Prince tributes take center stage at the BET Awards
 

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 —*"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...


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