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Teyana Taylor Wins BET Icon Award, Presented by Janet Jackson

6/29/2026

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Teyana Taylor Honored

Teyana Taylor received the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards, presented by Janet Jackson.
She sobbed onstage after learning that Jackson would present the honor.
Taylor thanked Jackson as her biggest inspiration and noted her two-decade career.
She urged creators to teach, open doors and make space for other voices.

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Janet Jackson Honored

Janet Jackson received three honors—Video Director of the Year, Fashion Vanguard, and an additional award—at the June 28, 2026 ceremony in Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater.
She arrived on the red carpet wearing oversized pinstripe pants, a matching blouse and a “2Pac” graphic T-shirt.
In her acceptance remarks she thanked her parents and named her children Iman “Junie” Tayla Shumpert Jr. and Rue Rose Shumpert.

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Teyana Taylor Honored

Teyana Taylor received the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards, presented by Janet Jackson.
She sobbed onstage after learning that Jackson would present the honor.
Taylor thanked Jackson as her biggest inspiration and noted her two-decade career.
She urged creators to teach, open doors and make space for other voices.

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