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The 16th annual BET Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles last night, featuring a mix of pop, rap and R&B A-listers. Though the chaotic state of America and the shadow of Prince’s passing gave the broadcast a somewhat somber air, there were still electric performances from Beyoncé, Usher, Maxwell, Desiigner and more. Here are 20 of the best and worst things from the network’s big night. Best: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Make a Splash It’s impossible to have a conversation about pop in 2016 without Beyoncé coming up, and the BET Awards honored this fact by having her and her phalanx of dancers get into formation while excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech opened the show. B and her dancers launched into a version of “Freedom” that was choreographed on a pool, creating an eye-popping visual that matched the Lemonade track’s agitated intensity. When Kendrick Lamar showed up with a tweaked version of his on-record verse, the …

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On his newly released song “What You Taught Us,” Chicago rapper Vic Mensa writes a letter to Virgil Abloh , the trailblazing artist and designer who died Sunday after a multi-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. “Virgil Abloh is synonymous with visionary,” Mensa said in a statement. “To see him go from DJing Superfun parties in Chicago that Hollywood Holt would sneak me in when I was 16 to revolutionizing the way we think about design and its applications is a true inspiration to a generation that was blessed to be raised under his tutelage. Legends never die.” “What You Taught Us” ruminates on Abloh’s sudden death, with Mensa saying: “’I’m feelin’ kinda blue like Miles Davis LP / ‘Cause a legend that I knew but I’d never known was unhealthy / Left to heaven much too soon / Most I could do was post a selfie.” Later, Mensa sits with the concept of time, communication and how he’d be remembered himself. He asks about the duality of being both …

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Getty Composite NBA forward and sneakerhead P.J. Tucker is honoring fashion icon Virgil Abloh with his shoe choice for Monday night's game ... rocking a pair of Off-White Jordan 5s with a special tribute. The Heat baller showed off the kicks prior to taking the court against the Denver Nuggets ... which have messages etched in Sharpie -- "Thanks for a lifetime of inspiration" and "Virgil will always be here." The gesture comes one day after Louis Vuitton announced the passing of its artistic director ... a loss that affected tons of celebs across sports and entertainment. Tucker actually posted a pair of Off-White Jordan 2s the day before Abloh's passing was announced ... which read "Air Tucker" and "Virgil 2021." Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Abloh was beloved in the sports world ... with athletes like Karl-Anthony Towns , LeBron James , Odell Beckham and more speaking about his tragic death. …

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The Gucci family is back in the news with the early success of Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci , and Dateline NBC is presenting a special this week that looks at the clan’s business and the real murder portrayed in the film. NBC said today that Murder in the House of Gucci will air at 9 p.m. Friday. Watch a couple of clips from the program below. In her first interview, the American ex-girlfriend of Maurizio Gucci discusses her five-year relationship with the fashion icon, which began before he ended things with Patrizia Reggiani, who later was convicted of arranging his 1995 murder. Sheree Loud tells Dateline correspondent Natalie Morales that Reggiani “was unkind, always put him down, didn’t want to do anything that he wanted to do. He said he didn’t love her anymore. He said he just had had enough.” The program also features a network exclusive interview with Reggiani’s friend Pina Auriemma, who was convicted of helping her plan Maurizio’s murder. …

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Virgil Abloh , the multihyphenate creative who passed away on Sunday, inspired a clear and rapacious passion from his fans, which in addition to athletes, celebrities, and everyone in between, included legions of young people around the globe — devotees of his many aesthetic whims. But for Abloh’s detractors, the relationship was possibly even more emotional. He was an enthusiastic connoisseur of Nineties and 2000s subcultures  — skateboarding, DJ’ing, graffiti — offering a reflection of underground concerns in the mainstream. His ascent offered nothing short of an internal reckoning for people who grew up with a particular set of niche sensibilities. How was it possible for Abloh not to feel a reflexive sense of suspicion towards elite purveyors of luxury and fashion, historically and likely irreparably aligned with the forces that push people into the underground as a matter of necessity? From one vantage point, the designer was sharing the secrets of a population defined by …

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