The Black Entertainment (BET) Awards honoured the purple hero with Best R&B Male at this year’s ceremony, he said “This was unexpected, I appreciate it nonetheless”. Not just there to collect an award tough, Prince performed a medley of hits with Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, India Arie, and Chaka Khan in tribute to Chaka’s career in music for which she was being awarded a lifetime’s achievement award, it included a performance of I Feel For You. Finally, to cap off the night, Prince also went on to close the show performing the song 3121. Now in its 6th year, the BET ceremony was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on the 27th of June.


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