Soul Train continues to convey love, peace and soul, 55 years after first gracing television screens. What became a beloved fixture in American television history first started as a road show.

Meanwhile, the Soul Train Awards, typically broadcast the weekend after Thanksgiving, quietly vanished in 2024 without public explanation. Internally, BET faces mounting financial pressure.

The BET Hip Hop and Soul Train Awards, each annual music award shows, have reportedly been "suspended" by the network. Here's what we know.

From the “Soul Cypher” to the Soul Train Line, the show has celebrated Black music’s past, present, and future. The 2023 ceremony, hosted by Keke Palmer, featured stars like SZA and Usher.

The Soul Train Music Awards premiered in 1987. Viewer concerns for the fate of the show increased in 2024, when BET skipped the ceremony for the year without notice.