Rick Ross joined French Montana and Max B midway through their BET Awards 2026 set on June 28, turning Minks In Miami into the night’s clearest reunion moment. The performance landed at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and put Ross back on the BET Awards stage for the first time in over a decade.
June 28 at Peacock Theater
French Montana and Max B opened with Ever Since U Left Me (I Went Deaf), a song tied to Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos. Max B wore all black, the arrangement shifted during his verse, and the pair performed with female dancers before Ross entered for the second half, while all three wore fur coats amid pyrotechnics.
Five BET Awards performances
The appearance was Ross’s fifth performance at the BET Awards. That gives the set a sharper industry read than a one-off guest spot: it was a return to a recurring television stage he last used in 2012, the same year he appeared in the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist category.
Ross’s last BET Award nomination came in 2015 for Best Collaboration on Chris Brown’s New Flame featuring Usher, which makes the 2026 performance feel less like a comeback from nowhere and more like a long gap finally closed. He was also part of the 2012 Best Male Hip-Hop Artist field, so this year’s stage work reconnects him to an awards show that has tracked his career in pieces rather than every season.
Port of Miami at 20
The timing fits Ross’s own catalog cycle. Port of Miami was released in August 2006, debuted at Number One, and is now at its 20th anniversary, with Hustlin still the breakout record most closely associated with that era.
French Montana and Max B’s side of the performance carried its own chart history. Ever Since U Left Me (I Went Deaf) topped Billboard’s US Rhythmic Airplay chart and generated the West Coast and Big Bronx remixes, which is why the song could anchor a live television slot built around a shared past rather than a new release cycle.
Whether French Montana, Max B, and Rick Ross plan to perform Minks In Miami again after BET Awards 2026 is the open issue. For now, the June 28 set reads as the businesslike version of a reunion: one network stage, one catalog record, and one artist in Ross returning after more than a decade away from it.
