2020 BET Awards: Lil Wayne Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant was honored by Lil Wayne at the 2020 BET Awards on Sunday. The 37-year-old rapper paid tribute to the late NBA star who, along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others, died in a January helicopter crash.Bryant closed out the awards ceremony's In Memoriam segment, which led seamlessly into Wayne's performance of his 2009 song, «Kobe Bryant.» Videos from Bryant's legendary career at the Los Angeles Lakers played as Wayne rapped, «This is Black power status/ Two fingers for the Mambacita/ I'm screamin' Black Mamba matters.» «Heart goes out to Vanessa and the whole Black Mamba family,» he continued.