Los Angeles, California – Na wah o! Jamie Foxx no just dey play as he receive the Ultimate Icon Award this past Monday at the BET Awards, and if you see the way him dey shout out him family! E be like say dem don carry palm wine for him eye! 😢
As Foxx dey collect him award, e no fit control the tears as e remember wetin happen for him life two years ago wey nearly carry am go the other side. Dis 57-year-old actor, comedian, and singer don already sample us small emotion when e talk about him daughters, Corinne and Anelise, who dey the audience dey shine their eye like say dem don chop pepper!
“I have to thank my sister Deidra wey dey for crowd,” Foxx talk. “When I dey go through wetin I dey go through, she shut everything down and make sure say she dey take care of her brother. Little Black girl from South Dallas – that one na real glow-up!”
Then come change gear to him daughter Corinne wey dey 31. “My beautiful daughter, Corinne, you don always take backseat, but when yawa gas, you drive!” him talk, as e dey appreciate how she stand strong for am during him rough time. E no be small wahala for person wey dey fall but still dey try hold frame. Eek!
Now, Anelise wey just dey 16 years no carry last come! As him dey hospital, dem tell am say e dey near to go, but Anelise on top her game carry guitar come sneak enter the room. When she start to play, everything change. “I realize say God dey inside that guitar, and nurses come dey run comot to ask wetin dem give me!” Foxx dey talk as him dey do small rascal.
According to Jamie, dem no fit release too much info about wetin happen to am back in 2023, but when e later talk to everybody for Netflix special, e clear the air say him get brain bleed wey lead to stroke. “Man, when I see the in memoriam, e touch me. I dey think say, ‘that fit be me!’” him talk, as e dey appreciate the life wey God give am again.
Maybe na by chance, or maybe na by divine arrangement, but Foxx no go take this life second chance for joke. “I don pass through plenty but this time, I go make sure say I dey live correct because God don give me second chance.” Na so dem dey give award, but sometimes dem dey carry heavy message wey dey shake person body!
For inside the theater, no be so many big names dey come out! Stevie Wonder wey come introduce am, don drop plenty joke about blindness and Foxx wey play Ray Charles for film wey win Oscar. Foxx move the crowd as e get small help from Babyface, Ludacris, and even Mariah Carey wey we all know say burst brain when she dey perform. Ept, talk about a night full of legendary moments!
But no be all moments jolly, because as crowd full, some performance dey make some people dey wonder wetin happen! Like Lil’ Kim and the Ying Yang Twins wey dey try wake crowd with their classic jams. Na wah! But all this gist, e just dey show say the show fit waka no matter the wahala wey dey follow.
At the end of the day, Jamie Foxx show us say life stubborn, but e dey sweet when you fit wake up give thanks for the moments wey e show. Na so we go end am for this gist, but carry your popcorn come because more emotions dey ground! 🍿
