BET Awards Honor 50-Year Legacy of Hip-Hop With Tributes, Wins for Latto, Burna Boy, and Coco Jones

The BET Awards paid tribute to hip-hop's 50-year history with medleys and awards honoring pioneers and new artists alike.
Busta Rhymes received the Lifetime Achievement Award, with tributes from artists he influenced like Diddy, Missy Elliott, and Mariah Carey.
Coco Jones won Best New Artist and gave an empowering speech encouraging Black girls to keep fighting for recognition and success.
Latto won Best Female Hip Hop Artist and thanked peers who said she should have been nominated, showing how women in rap are supporting each other.
The show memorialized hip-hop icons who died in the past year, including Takeoff, Biz Markie, and Charlie Black.