Kanye West Makes a Surprise Appearance at 2022 BET Awards to Tribute Diddy

 

 

On Sunday night, Kanye West unexpectedly showed up at the 2022 BET Awards to give Sean Combs, a.k.a. Diddy, the Lifetime Achievement award.

 

“How do we crown our kings? How do we appreciate our kings? To think how far we could just make if off of inspiration, to hear the way somebody chopped a sample in… rushing to see who could get the Bad Boy mixtape and play back the original version of “Benjamins,” over and over, thinking I was one of the Hit Men,” Ye said. “To see Puff in real life at the ‘Missing You’ video, just like me tapping free like a little kid… I just need to meet this man. This is my favorite artist. You see I’m saying favorite artist, everything, not specifically production, the trip. Back then there was so many rules to hip-hop and he broke all of them.”

 

He continued, “Understood contracts in a way a lot of us still don’t. Understood money in a way a lot of us still don’t. I go to him for advice to this day. He inspired so many of my choices. So many of my life choices. My wife choices. And here we are. Thanks for that, Puff… I was signed to Puff without him knowing… That statement is not legally binding!”

 

In his acceptance speech, Diddy paid tribute to Kim Porter, who passed away in 2018, and promised to give Howard University $1 million in addition to another $1 million to Jackson State University and coach Deion Sanders.