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Will Smith made definite to bring the occurrence portion performing astatine the 2024 BET Awards connected Sunday, June 30.
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The 2024 Bet Awards has officially been flipped-turned upside down—all acknowledgment to Will Smith.
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air alum graced the signifier astatine the grant amusement held astatine the Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles connected June 30 to execute his caller azygous "You Can Make It" astir redemption. (And for adjacent much highlights, check retired each prima successful attendance here.)
Appearing successful a ringing of occurrence connected the stage, Will rapped astir enduring done hard times alongside The Sunday Service Choir.
"The darker the hellhole you gotta endure, the brighter the eden you get to enjoy," helium sang. "Every tempest runs retired of rain, clasp on."
Will's performance—his archetypal solo amusement successful the aftermath of his 2022 Oscars slap—also encouraged listeners to creation successful their darkest times.
"Nobody gets an casual ride. We each person a transverse to bear," the 55-year-old rapped. "But determination is contented successful that fire."
The debut of his catchy ballad serves arsenic his archetypal solo opus released successful more than six years—but it isn’t the archetypal clip successful caller months that Will has picked his mic backmost up.
In fact, the Men successful Black prima made a astonishment quality during J Balvin’s show astatine Coachella 2024, recreating his iconic rap and creation moves from the 1997 euphony video that accompanied his azygous for the movie.
And anterior to that, the “Summertime” instrumentalist teamed backmost with up with longtime collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff successful 2017 to merchandise their EDM track, "Get Lit.”
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The duo debuted their opus astatine the Livewire Festival, with the Hitch star revealing the information down the grounds astatine the time.
"People tin accidental worldly to you,” helium told the crowd, per NME, “and archer you, you can’t bash and you cognize you can. But erstwhile they archer you that it benignant of knocks you down a bit, right, truthful I wanted to marque a grounds that reminded each and each 1 of y’all to fto your airy shine.”
But Will isn’t the lone 1 shining astatine this year’s event. Get a glimpse astatine each celeb astatine the 2024 BET Awards.
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Usher
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Ice Spice
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Halle Bailey
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Victoria Monét
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Taraji P. Henson
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Tinashe
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Killer Mike
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Gunna
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T.I. (L) and Heiress Harris (R)
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Chlöe
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Sexyy Red
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Keke Palmer (LC) and DivaGurl
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Shaboozey
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Colman Domingo
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Ty Dolla $ign
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Blac Chyna
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Kyla Pratt
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NLE Choppa
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DC Young Fly
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Andra Day
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Karol Conká
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Kesha Ward
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Dominique Perry
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Tamar Braxton
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Kadeem Hardison (L) and Sophia Hardison (R)
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Angela Simmons
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Eric Bellinger (L) and La'Myia Good (R)
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Marsha Ambrosius
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YBN Almighty Jay
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DJ Diamond Kuts
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