Speaking of Beyoncé, Queen Bey was absent from the ceremony, having purportedly given birth to twins recently, but sister Solange Knowles was more than ready to step up, taking home her first BET Award.

“My armpits are sweating so much right now,” Knowles announced after being presented the Centric Award for “Cranes in the Sky.”

Armpits aside, Knowles went on to credit BET for all the strong women of color it introduced into her life when she was young. 

“I just want to thank BET for my teenage years, giving me images of queens like Missy Elliott and Lil’ Kim and Aaliyah and Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill and Kelis and Res, and the list goes on, and showing me those images and letting me know the sky’s the limit,” she said.

Toni who?