The 18th annual BET Awards [1] will be going down in LA this Sunday — can you believe it's already been 18 years? In honour of the upcoming ceremony, we're taking a walk down memory lane and looking back at some of the best moments from years past. Yep, we're talking about Beyoncé and JAY-Z's 2006 "Deja Vu" performance, Janet Jackson's 2015 ultimate icon tribute [2], and Diddy's 2015 Bad Boy reunion [3]. Keep reading and relive all of the magic ahead.
2001
Pictured: Destiny's Child
Pictured: Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown
Pictured: Christina Aguilera [4]
Pictured: Ja Rule
Pictured: Eve and Gwen Stefani [5]
Pictured: Mariah Carey [6] and Babyface
Pictured: OutKast
Pictured: Bow Wow
Pictured: Ludacris and Shaquille O'Neal
Pictured: Solange
2002
Pictured: B2K
Pictured: Janet Jackson [7]
Pictured: Alicia Keys [8]
Pictured: Usher [9]
Pictured: Nelly and the St. Lunatics
Pictured: Ashanti
Pictured: Ja Rule and Mary J. Blige
Pictured: 3LW
Pictured: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith [10]
Pictured: IMX
2003
Pictured: James Brown and Michael and La Toya Jackson
Pictured: JAY-Z and Beyoncé
Pictured: 50 Cent
Pictured: Chilli and Usher [11]
Pictured: Ashanti
Pictured: Lil' Kim
Pictured: Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, and Monica
Pictured: Snoop Dogg
Pictured: Pharrell Williams
Pictured: Blu Cantrell and Paris Hilton [12]
2004
Pictured: JAY-Z and Kid Rock [13]
Pictured: Jermaine Dupri and Janet Jackson [14]
Pictured: Kanye West [15]
Pictured: Beyoncé
Pictured: Alicia Keys [16]
Pictured: Rick James and Teena Marie
Pictured: Chingy
Pictured: Lil Jon
Picutred: OutKast
Pictured: Janet Jackson [17]
2005
Pictured: Mariah Carey [18]
Pictured: Halle Berry [19]
Pictured: Stevie Wonder and John Legend [20]
Pictured: Pras, Wyclef Jean, and Lauryn Hill
Pictured: Destiny's Child
Pictured: Missy Elliot
Pictured: T.I.
Pictured: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith [21]
Pictured: Pretty Ricky
Pictured: Ciara
2006
Pictured: JAY-Z and Beyoncé
Pictured: Fantasia Barrino and Jamie Foxx [22]
Pictured: Kanye West [23]
Pictured: Prince and Stevie Wonder
Pictured: Rihanna [24]
Pictured: will.i.am, Eminem [25], and Busta Rhymes
Pictured: T.I.
Pictured: Prince
Pictured: Jermaine Dupri and Janet Jackson [26]
Pictured: Diddy [27]
2007
Pictured: Diana Ross
Pictured: Ciara
Pictured: Rihanna [28]
Pictured: Beyoncé
Pictured: Robin Thicke
Pictured: Destiny's Child
Pictured: Ne-Yo
Pictured: Patti LaBelle
Pictured: Jennifer Holiday and Jennifer Hudson [29]
Pictured: Erykah Badu
2008
Pictured: Rihanna [30]
Pictured: Fergie [31] and Nelly
Pictured: Kanye West [32]
Pictured: Lil' Kim and Keyshia Cole
Pictured: Jennifer Hudson [33] and Terrence Howard
Pictured: Usher [34]
Pictured: Ne-Yo
Pictured: Alicia Keys [35]
Pictured: T-Pain
Pictured: En Vogue
2009
Pictured: Amber Rose and Kanye West [36]
Pictured: Beyoncé
Pictured: Drake and Lil Wayne
Pictured: Idris Elba
Pictured: Jamie Foxx [37] and Ne-Yo
Pictured: Tyrese
Pictured: Janet Jackson [38]
Pictured: JAY-Z and Beyoncé
Pictured: Keith Sweat
Pictured: Day26
2010
Pictured: Prince
Pictured: Eminem [39]
Pictured: Alicia Keys [40]
Pictured: Usher [41]
Pictured: Rick Ross, T.I., Kaleena, Diddy [42], Dawn Richard, and Nicki Minaj
Pictured: Drake
Pictured: Black Eyed Peas
Pictured: Kanye West [43]
Pictured: El Debarge
Pictured: Queen Latifah [44] and T.I.
2011
Pictured: Justin Bieber
Pictured: Bruno Mars
Pictured: Willow, Jaden, Jada, and Will Smith [45]
Pictured: Mary J. Blige
Pictured: DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne
Pictured: Kelly Rowland [46]
Pictured: Ashanti and Nelly
Pictured: Patti LaBelle
Pictured: Drake
Pictured: Nicki Minaj
2012
Pictured: Solange, Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Kanye West [47], and Kim Kardashian [48]
Pictured: Monica
Pictured: Willow and Jaden Smith
Pictured: Nicki Minaj
Pictured: Usher [49]
Pictured: Kevin Hart and Tarji P. Henson
Pictured: Chaka Khan
Pictured: Mariah Carey [50]
Pictured: Brandy
Pictured: Samuel L. Jackson [51]
2013
Pictured: Kendrick Lamar
Pictured: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union [52]
Pictured: Nicki Minaj
Pictured: Justin Timberlake [53] and Pharrell Williams
Pictured: Miguel
Pictured: Mariah Carey [54]
Pictured: Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose
Pictured: Erykah Badu
Pictured: Michael B. Jordan
Pictured: Snoop Dogg and Nelly
2014
Pictured: Nicki Minaj
Pictured: Lionel Richie
Pictured: Zendaya [55]
Pictured: Pharrell Williams
Pictured: Lil Wayne
Pictured: John Legend [56]
Pictured: Paris Hilton [57] and Birdman
Pictured: Jennifer Hudson [58]
Pictured: August Alsina
Pictured: Travis, Landon, and Alabama Barker
2015
Pictured: Kendrick Lamar
Pictured: Rihanna [59]
Pictured: Diddy [60] and Lil Kim
Pictured: Janet Jackson [61]
Pictured: Jussie Smollett and Terrence Howard
Pictured: Michael B. Jordan
Pictured: Alicia Keys [62] and The Weeknd
Pictured: Cassie and Nicki Minaj
Pictured: Janelle Monáe
Pictured: Faith Evans
2016
Pictured: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar
Pictured: Toni Braxton
Pictured: Alicia Keys [63] and Swizz Beatz
Pictured: Sheila E
Pictured: Jesse Williams and Samuel L. Jackson [64]
Pictured: Tori Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson [65], and Anthony Anderson
Pictured: Janelle Monáe
Pictured: Erykah Badu
Pictured: Laila Ali
Pictured: DJ Khaled and Nicole Tuck
2017
Pictured: Solange
Pictured: DJ Khaled and Asahd Tuck Khaled
Pictured: Mary J. Blige and A$AP Rocky
Pictured: Bruno Mars
Pictured: Lil Kim
Pictured: Cardi B
Pictured: Kendrick Lamar
Pictured: DJ Khaled, Chance the Rapper, and Quavo
Pictured: Leslie Jones
Pictured: Queen Latifah [66] and Jada Pinkett Smith [67]