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Taraji P. Henson Opens BET Awards With a Jab at Trump’s ‘Black Jobs’ Comment


Taraji P. Henson opens BET Awards with a jab at Trump’s "Black jobs" comment.

Taraji P. Henson speaks onstage at the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles. While Biden’s widely panned showing ate up a lot of the post-debate narrative, plenty has also been said about Trump’s numerous outright lies and continued demonization of immigrants during the debate. Opening the BET Awards with a parody reworking of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing, Billboard Hot 100- topping single “Not Like Us,” Henson changed the lyrics to “it’s about us” and rocked a red hoodie in homage to K.Dot.

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