{"id":1499,"date":"2026-06-09T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:07:21","slug":"bet-awards-teyana-taylor-to-receive-icon-of-the-year-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards: Teyana Taylor to Receive Icon of the Year Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nTeyana Taylor is adding another honor to her growing list of accolades. The Golden Globe-winning actress and music star will be honored with the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1497\">Fast Man Standing: Jak Crawford Is Currently the Only American Driver in F1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Icon Award recognizes an artist who made a defining mark in entertainment, with past honorees including Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx and Usher.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cTeyana Taylor is the embodiment of what it means to be an icon in this moment,\u201d BET executive vp, specials, music programming and strategy Connie Orlando said in a release. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t ask for a seat at the table; she builds the table, designs the rooms and sets the tone for everyone who walks in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTaylor\u2019s career has evolved across music, film, television, directing and fashion. Just this past year, the Harlem-born artist won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s <em>One Battle After Another<\/em>, received an Oscar nomination for the same role and also earned a best R&amp;B album Grammy nomination for her project <em>Escape Room<\/em>. Taylor also joined Ryan Murphy\u2019s <em>All\u2019s Fair<\/em> and starred beside Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the film <em>The Rip<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe singer first introduced herself to the music industry in 2014 with her album <em>VII<\/em>, followed by the release of her album <em>K.T.S.E <\/em>with certified gold hit single \u201cA Rose In Harlem.\u201d Her catalog of hit singles expanded with the double-platinum \u201cGonna Love Me\u201d and platinum \u201cIssues\/Hold On.\u201d She has collaborated with music moguls including Lauryn Hill, Beyonc\u00e9, Missy Elliot and Erykah Badu. In fact, just last week, BET revealed that Hill would also be honored at the BET Awards, receiving the Living Legend Award, honoring pioneers who mastered their craft but remained to the culture.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1495\">Broadway Box Office: Nominees See Pre-Tonys Bumps, \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Skyrockets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cYou can see my patience being in this game since I was 15, doing a little bit of everything,\u201d Taylor told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> in a cover story this past fall. \u201cThis moment hits a lot harder than it would\u2019ve if everything had gone my way when I wanted it to.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Now at 35, Taylor will receive one of the BET Awards\u2019 highest honors.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 2026 BET Awards, hosted by Druski from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, will air live on Sunday, June 28 at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on BET and a number of other Paramount networks including BET HER, CMT, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Pop, VH1, Comedy Central and TV Land.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAdditional honorees, performers, presenters and special guests will be announced ahead of the ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1493\">Sting Has Been Working on This Musical for Over a Decade \u2014 and He\u2019s Still Not Done<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teyana Taylor will receive the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[245,246,254],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-awards","tag-bet-awards","tag-teyana-taylor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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