Jamie Foxx & # 39; The accommodation stay BET Awards was full of surprises.

The roller coaster of the actor / singer of an appearance at the Sunday night ceremony had their highs, as when he reminded the crowd of his voice of gold singing during the night. a tribute to Anita Baker.

But most of the time, Foxx's moments of surprise were embarrassing for everyone involved, especially when he drew spectators on stage to participate in songs that they probably did not expect to see happen. .

One of the victims of Foxx's guerrilla hosting strategy was Donald Glover, who seemed as surprised as everyone else when Foxx called the singer of This is America on stage.

"We should not be joking about this song," says Foxx, coming out of the script to recite the lyrics and break through some of the dance moves from the provocative "This is America" ​​video.

Calling Glover a "real artist," Foxx implored Glover to join him on stage, saying, "I want to acknowledge you."

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Things went awry once Glover, seemingly unaware that Foxx would claim his involvement, took the stage, performing a few lines of "This is America" ​​before admitting, "I really did not expect not to get up here. "

Foxx also had a few words about Glover's BET clothing, which he described on stage as "pajamas".

"(You) just got out of bed," Foxx split, adding to the uncomfortable scene. "That's how you know you're rich, get out of your pajamas and come to the BET Awards."

Before that, Foxx opened the show with a monologue almost entirely inspired by "Black Panther".

"We do not need a president right now, because we have our king," he said. "Ryan Coogler gave us our king."

Foxx closed his monologue by calling Michael B. Jordan into the public and bringing him on stage to read a "Black Panther" line that Foxx called "so important for today, right now".

Jordan played with his surprise stage appearance, approaching the microphone and reciting the last line of his character's film, Erik Killmonger. "Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped ships, because they knew that death was better than bondage," Jordan said.

Beyond the few other bits that have fallen flat, including an appearance in his bathrobe, Foxx won the crowd with his tribute to Anita Baker, who was honored with the show's Life Award. After launching the tribute by showing his falsetto, he handed the reins to Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius and Yolanda Adams to finish the medley of Baker's classic songs.

"I need some women to do that with me," says Foxx, bringing the women on stage.

Foxx's performance has garnered largely positive reviews on social media, reminding viewers that, yes, he can really sing.

So how did he do it?

Overall, Foxx 's performance was mixed, with many viewers having been bothered by social media throughout the show.

"Jamie Foxx is a fantastic artist, comedian, sAnger (not just a singer), actor, musician, he can do anything," writes the creator of #OscarsSoWhite, April Reign. "So his welcome tonight is … disappointing because I know it's better than that."

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