Jamie Foxx cried after Stevie Wonder presented him with his award, as he thanked daughters Corinne Foxx and Anelise for helping amid his 2023 stroke.

I don’t know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance, I’m not going to turn it down,” he said.

Jamie Foxx was presented with the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, two years after suffering a near-fatal stroke. "I gotta be honest — when I saw the 'in memoriam' [portion of the awards show],