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Image Source: Getty / Aaron J. Thornton Jazmine Sullivan was among the many stars who advocated for abortion rights at the 2022 BET Awards , held days after the Supreme Court's devastating decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . While accepting the best female R&B/pop award at the June 26 event, Sullivan urged men in attendance to speak out against dwindling abortion access in the nation. The singer asked, "OK, fellas? Y'all got us? Cause we got y'all." "This is everybody's issue." "As always, I do this for the women, for my sisters especially. It's a hard time right now for us, and I want to speak directly to the men. We need y'all. We need y'all to stand up - stand up for us, stand up with us. If you've ever benefited from a woman making one of the toughest decisions of her life, which is to terminate a pregnancy, you need to be standing with us," Sullivan said. "This is not just a woman's issue. This is eve

Sean Combs, better known as Diddy , is receiving the lifetime achievement award at this year's BET Awards . He's set to celebrate the honor with an epic retrospective performance featuring Mary J. Blige , Jodeci, Nas, Lil' Kim, Busta Rhymes, The Lox, Bryson Tiller, Faith Evans, and The Maverick City Choir. Diddy brought some of his family along to celebrate his big night on Sunday. His eldest, Quincy , appeared on the BET awards red carpet wearing purple, while his third eldest, King, sported all red. Diddy 's mother, Janice Combs, also appeared by her son's side on the red carpet, wearing a glittering green dress. The last time we saw Diddy and his family on the red carpet was at the Billboard Music Awards in May, which he hosted. Ahead, check out photos of the Combs family at the 2022 BET Awards. Related: Every Eye-Catching Look at the BET Awards Red Carpet, From Lizzo to Chloë

Lizzo brought the house down as she opened the 2022 BET Awards on June 26 with her disco-inspired performance of her hit single "About Damn Time." The singer performed in front of an enormous gold disco ball, which matched her crop top and flared pants. Lizzo began the performance with a solo on her flute . "It's about damn time we have fun! It's about damn time we stand in our power, Black people! My people!" she ad-libbed during the performance. She was flanked by a fleet of incredible dancers who donned matching gold outfits. Before her performance, Lizzo stunned on the red carpet in a custom Gucci dress . The navy gown featured a thigh-high slit and tons of dramatic black feathers. Though Lizzo wasn't up for any awards at the ceremony, she's previously been nominated for five and took home the trophy for best female R&B/pop artist at the 2020 ceremony. She also performed at the 2019 show , stunning the crowd with a performance of &quo

Image Source: Getty / Paras Griffin Lil Nas X is airing his grievances after being snubbed from the 2022 BET Awards nominee list. On June 1, the "Montero" rapper learned that he didn't receive any nominations from the network this year and called them out on Twitter the same day. "Thank you bet awards. an outstanding zero nominations," he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. "black excellence!" "This not over no bet award this is about the bigger problem of homophobia in the black community." On June 7, Lil Nas X teased a brief snippet of a diss track titled "Late to Da Party" via Twitter , in which he lip-syncs along to a clip saying "F*ck BET" repeatedly. Shortly after he posted the video, the rapper explained that his disappointment is deeper than not being nominated for an award this year. "This not over no bet award this is about the bigger problem of homophobia in the black community," Lil Nas X wrote i

Shortly after the news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade broke, EGOT winner Rita Moreno opened up to Variety about her botched abortion in the pre-Roe v. Wade era. The 90-year-old actor shared that her then boyfriend, Marlon Brando, found a doctor to perform an abortion for her while they were dating. However, the procedure wasn't done correctly, leaving Moreno bleeding in the aftermath. "Marlon found a doctor through some friends," Moreno told Variety. "He was a real doctor - Marlon paid him $500 - as opposed to something in a back alley." Despite the doctor being licensed, he still botched the procedure. She explained to Variety that she began bleeding after returning home, at which point Brando took her to a hospital. It was there that she discovered the doctor had not completed the abortion. "I had what they told me was a 'disturbed pregnancy,'" Moreno said. "The doctor didn't do anything really, except make me b