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Ms. Lauryn Hill<\/a> received the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award at the BET Awards 2026 tonight. To celebrate her big moment at the awards ceremony, a number of musicians paid tribute to the Fugees<\/a> member\u2014including SZA, Doechii, Nas, Doja Cat, Queen Latifah, Tems, Lizzo, Rapsody, Tierra Whack, and more\u2014before Hill ended up performing one of her own songs last minute, too. Watch a replay of the whole segment below.<\/p>\n Artists pulled from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<\/em><\/a>, The Score<\/em><\/a>, and other cuts highlighting Hill\u2019s legendary musical run. Among the highlights were SZA and Doechii\u2019s spin on the Fugees\u2019 \u201cReady or Not,\u201d Tierra Whack and Tems\u2019 rendition of \u201cFu-Gee-La,\u201d and Doja Cat\u2019s double duty performing \u201cSuperstar\u201d and, afterwards, duetting \u201cIf I Ruled the World (Imagine That)\u201d with Nas. A particularly touching rendition of \u201cHis Eye Is on the Sparrow\u201d came from the War & Treaty, whose member Tanya Trotter duetted on the song with Hill back in Sister Act 2.<\/em> Additional performances by Lizzo, YG Marley, Selah, Rapsody, Zion Marley, and Alexia Jayy eventually led to the final number by Queen Latifah and Common, who closed out the segment with a cover of \u201cLost Ones.\u201d<\/p>\n After a commercial break, Hill unexpectedly stepped into the role of a performing artist at her own honoring. \u201cI wasn\u2019t even supposed to perform, but I heard somebody wasn\u2019t doing this song,\u201d she said before singing \u201cEx-Factor\u201d with a backing band.<\/p>\n Hill accepted the trophy from Ice Cube, who talked at length about her influence in the culture at large. \u201cI do this because I want y\u2019all to have everything that I experienced,\u201d she said during her acceptance speech. \u201cI had wonderful parents who loved on me, poured into me, and protected me. Once I realized that not everybody got to have that experience, I felt like it was my duty, my responsibility to share as much love and pour into people as music as I possibly could \u2014 and music was a way to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Ms. Lauryn Hill took the stage at the 2026 Grammys<\/a> for a rare televised appearance<\/a>, in which she paid tribute to the late D\u2019Angelo and Roberta Flack. She sang a number of songs by both artists, including her own collaborations (\u201cNothing Even Matters\u201d with D\u2019Angelo) and covers (Flack\u2019s \u201cKilling Me Softly With His Song\u201d). She was joined by a number of artists for the rapidfire medley, including Chaka Khan, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, and Leon Bridges.<\/p>\n Revisit The Fugees\u2019 Reunion Show Felt Like a Miracle<\/a>, and read about Fugees\u2019 The Score<\/em> at No. 48 and Hill\u2019s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<\/em> at No. 2 in The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s<\/a>.<\/p>\n