LOS ANGELES, June 29 (UPI) -- Beyonce launched her "Mrs. Carter Show" tour on the first day of the BET Experience, a three-day music festival leading up to the BET Awards in Los Angeles.
Tens of thousands of people gathered at a variety of venues across the city to catch acts by artists including Mike Epps, Erykah Badu, Mali Music, the Rap Pack and Kimberly Nichole, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole were scheduled to perform Saturday and the festival wraps up Sunday with the BET Awards and a performance by R. Kelly, the Times said.
The BET Experience is the first of what is expected to be an annual event, the newspaper said.
