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00:00 ♪ I call him Twinkie, that be my brother ♪
00:01 ♪ We got the same rollin', he matchin' me ♪
00:03 ♪ Love for real ♪
00:05 - From Quavo and Offset's emotional tribute
00:08 to Patti LaBelle stumbling over the lyrics.
00:12 ♪ Can't go wrong ♪
00:14 ♪ Can't do it ♪
00:17 ♪ I'm trying y'all, come on ♪
00:19 - Some of the biggest names in music
00:21 hit the stage at the 2023 BET Awards.
00:25 - This is the moment we all been waiting on.
00:27 - Starting with Lotto.
00:29 ♪ Let me pop out ♪
00:30 ♪ Leave the club, rock a truck ♪
00:31 ♪ Come home and get my rocks out ♪
00:33 ♪ Hurt, bust off ♪
00:34 ♪ He's trying to see me like he's hot though ♪
00:35 - The rapper performed her latest hit,
00:38 Put It On The Floor, rolling around
00:40 in a massive shopping cart through a grocery store set.
00:45 ♪ Say she got a problem ♪
00:46 ♪ Imaginary smoke ♪
00:48 ♪ Said it's dope ♪
00:49 ♪ Said put it on the floor ♪
00:51 - My upper lip sweating, my booty sweating.
00:54 Yeah.
00:55 - Last year, Lotto took home the award
00:57 for best new artist and this year,
00:59 she won big again.
01:01 This time for best female hip hop artist.
01:05 - What is this moment feel like?
01:07 What does it feel like?
01:09 Let's go all the way back, 2016 rap game.
01:10 - Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
01:12 She's so proud of me right now.
01:14 Eight year old me, 16 year old me.
01:16 I done had a lot of moments in my career.
01:19 They all proud of me right now.
01:20 I was best new artist last year.
01:23 And now, you know, life is crazy.
01:25 - Ice Spice also shut it down,
01:27 performing "Munch", Princess Diana,
01:29 and "In A Mood" across a set made to look
01:32 like her hometown, the Bronx.
01:34 - It was fun, you know.
01:36 You thought I was fooling you?
01:38 That "Munch".
01:39 - Yeah, the rapper spit her lyrics
01:41 while sitting on a basketball hoop
01:43 and while fans at home couldn't see it,
01:45 she said they had a little mishap.
01:48 - Had a little technical difficulty getting off my hoop,
01:50 but we ate that (beep) period.
01:51 (laughing)
01:53 - And speaking of Ice Spice,
01:54 Koi LeRae proved she's a super fan,
01:57 sporting this black and white two-piece fit,
02:01 featuring the names of female rappers like Ice Spice,
02:04 Cardi B, Doja Cat, Blotto, Missy Elliott, and Saweetie,
02:08 just to name a few.
02:10 ♪ Come on ♪
02:11 ♪ 'Bout to catch another fling ♪
02:13 ♪ Have a bottle, make 'em wanna bite ♪
02:15 ♪ I just wanna have a good night ♪
02:17 - Koi LeRae performed her track "Players"
02:19 featuring Busta Rhymes,
02:21 who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
02:24 - When you were up there,
02:25 the emotions really caught you and poured out.
02:27 - I'm looking at my kids for the first time,
02:31 all together, at such a prestigious moment in my life.
02:35 And I'm super grateful
02:36 because you see how proud of me they are now.
02:39 - And in another sweet moment,
02:41 Patti LaBelle paid tribute to Tina Turner,
02:44 who died last month,
02:46 belting out the late singer's hit, "The Best".
02:49 - I was giving it up for Tina Turner
02:51 'cause she's simply the best.
02:53 ♪ I get ♪
02:55 ♪ What if I can't see the words ♪
02:56 ♪ I don't know ♪
02:58 ♪ I'm trying, y'all ♪
03:00 - Patti couldn't quite remember all of the lyrics,
03:03 but she told ET she gave it her all.
03:06 - You heard a little tweak every now and then out there,
03:08 but I love her and I did my best.
03:12 - Then there's Quavo and Offset,
03:14 who came together for their first public performance in years
03:18 to honor their bandmate and relative, Takeoff,
03:21 who was fatally shot in November.
03:24 ♪ Rain drop, drip ♪
03:25 ♪ Drop, drop, drop, drop ♪
03:26 ♪ Smoking on coke in the hot box ♪
03:27 - Together, the trio formed the group Migos,
03:30 who split in 2021.
03:32 But when ET chatted with the musicians
03:35 after their surprise performance,
03:37 they opened up about what the moment meant to them.
03:40 - How do we put it together?
03:41 Rocket power.
03:42 - Yeah?
03:42 - Yeah, rocket power, put it together.
03:44 (cymbals crashing)
03:47 (bells chiming)
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