On Sunday, celebrities made their way to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles for “culture’s biggest night,” celebrating the best and brightest in Black entertainment at the 2026 BET Awards.Cardi B led the ceremony in nominations with six nods — she won for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist — and she performed a medley of hits from her latest album “Am I The Drama?” Kendrick Lamar, Mariah the Scientist, Doechii, Doja Cat and Latto were all up for multiple awards.Comedian Druski hosted the show, and MC Lyte returned as the announcer.Queen Latifah, Ari Lennox, Doechii, Doja Cat, French Montana & Max B, Kehlani, Tems and T.I. performed.In one of the most rousing moments of the night, Raye, Ari Lennox, Durand Bernarr, BJ The Chicago Kid and Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton paid homage to the late singer D’Angelo, who died in October. He was 51.A few special awards were handed out at the ceremony. Lauryn Hill received the Living Legend Icon Award — and several artists, including Nas, Common, SZA, Lizzo, The War and Treaty, and three of Hill’s children — rendered a star-studded tribute to the “Miseducation” artist.Teyana Taylor became the inaugural recipient of the Icon of the Year Award; one of her inspirations, legendary artist Janet Jackson, presented her with the award.“You possess unflinching perfectionism, a devotion woven into everything you touch … You carry a calling from above, and the world is made more luminous with the art that you have given it,” Jackson said, as Taylor tearfully looked on.Music executive Sylvia Rhone received the Ultimate Icon Award.HuffPost covered all the biggest moments from the show. Catch up on what you missed below.Ray J Is The Ultimate Chaos Agent At The BET Awards — And His Antics Became A Running JokeRay J was, unfortunately, everywhere, doing everything, all at once, at Sunday’s BET Awards.The R&B singer was up to his usual hijinks on culture’s biggest night, but he got started early on the red carpet during an unusually chaotic interview with pre-show hosts Bow Wow and Rocsi Diaz. As some social media users pointed out, Ray J’s energy was all over the place as he got caught flirting with the sign language interpreter on the carpet, which Bow Wow immediately called out. But it was Ray J’s next response that had users dragging him up and down the timeline before the show even started.“I got on nude underwear,” he randomly blurted out, which prompted a perturbed Bow Wow to walk off.Later in the show, Ray J seemed to become a running joke for host Druski, who kept poking fun at his finances. But then the comedian couldn’t help but ask what a lot of people seemed to be thinking tonight.“Seriously, why’d you lie to us, man? I thought you was gon’ be dead,” Druski joked, in reference to the singer claiming earlier this year that doctors gave him only months to live. But as we can see from his behavior Sunday night, Ray J has still been quite active in the public eye.See what social media had to say about the chaos agent’s antics below.Druski called out Ray J at the BET Awards for claiming he was dying, only to show up perfectly fine 😭💀“Why you alive? I thought you was gonna be dead… I was praying for you and everything.” 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/F8IAGwU3MF— Killa 🌺 (@KillaKreww) June 29, 2026