Wayne Brady went all out in a tribute to the late Little Richard during the BETAwards.
Brady honored the music legend with an energetic, wild performance of some of the icon's biggest hits in a pretaped number that was the perfect amount of kinetic and fun to properly honor Richard's memory.
Decked out in a shimmering, golden tux and joined by two backup dancers -- one wearing a golden face mask -- Brady danced through a bar and out into the streets, singing Richard's most famous tune,"Tutti Frutti."Before the tribute aired, ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Brady about the"daunting" task of putting together a segment worthy of Little Richard.
"Little Richard just didn't sing a song. As the architect of rock 'n' roll, as the innovator, as the originator, he created this art form that was born out of a frenetic energy... I wanted to treat this performance [as more than,] 'Oh, Wayne's gonna sing a song,'" Brady explained."Little Richard was an innovator and Little Richard was extra. He was extra before we knew the definition of, 'Oh, you extra.
"I wanted to put together a show in my house that showed [that] this is a tribute to him and all that he was -- in his grandiosity, and his musical prowess, and the verve, and the sex, and the rock, and the fun," he added."I did that by just being me and doing what I do and [what] I learned by watching the greats like Little Richard."
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