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Beyoncé gave a surprise performance at the BET Awards last night

  • June 27, 2016
  • Brad O'Mance

Beyoncé, the singer, made a surprise appear­ance at the BET Awards last night, opening the show with 'Freedom' featuring Taylor Swift col­lab­or­ator Kendrick Lamar.

Here's the per­form­ance in glorious low defin­i­tion. As you will note, it's extremely good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tW1DNAfvFU

Beyoncé 'scooped' four awards including Video of The Year for 'Formation', while Rihanna won Best Collaboration for 'Work'.

You can see the full list of winners and losers here if you like.

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