The 20th anniversary of the BET Awards Show may have been virtual this year, but that did not stop the celebration, which honored Black creatives and culture.
For the past three years, I have had the opportunity to attended the BET Award as a media correspondent for The New Tri-State Defender.
The theme of Sunday’s (June 28) show, “Our Culture Can’t Be Canceled,” stood true and I wanted to embody that in my review of the event, so I reached out to on-air radio personality and program director for WHRK K97 Devin Steel to see if he had access to any exclusives about this year’s celebration.
BET has done an incredible job over the past 20 years of highlighting our culture, music and fashions and I think this year they were still able to create that essence and address those heavy moments, such as DaBaby’s performance, evoking George Floyd’s death or Lil Wayne doing a tribute performance in Kobe Bryant’s honor.
Steel agreed, “With a concentrated effort on injustices and bringing those things to life through music and art, I think it was a powerful show, specifically in these times.”