Love, Peace and Soul!!!
The Soul Train Awards hit Las Vegas with a bang on Friday night! CENTRIC celebrated and honored R&B legends and today’s brightest new stars at this year’s awards, which taped at the Orleans Arena. Wendy Williams hosted the night’s festivities, which included performances from Chris Brown, Tinashe, Tamar Braxton, Joe, Tank and even Jodeci!
Chris Brown, who led with seven nominations, kicked off the show with a dance-heavy medley of his hits including “Yo (Excuse Me Miss),” “New Flame,” and “Loyal.” The R&B superstar also went home with the awards for ‘Best Collaboration’ and ‘Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year’ for “Loyal.”
’90s R&B icons Jodeci reunited for the first time in years to perform a nostalgic medley of hits including “Freek’n You,” “Come & Talk to Me,” “Stay,” and “Forever My Lady.” The North Carolina quartet also debuted their new single “Nobody Wins” featuring B.o.B.
Kool & the Gang was honored with the Legend Award and received a star-studded tribute from Tamar Braxton, Joe, Elle Varner, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Tank, and Ma$e, who performed his Kool & The Gang-sampled hit “Feels So Good” with Total’s Kima Raynor and Pamela Long.
Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Da Brat had the crowd on its feet as they closed out the evening with a performance of their 1996 platinum single “Not Tonight (Remix)” in tribute to Kool & the Gang.
Other performers included Tinashe, who served up her hit “2 On,” and Nico & Vinz, who went home with Best New Artist. Tamar Braxton hosted the red carpet pre-show.
The Soul Train Awards will air on CENTRIC and BET on November 30 at 8 p.m.
Check out photos from the star-studded show below!
(photos via BET / Getty and Chris Iwuoma)
I found it intresting that Kool and the Gang didn`t make mentionof JT Taylor