Hitting the virtual stage during the 20th edition of the BET Awards on Sunday (local time), rapper Lil Wayne paid tribute to late basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna who lost their lives during a helicopter crash earlier this year.

Lil Wayne dedicates BET award performance to Kobe Bryant

A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday (February 24) to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.

Los Angeles hosts emotional send off for Kobe Bryant

After Grammys, the Academy Awards is going to pay a tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant. The sports star lost his life in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Bryant will be honoured at the 92nd Academy Awards function to be held on February 9.

Oscars 2020: NBA legend Kobe Bryant to be honoured on the awards night

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Sunday, together with his 13-year-old daughter and seven other people. Watch file footage of Kobe Bryant talking about his daughter.

File footage of Kobe Bryant talking about daughter