Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson attends the BET Awards

7:35 p.m. – actor Anthony Anderson and actress Keke Palmer are onstage.  Keke busted out with a rendition of “Who’s Loving You” by Jackson 5.  She can really sing.  I didn’t know she had it in her.

7:37 p.m. – Jamie Foxx and T-Pain perform their hit song “Blame It.”  That happens to be my favorite club jam right now.  “Blame it on the al-al-al-al-al alcohol.”  During the performance, rocker Travis Barker comes out and starts playing the drums. 

7:47 p.m. – Soulja Boy performs his song “Turn My Swag On.” He sounds kind of tone deaf, but he has alot energy though.

7:51 p.m. – Singers Chaka Khan, Estelle and LeToya Luckett present the award for best collaboration to Jamie Foxx and T-Pain for their song “Blame It.”

7:54p.m. – Kahn, Estelle and Lucket also presented Ne-Yo with the award for R&B male artist

8:00 p.m. – Beyonce performs her song titled “Ava Maria” from her CD “I Am Beyonce.”  Then, she performs “Angel” by Sarah McLaughlin. (which was very sad. It was dedicated to Michael Jackson). 

8:11 p.m. – During a video segment, Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence did a spoof of their characters Sheneneh and Wanda (from the tv shows Martin and In Living Color. 

8:15 p.m. – The gospel duo Mary Mary performs their song “God In Me” along with Queen Latifah. 

8:21 p.m. – Zoe Saldana and Michelle Nichols present the best actress award to Taraji P. Henson. 

8:25 p.m. – Saldana Nichols also presented Keri Hilson with the best new artist award. 

8:27 p.m.  – Jamie Foxx performs “She Got Her Own” with Ne-Yo and Fabolous.  “She Got Her Own” is somewhat of a remix to Ne-Yo’s “Miss Independent.”  This is the first time Fabolous has been in the spotlight in a long time.

8:31 p.m. – The next segment featured a few old school musicians.  Keith Sweat performed his old hit “I Wanna.”  The 1990s R&B group Guy performed their old school song titled “I Like.”  Bel Biv Devoe performed “Poison,” which was one of my favorite dance songs of the early 1990s.  That was a a great segment getting to hear the songs of yester-year.

8:43 p.m. – Ciara performs Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World.”  She was also dressed in Michael Jackson-esque clothes. 

8:45 p.m. – Keyshia Cole and Monica perform a duet to their song “Everything.” These two ladies can definitely sing.  They both had strong vocals and they looked good too. 

8:57 p.m. – Actors Jeremy Piven and Marlon Wayans presented the award to Beyonce for best R&B female artist.  No shocker there.  Beyonce always wins everything.  Marlon Wayans said without the Jackson family there would be no Wayans family.  Beyonce also thanks Michael Jackson during her acceptance speech. 

9:00 p.m. – Jay-Z performs his song “Death Of The Auto Tune.”

9:10 pm. – The group The O’Jays is getting ready to recieve the lifetime achievment award.  Tevin Campbell, Trey Songz, Tyrese, Johnny Gill pay tribute to O’Jays by performing some of their songs onstage.  Tevin has been away from the music scene during the past 15 years. 

9:28 p.m. – After a long-winded speech from Soul Train host Don Cornelius, the group The O’Jays were presented with their lifetime achievment award

9:33 p.m. – The O’Jays performed several of their hit songs. 

9:50 p.m. – One of the executives at BET gives a verbal tribute to Michael Jackson. 

9:56 p.m. – Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean receive the humanitarian award.  They both gave a lenghty but inspiring acceptance speech.

10:06 pm. – In a humorous skit, Taraji P. Henson, Tyrese and Ving Rhames recreate their scene from the classic movie “Baby Boy.”  Taraji and Tyrese presented the viewers choice award to T.I. and Rihanna for their song “Live Your Life.”  Rihanna and T.I. weren’t at the awards show so T.I’s wife Tiny accepted the award. 

10:12 p.m. – Taraji and Tyrese also present the video of the year award to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.

10:15 p.m. – Maxwell performs his song “Pretty Wings” from his upcoming CD “Black Summers Night.”

10:25 p.m. – Drake performed his song “You The Best”  with some help from Lil Wayne.  The song is currently number 3 on the Billboard charts.

10:36 p.m. – Janet Jackson walks on the stage accompanied by Jamie Foxx.  She was emotional. But she gave a great speech.  She said “To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family.” It was a very sad moment when they showed a picture of Michael and Janet together in the background. 

10:39 p.m. – Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo sang “I’ll Be There.  It was the most emotional part of the entire show tonight. Several audience members have tears streaming down their face.

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