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Issa Rae graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Jay Ellis graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Queen Latifah graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Nia Long graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Nia Long and Ime Udoka grace the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Trevante Rhodes graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Larenz Tate and Tomasina Parrott grace the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Keith Powers, Elijah Kelly, Luke James and Woody McClain grace the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Nicci Gilbert graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Cicely Tyson graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Kandi Burress graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Kandi Burress and Todd Tucker grace the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Kofi Siriboe graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Sibley Scoles graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Lil Mama graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Lil Mama graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Omari Hardwick graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Aldis Hodge graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Anika Noni Rose graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Gillian White graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Common graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Michael White graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Cory Hardrict graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Ralph Tresvant graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Keesha Sharp graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Rutina Wesley graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Laz Alonso graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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LeToya Luckett graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Shaun Robinson graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Grace Gealey graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Kiersey Clemmons graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Farris’ “Hopeless” became an immediate hit after the film. Farris, who was the vocalist in hip hop group Arrested Development before going solo, earned commercial success with “I Know,” a mid-90s hit, landing a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The singer recently performed “Hopeless” during BET’s ABFF Honors, sending fans into a frenzy.
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Regina Hall graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Amanda Seales graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Kylie Bunbury graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Blaine Featherson graces the red carpet at BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors event in Beverly Hills, California.
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