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Jamie Foxx - Actor, singer, host and Best Collaboratin winner perform onstage during the 9th Annual BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Bell Biv DeVoe - The legendary members of New Edition perform their classic cut "Poison" onstage. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Tevin Campbell - Former Prince protege and "I'm Ready" singer marks his first BET Award performance with "Forever Mine" during a tribute to The O'Jays. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Soulja Boy - The Viewer's Choice Award nominee and 2007 "Crank That" rapper performs "Turn My Swag On" with a heaping amount of energy. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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New Edition - The legendary Boston R&B group perform a Michael Jackson tribute with Jackson 5 hits like "I Want You Back," "ABC," and "The Love You Save" onstage. (Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Keyshia Cole and Monica - The two powerhouse singers with a hip hop swag, perform "Trust" onstage together. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Maxwell - The sexy crooner performs "Pretty Wings" onstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Mary Mary and Queen Latifah - The gospel sisters and the rapper/actress wow the crowd with their collaborative performance of "God In Me." (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Keri Hilson - The Best New Artist winner, who also appears in Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent" and Usher's "Love in this Club" videos performs her hits "Turning Me On" and "Knock You Down" to the delight of men everywhere . (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Jamie Foxx - The actor/singer and host, who was nominated for three awards this year, including Best Male R&B Artist, performs the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" in honor of the King of Pop. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Keith Sweat - The "I Want Her" R&B singer takes the crowd back to 1987 during the performance of his hit single. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Tyrese, Johnny Gill and Trey Songz - R&B's old and new come together onstage to perform "Back Stabbers" for the O'Jays' Lifetime Achievemnet honor. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Jay-Z - The Brooklyn MC performs his death of autotune hit "D.O.A." from Blueprint 3 to the delight of hip hop fans.   (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Drake and Lil Wayne - Mentor and mentee give a collaborative performance of "Every Girl" and "Best I Ever Had" during the 9th Annual BET Awards. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Ciara - Atlanta's Princess of R&B and dancer slows it down during her performance of "Heal the World". (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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T-Pain - The Tallahassee, Florida rapper and four-time 2009 BET nominee performs "Rock With You" onstage, in addition to winning the Best Collaboration award with Jamie Foxx.(Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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The O'Jays - The winners of 2009's Lifetime Achievement Award perform their classic cuts "Let Me Make Love to You," "For the Love of Money" and "Used to be My Girl" onstage during the 9th Annual BET Awards . (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Ne-Yo - The  Best Male R&B Artist winner, who calls Michael Jackson an inspiration, performs a tribute during the 9th Annual BET Awards . (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Jamie Foxx - The Master of Ceremonies channels The King of Pop during a tribute to Michael Jackson.(Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Ne-Yo - The R&B singer/songwriter performs Michael Jackson's "I'll Be There" onstage, in honor of the legend. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Jamie Foxx and T-Pain - The winners of the Best Collaboration award perform their huge hit "Blame It" . (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Guy - The popular 1990s R&B group reunite with grooving precision during a performance of their hit single "I Like." (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

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Beyoncé - Winning two awards this evening, the singer performs tranforms into a heavenly muse during her "Arms of an Angel" performance.  (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)