Megan Thee Stallion showcased her incredible figure in jaw-dropping looks as she opened the star-studded, electric stage at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday.
The 29-year-old rapper set the bar for the rest of the performances for the annual award ceremony, which aired live from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on BET.
Childish Gambino, Keke Palmer, Summer Walker, Chloe Bailey and many more stars also took to the stage for a thrilling tribute for Usher, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary career accomplishments.
This year’s award ceremony celebrates the theme of Standing on Culture and features performances from a slew of up-and-coming, fan-favorite artists including Sєxyy Red, Victoria Monét, Tyla, Ice Spice and Latto.
The Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith, also made his unofficial return to rap as he debuted his new, original song You Can Make It as he makes his triumphant return to the award show stage more than two years after the infamous Chris Rock slap at the 94th Academy Awards.
At this year’s enthralling BET Awards, the festivities kicked off with host Taraji P. Henson popping out with a loose rendition of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us as she rapped: ‘It’s about us.’
The stunning stallion took to the stage wearing a racy green ensemble with a banana hammock-inspired garb to perform a medley of her latest releases and fan-favorite songs.
Emerging from an egg to symbolize her musical rebirth, she launched into Hiss and Boa before performing another song from her self-тιтled, third studio album Megan, which she released on June 28.
She gave a shoutout to her ‘twin’ Victoria Monet and Coco Jones in the crowd before performing Where Them Girls At.
Shortly afterwards, Monét made her BET debut, undergoing three outfit changes to perform her hit single On My Mama and her recently released song Alright.
The 35-year-old singer-songwriter, who took home her first Grammy earlier this year as she was crowned the best new artist, wore a blue letterman jacket to match her backup dancers as they performed On My Mama.
Cutting the stage short, Kaytranada took over to kick off Alright.
Monét paid homage to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson as she changed into a Smooth Criminal-inspired, white suit to perform the Kaytranada-produced single.
