The Black Music Honors held their 3rd annual event a couple weeks ago. The awards show, hosted by Rickey Smiley and Letoya Luckett, was filled with lively performances, and plenty of entertainment. The taped live show, held at Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tenn., aired Aug. 16, but views can check here for local showtimes.
Black Music Honors takes the time to celebrate artists who’ve molded black culture and music. Namely by inspiring those that come after them. The show wasn’t lacking in any way, especially when it came to astonishing talent.
A captivating performance paying homage to Bobby Brown by Bel Biv DeVoe moved him to tears. Bobby Brown’s speech recalled his childhood and his desire for a better life. He promised that there is more to come for his fans.
Gospel duo BeBe and CeCe Winans were honored with a breathtaking performance. Donnie McClurkin, Kierra Sheard, Jonathan McReynolds, and Tasha Page-Lockhart delivered a performance for the pair worthy of a standing ovation. Then, in their speech the Winans thanked those who have ever prayed for and supported them, and their family.
Rappers Doug E. Fresh, Monie Love, YoYo, and DJ Mell Star brought us all back with their tribute to Whodini. Singers Demetria McKinney, V. Bozeman and Syleena Johnson gave reverence to Faith Evans. Evans noted that she grew up admiring Stephanie, Bobby, and Whodini.
The night went on to honor Dallas Austin, Luther Vandross, and Stephanie Mills. The evening culminated with thanks from the CEO of Central city Productions and producer of BMH, Don Jackson. Stating that the night was unforgettable, and that the show allows them to celebrate the trailblazers of Black music.
Check out some of the pictures from the show below.
Bobby Brown attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Bell Biv Devoe, Ronnie DeVoe, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Bobby Brown attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Bebe and Cece Winans attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Bebe and Cece Winans with Stephanie Mills attending the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III) attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Dallas Austin attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Darlene McCoy attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Demetria McKinney attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Raheem DeVaughn attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Demetria McKinney, V. Bozeman, and Syleena Johnson Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Demetria McKinney attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
DJ Mell Star attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Donn Jackson attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Moni Love, YOYO, Doug E. Fresh, Young Buck, DJ Mell Star Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Erma Gray-Davis attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Faith Evans attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Faith Evans attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Faith Evans attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
LeToya Luckett and Rickey Smiley Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jade Novah Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jade Novah attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
James Shaw Jr. attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jonathan McReynolds and Tasha Page Lockhart Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jonathan McReynolds and Tasha Page Lockhart Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jonathan McReynolds attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Kierra Sheard attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jonathan McReynolds and Tasha Page Lockhart Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Jonathan McReynolds and Tasha Page Lockhart Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Kierra Sheard attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Koryn Hawthorne attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
LeToya Luckett and Rickey Smiley Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
LeToya Luckett attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Rickey Smiley attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Rickey Smiley attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
LeToya Luckett attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Moni Love, YOYO, Doug E. Fresh, Young Buck, DJ Mell Star Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Moni Love, YOYO, Doug E. Fresh, Young Buck, DJ Mell Star Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
NEXT Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
NEXT attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennett, Angela Winbrush, Regina Bella Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennett, Angela Winbrush, Regina Bella Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennett, Angela Winbrush, Regina Bella Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennett, Angela Winbrush, Regina Bella Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennet attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Raheem Devaughn and Koryn Hawthorne Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Raheem DeVaughn attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Paris Bennett, Angela Winbrush, Regina Bella Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Rhyon Brown Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Rhyon Brown attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Rickey Smiley attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Ruben Studdard Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Ruben Studdard Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Sammie Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Sammie attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Angela Winbush and Stephanie Mills attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Stephanie Mills attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Faith Evans attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Syleena Johnson attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Demetria McKinney, V. Bozeman, and Syleena Johnson Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Syleena Johnson attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Tasha Page-Lockhart attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Ben and Jewel Tankard attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
LeToya Luckett attends the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Demetria McKinney, V. Bozeman, and Syleena Johnson Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
(AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
Moni Love, YOYO, Doug E. Fresh, Young Buck, DJ Mell Star Performs at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)
