Teyana Taylor's tears and Lauryn Hill tribute steal show at BET Awards

"I worked my ass off [for] 20 years for this," Taylor told the crowd, before taking her glasses off to clean the steam from the lenses. "So I'm not accepting what I've earned with arrogance, I'm accepting what I've earned with gratitude. "And this year alone I continue to give the world the artist, actress, director, choreographer, creative director, stylist, designer, writer, producer and chef! I graduated in September, y'all!" The latter reference was about her training at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, which she juggled with her film and music careers. This year has seen Taylor win a Golden Globe and receive an Oscar nomination for her role in One Battle After Another and a Grammy nomination for her album Escape Room. She went on to tell the BET crowd that "this business can be very wicked [because] it teaches us to compete". "I believe greatness isn't measured by how many people stand beneath you," she continued. "It's measured by how many people stand beside you because you're willing to reach back. That's the only legacy I care about."