All the Black Celebs Who Came to Beyoncé’s Three-Night LA Residency

From Meghan Markle to Tyler Perry and Keke Palmer, the Los Angeles Renaissance Tour stop brought together all of Black Hollywood's finest

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Beyoncé celebrated her 42nd birthday while performing in Los Angeles, California, and all of our favorite Black celebs came out to party! From Diana Ross singing “Happy Birthday”, to Bey’s bestie Kelly Rowland hanging out with Meghan Markle and Kerry Washington, this weekend was a party.

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Diana Ross

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Kerry Washington, Kelly Rowland, Meghan Markle

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Tyler Perry and Tina Knowles

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Natalia Bryant

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Tracee Ellis Ross

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Halle Bailey and DDG

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Yara Shahidi

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Keke Palmer

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The Union-Wade Family

Kendrick Lamar

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North West

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Zendaya and Tom Holland

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Chris Rock

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Storm Reid

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Syrai and Brandy

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Karamo Brown and Lupita Nyong’o

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Anderson .Paak

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Cynthia Bailey

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Quinta Brunson and Ayo Edibiri

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Issa Rae

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Cynthia Erivo

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Kaytranada

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Ariana DeBose

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Lizzo

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Winnie Harlow

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Taraji P. Henson

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