive it, you drove. And you made sure I was here. And I ain't going to turn down. And I'm not going to stop crying. At a certain point, I'm going to stop crying, but I ain't going to stop just yet.'
Foxx then spoke of Anelise, his younger daughter.
'Anelise Estelle Fox. My baby with the big hair,' he continued. 'She hides under that hair because she's got something special. You're so beautiful, man. When I was fighting for my life in there, I got to say this. They said, 'We're going to lose him because his vitals are bad.' And I didn't want my 14-year-old to see me like that. But Anelise overheard the conversation and she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and said, 'I know what my Daddy needs.''
While accepting the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Doechii took the opportunity to address what was 'happening right now, outside of the building.' The awards show was held at the Peacock Theater, located in downtown Los Angeles, where protesters have been demonstrating against the Trump administration's recent immigration raids.
'There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order,' the Alligator Bites Never Heal rapper said. '[President] Trump is using military forces to stop a protest. And I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be, when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.'
The first-time BET winner urged audiences to speak up against hate.
'People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it's my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people,' she said. 'For Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza. We all deserve to live in hope, and not in fear. And I hope we stand together, my brothers and my sisters, against hate and we protest against it.'
Though she did not walk the red carpet, Mariah Carey hit the stage for an unforgettable performance of 'Type Dangerous,' the leading single off her forthcoming 16th studio album. She then launched into her 2005, Grammy-nominated track 'It's Like That.'
Carey, who received the BET Ultimate Icon Award alongside Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx and Kirk Franklin, wore a metallic gold minidress with a structured bodice and ruffled skirt during her performance.
Leon Thomas was honored with the Best New Artist award. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter, who previously starred on Nickelodeon's Victorious, released his second studio album Mutt in 2024.
'My grandfather always used to tell me, 'Music is a team sport,' and I want to thank God first and foremost for coaching my life,' Thomas said, before thanking his mother. 'We've been in this together my entire life and I wouldn't be here without you, mom.'
Also accepting the Ultimate Icon Award was Snoop Dogg, who took the opportunity to honor his wife, Shante Broadus, whom he married in 1997.
'Now, you see, this is why I'm so rock solid,' he said of Broadus. 'This is why I'm able to deal with all the things that I'm able to deal with. I got God in my life, and I got a queen in my life, right. And no matter what, she held me down, she holds me down. She's been there for me. She's always been my everything.'
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Mr. Scott was anything but a professional. He learned much of what he knew by decoding the moves from Michael Jackson videos and early hip-hop films such as 'Breakin'' (1984). It didn't matter. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I learned the choreography in two days,' he was quoted as saying in a 2013 article in The New York Post. 'I left school and finished the tour.' Advertisement So much for hoops; Mr. Scott's direction was set. He went on to work as a choreographer for more than 20 films and television shows. His breakout effort was 'You Got Served' (2004), which follows the dance-battle odyssey of a crew of Black teenagers from Los Angeles. Mr. Scott, shown in 2015, started his choreography career by adding moves while part of a group of touring hip-hop dancers. Paul A. Hebert/Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP The climactic showdown at an MTV dance contest pits them against a posse of white dancers from nearby Orange County with regionally appropriate spiky surf-punk hairstyles. Playing herself as a judge, the hip-hop star Lil' Kim advises the Los Angeles crew, 'Get grimy and dirty -- straight street.' Advertisement That they do. Their performances recalled 'the muscular ballet style pioneered by Gene Kelly and Jerome Robbins,' Dave Kehr wrote in a review in The New York Times, 'except that the pirouettes in this film are more likely to be performed by dancers spinning on their heads than on their toes.' The film, which featured R&B singer Omarion and future 'Family Feud' host Steve Harvey, grossed more than $40 million and broke new ground artistically, Mr. Scott told the Post: 'It was the first time on film you were seeing a mix of B-boys and choreographed dancing in a battle mode.' He also brought his talents to 'Stomp the Yard' (2007), which featured music heavyweights Chris Brown and Ne-Yo and followed the story of a street dancer from Los Angeles (Columbus Short) as he hoofs his way through the fraternity scene at a historically Black college in Atlanta called, yes, Truth University. Among his other notable projects were 'Step Up 2: The Streets' (2008), about a teenage dancer (Briana Evigan) trying to balance her troubled youth with life at an elite arts school, and the 3D dance film 'Battle of the Year' (2013), which also featured him as a dancer, about an American B-boy team going for victory at the international competition of the same name. David Lee Scott Jr. was born Aug. 15, 1972, in Los Angeles, the eldest of four children of David Lee Scott Sr., a plumber, and Evelyn (Rader) Scott. He graduated from Compton High School in 1990. Growing up in the city in South Central Los Angeles made famous by N.W.A.'s landmark 1989 gangster rap album 'Straight Outta Compton' came with clear challenges. Advertisement 'There are gangs and violence there,' he said in a 2008 interview with the site 'I come from a family with a few gang members.' But, he said, 'I think being from the hood strengthens your mind and you have to determine the direction that you want to go in life.' Growing up, he never thought of dancing as a career option. 'Back in the day when we started breaking,' he said, 'it was fun and nobody was like, 'I want to do this for a living.'' His thoughts had turned toward choreography even when dancing for Rob Base. 'I just started adding pieces of choreography to the tour,' he said in a 2008 interview with 'But, really, I have always been, from the time I started to dance, more of a creator, a choreographer.' Along the way, he worked on tours with rapper Bow Wow (then known as Lil' Bow Wow), R&B star Brian McKnight, and others, served as a guest choreographer on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars' and as a choreographer on 17 episodes of Fox reality show 'So You Think You Can Dance.' He also formed boy band B2K, featuring Omarion, and worked with another, Mindless Behavior. In addition to his son Neko, Mr. Scott leaves his fiancée, Natalie Casanova; his parents; another son, Cy; two sisters, Antoinette Scott-Mays and Tamesha Scott; a daughter, Jasmine Scott; and a granddaughter. Although he said he had never taken so much as a dance lesson, Mr. Scott took his craft seriously. 'A lot of people feel like they can get up off their couch and just do hip-hop,' he told 'But in actuality, if you don't know the basics, where it came from, then you're stuck. You gotta know the core before you can groove it out.' Advertisement This article originally appeared in
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Former Boston Bruins tough guy Lyndon Byers has died at 61, the team announced on July 5. The Bruins said he died on July 4, though they didn't list a cause of death. "Lyndon was a fan favorite across his nine seasons in the Black & Gold thanks to his rugged, rough-and-tumble style," the team said in a statement. Byers played for the Bruins from 1983-1992, racking up 959 penalty minutes, 11th in team history. He was part of the Bruins teams that went to the Stanley Cup Final in 1988 and 1990, playing a total of 28 games in those postseasons. Byers' best season was in 1987-88, when he had 10 goals, 24 points and 236 penalty minutes. He had another 62 penalty minutes in the playoffs. According to Byers had 92 career fights, including a total of 30 in the 1987-88 regular season and playoffs. He also played for the San Jose Sharks in 1992-93 before finishing his professional hockey career with two seasons in the International Hockey League. He had 28 goals, 71 points and 1,081 penalty minutes in 279 NHL games. After retiring, Byers spent about 25 years as a radio host for Boston's WAAF. He also appeared in four episodes of the television show "Rescue Me" and had small roles in "Shallow Hal," "Stuck on You" and a few other movies.
