After stepping again from the highlight following a collection of controversies involving Kim Kardashian, Kanye “Ye” West made his return to the general public eye on the 2022 BET Awards.
The rapper appeared onstage through the award ceremony Sunday night time to assist current the lifetime achievement award to Sean “Diddy” Combs after opening remarks from singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds.
Wearing a masks and sun shades that utterly obscured his face, Ye proceeded to reward Combs for uplifting artists like himself who’ve benefited from his groundbreaking legacy.
“How will we crown our kings? How will we recognize our kings?” stated the rapper at the beginning of his considerably meandering speech. “To suppose how far we may simply make if off of inspiration, to listen to the best way anyone chopped a pattern in.”
He went on to call Combs as his “favourite artist,” remarking on how the music mogul modified the sport as a performer, businessman and an entrepreneur.
“He broke down so many doorways of classism, style, tradition, swag,” Ye stated between more and more heavy breaths. “Puff, if I by no means informed you, I like you. You’re my brother.”
“I am going to him for recommendation til this present day. He evokes so a lot of my decisions. So a lot of my life decisions — my spouse decisions,” he continued, presumably referencing that each he and Combs married girls named Kim, earlier than breaking out in laughter. “Thanks for that Puff.”
It’s unclear precisely what else Ye may very well be hinting at on the subject of Combs’ reference to the fact TV star. The previous couple, who known as it quits in February 2021 after seven years of marriage, attended Combs’ fiftieth birthday bash in 2019 as an merchandise.
This yr’s BET Awards was West’s first look at an awards present because the Grammy Awards barred him from performing on the ceremony in April attributable to “regarding on-line habits.”
Ye made a quick point out of his profession break, sharing that he wished to “declare myself legally useless for a yr,” however that “Puff is fairly persistent.”
“Any of us on this room, if Puff ever want us, we have to soar and be there,” he stated. “This man has been by way of and survived a variety of stuff. Broke down a variety of doorways so we may very well be standing. I do know for me, that I may very well be right here at present.”
Whereas the “Donda” rapper’s presence on the ceremony was sudden, it wasn’t solely surprising given his a number of nominations.
Ye obtained nods in classes, together with Greatest Male Hip-Hop Artist, Album of the Yr and the Dr. Bobby Jones Greatest Gospel/Inspirational Award, however did not take dwelling any wins.
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