Jamie Foxx honored with BET Icon Award, delivers tearful speech on surviving near-death crisis. Hope Moses. Mon, June 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM UTC. 3 min read.

Mariah Carey received the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards, marking her first-ever BET Award.. During Monday’s (June 9) awards show, Carey was handed her prize after an emotional and ...

Jamie Foxx was presented with the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, two years after suffering a near-fatal stroke. "I gotta be honest — when I saw the ...

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BET Awards 2025 will present Ultimate Icon Awards to Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, and Kirk Franklin when the show airs in June.

LOS ANGELES — The 2025 BET Awards honored Oscar-winning actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx with its Ultimate Icon Award on Monday night.

BET's "Ultimate Icon Award" acknowledges industry powerhouses for "their decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy, and community impact," per a press release.

Jamie Foxx tearfully acknowledged his second chance in life and thanked Black people while accepting the 2025 BET Ultimate Icon Award June 9 ...

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Honoree Jamie Foxx accepts the Ultimate Icon Award onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

The BET Ultimate Icon Award celebrates "decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy, and community impact,” the network said ahead of Monday’s show.