An incognito West appeared at the BET Awards to present the music mogul with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
“I took a little hiatus.
I said I wanted to declare myself legally dead for a year,” West said.
Kanye West honors Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at the 2022 BET Awards.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
“Nobody missing me.
The rapper continued, “This man has been through and survived a lot of stuff.
Broke down a lot of doors so we could be standing.
Puff, if I never told you, I love you.
You’re my brother.”
“I go to him for advice to this day,” West continued.
“He inspired so many of my choices.
So many of my life choices.
My wife choices.”
Later, West and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds presented Combs the award.
“I was like, ‘Man I’m not with that.
I’m not with that.’
I closed my eyes and dreamed and saw what I had to do.
We here for ourselves, we here for our ancestors, you feel me?”
Watch Combs' speech in full above.
