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An affectional Teyana Taylor (left) received her Icon of the Year grant from Janet Jackson
ByIan Youngs
Culture reporter
US histrion and instrumentalist Teyana Taylor was the large victor astatine the BET Awards successful Los Angeles, and her tearful absorption to being presented with the Icon of the Year grant by Janet Jackson provided 1 of the moments of the night.
The 35-year-old, who made her Hollywood breakthrough successful caller Oscar-winning movie One Battle After Another, was sobbing arsenic Jackson introduced her.
"Oh my God... I'm gagging, they did not archer maine Janet was coming," Taylor exclaimed arsenic she joined her leader connected stage.
The multi-talented Taylor, who made her sanction erstwhile she choreographed a Beyoncé euphony video astatine the property of 15, besides won the champion actress, video manager of the twelvemonth and manner vanguard awards astatine Sunday's ceremony.
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Taylor had to hitch the steam from her glasses during her acceptance speech
"I worked my ass disconnected [for] 20 years for this," Taylor told the crowd, earlier taking her glasses disconnected to cleanable the steam from the lenses.
"So I'm not accepting what I've earned with arrogance, I'm accepting what I've earned with gratitude.
"And this twelvemonth unsocial I proceed to springiness the satellite the artist, actress, director, choreographer, originative director, stylist, designer, writer, shaper and chef! I graduated successful September, y'all!"
The second notation was astir her grooming astatine the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, which she juggled with her movie and euphony careers.
This twelvemonth has seen Taylor triumph a Golden Globe and person an Oscar information for her relation successful One Battle After Another and a Grammy information for her medium Escape Room.
She went connected to archer the BET assemblage that "this concern tin beryllium precise wicked [because] it teaches america to compete".
"I judge greatness isn't measured by however galore radical basal beneath you," she continued. "It's measured by however galore radical basal beside you due to the fact that you're consenting to scope back. That's the lone bequest I attraction about."
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Elsewhere astatine the ceremony, hip-hop duo Clipse won 3 prizes - medium of the year, champion group, and champion collaboration for their opus Chains & Whips with Kendrick Lamar.
British vocalist Olivia Dean was named champion caller creator aft a twelvemonth successful which she has established herself arsenic a bona fide planetary star.
Lauryn Hill received the inaugural surviving fable icon award, and made a astonishment show aft a star-stdded tribute medley featuring Nas, SZA, Doechii, Lizzo, Doja Cat, Common and Queen Latifah.
The beloved singer, 51, roseate to fame arsenic portion of The Fugees and released her seminal solo grounds The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill successful 1998 - inactive her lone workplace album.
Addressing her fans, she said: "We clasp antithetic gifts. Someone else's gifting mightiness beryllium fashion. Might beryllium hair. Might beryllium consoling someone. It mightiness beryllium this microphone.
"But that gifting is precise important due to the fact that idiosyncratic retired determination needs your gift. So don't merchantability your acquisition short."
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