{"id":794361,"date":"2019-03-31T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T16:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=815787"},"modified":"2019-03-31T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T16:34:13","slug":"watch-beyonces-inspiring-naacp-image-awards-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-beyonces-inspiring-naacp-image-awards-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Beyonce\u2019s Inspiring NAACP Image Awards Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> delivered a heartwarming speech after accepting the 2019 Entertainer of the Year Award at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Before beginning her speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she told the audience she wrote her thoughts down ahead of time. The speech also served as a tribute to her fellow nominees, Chadwick Boseman, LeBron James, Regina King, and Ryan Coogler.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegina King, I love you so much. You taught us patience, persistence, and how to be masterful in your craft. Chadwick Boseman is teaching children to dream and to see themselves as kings. LeBron James has taught us strength of all forms in leading by example and providing education for our kids. Ryan Coogler tells our story in a way that celebrates our history and proved that we do have power at the box office, and I\u2019m honored to be included among all of you and to be a part of a vital, thriving, beautiful community. Thank you so much, NAACP, God bless you. I hope ya\u2019ll had a great night,\u201d the singer told the audience.<\/p>\n

Also at the NAACP Image Awards, Jay-Z<\/a> also received the President\u2019s Award, delivering his speech with a quote from \u201cour very humble and kindhearted president\u2026Abraham Lincoln.\u201d The quote he referenced was: \u201cIt\u2019s not the amount of years in your life, it\u2019s about the life in your years that count in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy week for the musical power couple who also accepted the Vanguard Award<\/a> from GLAAD<\/a> on Thursday night at the organization\u2019s 30th annual Media Awards. In a speech, Jay-Z honored his mother Gloria Carter, a lesbian whose story was featured on the rapper\u2019s single \u201cSmile.\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 paid tribute to her uncle who passed away from HIV.<\/p>\n

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Beyonc\u00e9 delivered a heartwarming speech after accepting the 2019 Entertainer of the Year Award at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night. Before beginning her speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she told the audience she wrote her thoughts down ahead of time. The speech also served as a tribute to her fellow nominees, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 09:53:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}