For the 2021 BET Awards, women will be front and center as Taraji P. Henson hosts and icon Queen Latifah will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The annual fete honoring Black culture promises a night of celebrating “The Year of the Black Woman” and by the looks of the arrivals on the red carpet, Black girl magic is shining bright.
Celebrities attending the awards are there “with humans” as Henson jokes from her opening monologue from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. On the carpet, the star power heats up with slays from Chloe Bailey, H.E.R., Marsai Martin, Ari Lennox and of course our Essence Festival of Culture headliner and cover girl Jazmine Sullivan.
Take a scroll at who’s making a moment on the red carpet tonight.
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Jazmine Sullivan — BET Awards 2021
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H.E.R. — BET Awards 2021
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Taraji P. Henson — BET Awards 2021
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Issa Rae — BET Awards 2021
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Marsai Martin — BET Awards 2021
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Ari Lennox — BET Awards 2021
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Chloe Bailey — BET Awards 2021
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Megan Thee Stallion — BET Awards 2021 (carpet)
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Saweetie — BET Awards 2021
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Tanisha Long — BET Awards 2021
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Ryan Michelle Bathe — BET Awards 2021
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Sevyn Streeter — BET Awards 2021
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Novi Brown — BET Awards 2021
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Michelle Buteau — BET Awards 2021
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Rapsody — BET Awards 2021
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MC Lyte — BET Awards 2021
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Summer Walker — BET Awards 2021
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Ebony Obsidian — BET Awards 2021
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Eva Marcille — BET Awards 2021
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Lil’ Kim and Zendaya — BET Awards 2021
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Meg Thee Stallion — BET Awards 2021
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Jennifer Hudson — BET Awards 2021
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Latto — BET Awards 2021
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Ashanti — BET Awards 2021
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Flo Milli — BET Awards 2021
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JT and Yung Miami of City Girls — BET Awards 2021
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters — BET Awards 2021
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Queen Naija — BET Awards 2021
