The Soul Train Awards were taped in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 5, a first for the show. The ceremony took place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Anthony Anderson hosted. Stars walked a purple carpet before the taping began.
The event returned after a two-year break, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Don Cornelius started the Soul Train television show in Chicago in 1971. The Soul Train Music Awards began in 1987 in Los Angeles, a full sixteen years later…