The ninth annual BET Awards, which honors black singers, actors, and athletes, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 28. After Michael Jackson's sudden death on June 25, the show became a tribute to the late King of Pop (read more from the Globe).

At right, Ne-Yo and host Jamie Foxx, far right, performed the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" during the show's finale.