Jamie Foxx paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson while hosting Sunday's BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The establish opened with a medley of Jackson 5 hits, including "ABC" and "The Love You Save," as images of Jackson as a child flashed on a screen.
Host Foxx subsequently walked on stage dressed as an 80s era Jackson - complete provided the gloves - as "Beat It" blared in the background. He next implied off specific of Jackson's signature moves, including Jackson's infamous crotch-grabbing routine.
He then shouted for the audience to clap their hands. "C'mon," he yelled, "for Michael."
"We are here for the greatest. There's no need to be sad," he told the audience, which included Diddy, Alicia Keys and Kanye West, among others. "We wish to celebrate this black man - he belongs to us - and we shared him with everybody else."
"It don't matter what he looked as ... what his nose looked like ... it was what he sounded like," he went on.
"Who was the best?" Foxx subsequently questioned the audience. The crowd shouted,"MIchael!"
Foxx recounted seeing Jackson in concert in 1983 at Texas Stadium.
"Mike comes out ... and grown white men fainted," said Foxx.
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