In case you have not noticed, the year 2024 has been the year where Usher has gotten his flowers. On Sunday, he became the receipt of the BET Lifetime Achievement award. This year, BET curated an majorities ladies performance dedicated to Usher. This fueled tons of critics amongst viewers. This has sparked Usher to chime in his opinion of the performance.
On Monday, Usher took to X with a host of messages to express his gratitude for the performance as well as BET for the high honor.”My tribute was amazing mannn…thank U to each and every one involved in the making of this moment,” he wrote via X. You can watch the full tribute down below.
Usher’s BET Awards Tribute Recap
Moreover, the ladies held it down with this performance. Before they took the stage, Childish Gambino opened the tribute with a and. Unplugged rendition of Usher’s “You Don’t Have To Call.” After his appearance, the ladies took over and and instantly broke the internet. Keke Palmer put on a show with her rendition of Usher’s “You Make Me Wanna.” Following Keke, Summer Walker performed her collaboration with Usher called “Good Good” from his latest album “Coming Home.” Coco Jones then serenaded the audience performing “There Goes My Baby.” Marsha Ambrosius then accepted the challenge as she gave her live version of Usher’s “Superstar.” Chloe Bailey stunned the audience performing Usher’s “Good Kisser.” Tinashe slowed it back down with “Nice & Slow. Teyana Taylor and Victoria Monet turned the momentum back up with “Bad Girl.” Finally, Latto closed out he tribute while adding her on verse to Usher’s “Yeah.” You can watch the full performance here.
Furthermore, Usher was truly the man of the night. He also went viral for his speech during his acceptance of the “Lifetime Achievement” award. During the speech he touched on his career highs and lows, forgiveness, his personal life, and Fatherhood. Aside from the speech itself, fans expressed their disappointment on social media due to most of his speech being censored by the network. Nonetheless, you can check out his acceptance speech linked here.
