Janet Jackson joined the stars of hip-hop, RnB and soul in paying emotional tributes to the King Of Pop at the BET Awards in Los Angeles last night.

In her first public appearance since her brother’s death, Janet thanked fans around the world for their outpouring of support.

The Black Entertainment Television Awards show held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles was completely overhauled and turned into a tribute to the King Of Pop in just three days.

Janet said: “My entire family wanted to be here tonight but it was just to painful. So they elected me to speak to you.

“To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family. He will forever live in all of our hearts.”

“On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for all of your love, thank you for all of your support. We miss him so much.”

Jamie Foxx kicked off the event with a moonwalking tribute to Michael Jackson.

He said: “No need to be sad tonight. We want to celebrate this black man, he belonged to us and we shared him with everyone else.

“They talk about how he looks in the media but it don’t make a difference what he looked like.

“It was all about what he sounded like. It didn’t make a difference what his nose looked like – I liked the old nose, I liked the new nose. I loved the Afro and I loved the jerry curls.”

Stars including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, Sean Diddy Combs, Tyra Banks, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Queen Latifah all offered condolences to the Jackson family as they performed on the show.

Jamie Foxx has confirmed he’s set to play former boxing champion Mike Tyson in a biopic.

The Ray actor told late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien that a movie about the controversial sportsman’s life is in the pipeline.

Foxx, 41, told O’Brien: “It’s absolutely true, we’re trying to work it out. We’re really looking into it. I think it will be a great story.”

The actor then launched into his famous impersonation of Tyson, which left the audience in stitches.

“I’ve known him for a while,” said Foxx, of the ex-heavyweight champion. “When I first started doing stand-up I was doing a joke about Mike Tyson in LA and he was actually in the audience. I thought ‘uh-oh’ and started getting a little gas. Afterwards we became good friends.”