Rappers Who Showed Out on the 2026 BET Awards Gold Carpet

There was a clear throughline to the fashion on the 2026 BET Awards gold carpet: a conversation between eras. Between tribute segments onstage and a host who kept the night moving, the arrivals at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles felt like a rolling statement about hip-hop’s present and its inheritance.

On Sunday (June 28), comedian Druski hosted the annual awards show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, spotlighting Black excellence across music, film and culture. On top of some major performances, the night also featured powerful tribute segments honoring Ms. Lauryn Hill, who received the Living Legend Icon Award, and Teyana Taylor, who received the Icon of the Year award.

Carpet moments

Doechii leaned into nostalgia with a deep brown crocheted dress from Dsquared2’s Spring 2006 collection, a deliberate callback on a night that often mined the past. She would later join SZA onstage for a tribute to Ms. Lauryn Hill, and picked up the BET Her Award for “Girl, Get Up,” her collab with SZA.

Miles Minnick — one of the 2026 XXL Freshmen and a Best New Artist nominee — channeled Harlem Renaissance style in a dark striped longline suit and black beret, while fellow Freshman Trap Dickey opted for a more relaxed, lived-in vibe: a leather jacket thrown over a button-up with a bowtie, shades, black pants and a belt.

Latto made one of her first public appearances since giving birth just last month, turning up in a black sheer Lily Phellera corset gown topped with a snapback. It was a look that balanced late-night glamour with street-ready attitude.

T.I. arrived with his sons King and Domani, the family reading like a shorthand for generational influence — Tip in a tailored gray suit, Domani in a Canadian tuxedo and Timbs, and King keeping it casual in a zip-up paired with leather pants and sneakers.

Baby Keem, who later performed alongside singer Momo Boyd, kept things clean and sharp on the carpet in a suit punctuated by a yellow tie.

Elsewhere, the carpet showed how artists are mixing archival references with personal staples: a crocheted turn to early aughts couture, Harlem Renaissance nods, and the continuing presence of leather and utilitarian outerwear.

Before the show opened, the gold carpet offered a preview of a night that would swing between honoring icons and foregrounding new voices — a reminder that the BET Awards remains a place where lineage and the next wave meet.

Check out the gold carpet looks at the 2026 BET Awards below.

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