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06-27-2016, 08:22 AM
Prince tributes take center stage at the BET Awards
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**w that's how you pay tribute to Prince.*
After promising to outdo*Madonna's tribute at the Billboard Music Awards (http://mashable.com/2016/05/22/watch-madonna-prince-billboard-awards/)—*"Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We got you," a promo read after the May 22 show — Sunday night's BET Awards made good on that promise. Rather than having one tribute, the show opted for several, making it a night where Prince's presence was felt throughout.*
Erykah Badu and the Roots kicked it off with a simple — and slightly disappointing — performance of "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker." But*Bilal stepped it up with a show-stopping cover of the "The Beautiful Ones," channeling the Purple One's signature ***ual swagger, unbuttoning his top, writhing along the floor, and nailing the yearning falsetto.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/prince-bet-awards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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**w that's how you pay tribute to Prince.*
After promising to outdo*Madonna's tribute at the Billboard Music Awards (http://mashable.com/2016/05/22/watch-madonna-prince-billboard-awards/)—*"Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We got you," a promo read after the May 22 show — Sunday night's BET Awards made good on that promise. Rather than having one tribute, the show opted for several, making it a night where Prince's presence was felt throughout.*
Erykah Badu and the Roots kicked it off with a simple — and slightly disappointing — performance of "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker." But*Bilal stepped it up with a show-stopping cover of the "The Beautiful Ones," channeling the Purple One's signature ***ual swagger, unbuttoning his top, writhing along the floor, and nailing the yearning falsetto.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/prince-bet-awards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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