( CNN ) -- Hello BET . Was it Lionel Richie you were looking for ? The 2014 BET Awards aired Sunday , and the show honored the legendary singer with the lifetime achievement award . The only problem was that Richie 's last name was spelled `` Ritchie '' in the graphic , prompting the trending of # lionelritchie on Twitter and deliberate misspellings of his name . But that moment was just one of the hits and misses for the night . HIT : Chris Brown 's performance . The star , recently released from jail , returned to the stage to perform his song `` Loyal '' with a little help from rappers Lil Wayne and Tyga . His performance energized the crowd -- and also sparked much discussion about his plaid fashion choice . MISS : Beyonce and Jay Z 's 'live ' performance . Plenty of TV viewers stayed up to catch what they believed would be a live performance by a superstar couple . Instead , the performance turned out to be a prerecorded video of the pair during a stop of their tour in Cincinnati . It was hot , but not live , and Billboard tweeted that `` People are leaving the awards show in droves right now during Jay Z and Beyonce clip # BETAwards . '' HIT : Chris Rock 's opening monologue . The comic hosted this year 's ceremony , and he killed . Rock poked fun at everyone from the performers -- of Chris Brown , he said the singer `` just signed a new deal -- too bad it 's a plea deal '' -- to celebs in the audience , and even got topical with the controversy over racial remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling . `` What exactly did he say ? '' Rock asked . `` What exactly did Donald Sterling say ? ' I do n't want my woman around black basketball players . ' Me neither ! '' MISS : Nicki Minaj 's acceptance speech . The rapper and former `` American Idol '' judge won the best female hip-hop artist award and gave a speech that left many scratching their heads . After declaring `` I do n't look at myself as a female rapper 'cause I know what I do , '' she went on to offer that `` When you hear Nicki Minaj spit , Nicki Minaj wrote it , '' which some took to be a diss directed at new rapper Iggy Azalea . ( Although Minaj quickly added `` No shade , '' meaning she was not directing her remarks at anyone . ) Minaj then went on to describe her recent -- sort of -- near brush with death . `` I just want to say that the other day , literally , I did n't tell anybody this , I really thought I was about to die , '' Minaj said . `` Like , I was saying my prayers to die . And I did n't even want to call an ambulance because I thought , 'Well , if I call the ambulance , it 's gon na be on TMZ . ' And I would rather sit there and die . And it made me realize -- I do n't care anymore what anybody got ta say . '' It may take us until the 2015 BET Awards to sort that one out .
Richie 's name is ' ` ` Richie '' in graphic . Charlie Brown takes to the stage . Miss French talks about thinking she was going to die .