For the BET Awards 2021, celebrities, like H.E.R., SZA, Taraji P. Henson, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Queen Latifah brought major summer beauty inspiration to the red carpet. Allure editors share the best beauty moments and trends of the night.
For the 2021 BET Awards, women will be front and center as Taraji P. Henson hosts and icon Queen Latifah will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The annual fete honoring Black culture promises a night of celebrating “The Year of the Black Woman” and by the looks of the arrivals on the red carpet, Black girl magic is shining bright.
Celebrities attending the awards are there “with humans” as Henson jokes from her opening monologue from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. On the carpet, the star power heats up with slays from Chloe Bailey, H.E.R., Marsai Martin, Ari Lennox and of course our Essence Festival of Culture headliner and cover girl Jazmine Sullivan.
By Josie Untalan
Jun 28, 2021
H.E.R. is not only celebrating her birthday today at the BET Awards, she just announced the line up for the 2021 Lights On Fest!
On September 18 & 19, join H.E.R. at the Concord Pavilion with Erykah Badu, Bryson Tiller, Ari Lennox, Ty Dolla Sign, Keyshia Cole & more!
Tickets on sale Monday, June 28 at 10a.
Get more information here!
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Jazmine Sullivan performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles.
Jazmine Sullivan, one of the most gifted vocalists in R&B, waited six years before returning in early 2021 with her majestic album
Heaux Tales. On Sunday night (June 27), Sullivan showcased her latest full-length, as well as a just-released new single, with some very special guests at the 2021 BET Awards.
At the top of Sullivan’s performance, California congresswoman Maxine Waters took the stage to act out her “reclaiming my time” speech that Sullivan samples on her new single, “Tragic.” That track received its riveting live debut, and afterwards, Sullivan was joined onstage by Ari Lennox for a vocal duel to their shared
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Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles.
Sunday’s (June 27) telecast of the 21st annual BET Awards gave Black women their flowers and crowned Black men (mainly Lil Nas X) as kings to celebrate their contributions to music.
The awards show’s theme of celebrating Black women (and their edges) held throughout the evening’s performances, from Megan Thee Stallion bussing it down to “Thot Shit” to H.E.R. descending to the stage like an angel for “We Made It” to Jazmine Sullivan picking up our feelings with her enchanting