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Jamie Foxx Honored by Stevie Wonder & Reflects on Health Scare at BET Awards: ‘You Can’t Go Through Something Like That & Not Testify’


Stevie Wonder surprised everyone at the 2025 BET Awards when he stepped out to honor his longtime friend Jamie Foxx.

Foxx received the Ultimate Icon Award, with tribute performances from Jennifer Hudson, Babyface, Ludacris, T-Pain, Doug E. Fresh & Tank. Stevie Wonder and Jamie Foxx at the BET Awards 2025 held at the Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Babyface and Ludacris also popped out to pay tribute to the artistic titan, performing a cover of “Unpredictable” — the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 title track from Foxx’s 2005 album — while Tank tackled a cover of Ray Charles’ “Night Time is the Right Time.” Foxx famously portrayed Charles in the 2004 film Ray, for which he won the best actor Oscar.

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