Cee Lo Green paid reverence to Patti LaBelle by sauce as a thespian for a BET Awards 2011.
The Voice coach took to a theatre in a sparkly coupler as well as wig to respect LaBelle during a song rite in Los Angeles upon Sunday night.
LaBelle was a target of this year’s BET Lifetime Achievement Award during a event, that was promote live from a Shrine Auditorium.
After an introduction, that enclosed tributes from Beyoncé as well as Gladys Knight, Cee Lo launched in to a delivery of LaBelle’s ‘Somebody Loves You’. He brought a can of hairspray upon theatre with him as well as stopped to mist his spiky black wig upon occasion.
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Shirley Ceaser as well as Marsha Ambrosius additionally achieved low-pitched tributes to LaBelle. Ceaser sang ‘You Are My Friend’, whilst Ambrosius took upon ‘If Only You Knew’. LaBelle additionally performed, treating a assembly to her marks ‘Love, Need as well as Want You’ as well as ‘Lady Marmalade’.
“I would similar to to appreciate everyone for all you’ve finished for me,” pronounced LaBelle. “I devise to reason myself aloft since we have gotten this smashing award.”
Chris Brown was a evening’s large winner, receiving home prizes together with ‘Best Male R&B star’ as well as ‘Best Collaboration’ as well as ‘Video of a Year’ for ‘Look during Me Now’ featuring Lil Wayne as well as Busta Rhymes.
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