New Edition Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at 2017 BET Awards#CD8W

New Edition took home a big prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 2017 BET Awards tonight. The group, which is comprised of Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, hit the stage to accept the honor and to perform at the award show, hosted by Saturday Night Lives Leslie Jones live from Los Angeles Microsoft Theater. During the speeches, Brown, New Editions most famous member, said to the crowd, I didnt know how much our fans were going to stick with us the way our fans have stuck with us for the last 35 years... I know Ive been through some s--t. Thank you for sticking with me. The R&B group, which formed in 1978 and came to prominence in the 80s with hits like Candy Girl and Cool It Now, also performed a medley of their hits. Previously, Jesse Collins, the executive producer of BETs miniseries The New Edition Story, said, New Editions music is woven into the fabric of our culture.