Following last year’s post :  BET’s Soul Train Awards 2020 , This year’s ceremony celebrates the dance show “Soul Train’s”, 50th anniversary and for the first time was held at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

Hosted again by Bffs and former “Martin” co-stars Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold.

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Ashanti was honored this year as ” The Lady Of Soul” .

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Ashanti performed a medley of her hits alongside long-time collaborators Fat Joe & Ja Rule.

Ashanti & Maxwell were both honored as “The Lady of Soul” and “Living Legend” awards respectively.

Maxwell takes us back to his classic songs including the latest single “OFF” .

R&B/Soul super duo Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, who perform together as Silk Sonic, kicked off the show with the song “Fly As Me.”

They also preformed as well with “Smokin’ Out The Window” :

Ciara and Russell Wilson and Marley Dias received the Souls of Justice Award.

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We’ve also had a new soul cypher that pays homage to Aaliyah’s 20th anniversary “Rock The Boat” album alongside its beat in background .

Musiq Soulchild, Tone Stith, Koryn Hawthorne, Jac Ross and Elle Varner join forces for this incredible cypher , Hosted by D-Nice.

More Performances on the show :

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