Inside Lauryn Hill’s BET Awards Afterget together

After accepting the Living Legend Award on the 2026 BET Awards Sunday evening, Lauryn Hill stored the get together going at an unique star-studded afterparty the place she and Common carried out and son John Nesta Marley celebrated his twenty third birthday.

Hosted by artistic company the jeffries in collaboration with Culture Capital, the occasion at L.A. Caribbean restaurant Lucia got here collectively in simply two weeks with invitations going out much more last-minute.

“The invite was sent out just 24 hours before the event,” the jeffries founder Kendall Werts instructed The Hollywood Reporter. “We wanted the party to feel like, if you know, you know. We got two performances, one by Ms. Hill and another surprise from Common. He even saged the space before he performed.”

With such a good turnaround, Werts mentioned each element needed to be rigorously executed.

Hill carried out “Everything Is Everything” and “If I Ruled the World” for attendees earlier than Common stunned friends with an impromptu set of his personal.

Led by chief strategist Afrikaa Johnson, planning started with securing the correct venue earlier than assembling the evening’s musical lineup, together with DJ Self, whose set stored friends dancing all through the night. Among these in attendance have been Lizzo, Rapsody, Muni Long, Ari Lennox, Baby Keem, Tierra Whack, Jaydon and Goapele.

And Hill wished friends to acknowledge that this was additionally a birthday bash for her son.

Werts mentioned, “She wanted people to know” it was his birthday.

The night concluded with Hill’s son celebrating alongside his siblings YG Marley, Selah, Sara, Zion and Micah, in addition to Hill’s mother and father, whereas friends toasted each the music icon’s newest honor and a household milestone.