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The Bet (the Black Entertainment Television), a network to celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year, was held today and it was full of surprises.&nbsp;
For starters, Kanye West&nbsp;(Ye) made a surprise appearance on the show to pay tribute to Sean &ldquo;Diddy&rdquo; Combs, the BET winner of the Lifetime Achievement award.&nbsp;
In his speech, West spoke about Combs changing his name throughout the years, he had called himself Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, just Diddy and most recently, simply Love. Last year West also legally changed his name to &ldquo;Ye.&rdquo; He explained the influence of Combs&rsquo; on him, stressing that he was influenced by him also an artist.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1656335901-Sean-Diddy-Combs-invokes-Rev-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-in.jpg" alt="" width="921" height="620" />Photo Credit: BET Awards&nbsp;
&ldquo;How do we crown our kings? How do we appreciate our kings?&rdquo; he began. &ldquo;To think how far we could just make if off of inspiration."
The rapper then continued speaking about how he loves Combs as an artist &ldquo;To see Puff in real life at the 'Missing You' video, just like me tapping free like a little kid &mdash; I just need to meet this man. This is my favorite artist. You see I&rsquo;m saying favorite artist &mdash; everything, not specifically production, the trip. Back then there was so many rules to hip-hop and he broke all of them."
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Speaking about how Combs inspired him in his career path, he said that Combs helped him &ldquo;Understood contracts in a way a lot of us still don&rsquo;t. Understood money in a way a lot of us still don&rsquo;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.&rdquo;
West also mentioned the break he took from social media saying &ldquo;You know, I took a little hiatus. I said I wanted to declare myself legally dead for a year. Nobody missing me. You know, I just want to be off the grid.&nbsp;
<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Ev2YlsyLko" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>There were also a lot of great performances in the show, including&nbsp;Giveon performing &ldquo;Heartbreak Anniversary,&rdquo; &ldquo;For Tonight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Lie Again.&rdquo; As well as&nbsp;Jack Harlow, Diddy and Lizzo.
Check Out Lizzo's Performance Here&nbsp;
<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XfHUshOjUA0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The Weeknd won Best Male R&amp;B Pop Artist, as expected. His latest well-acclaimed album &ldquo;Dawn FM&rdquo; is an emotional synth pop-infused odyssey that was positively received by the audience. &nbsp;Jazmine Sullivan, an R&amp;B Singer, won Best Female R&amp;B Pop Artist.
The R&amp;B supergroup, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak as Silk Sonic, has won as Best Group. Silk Sonic has had major success as they also won Album of the Year for &ldquo;An Evening With Silk Sonic". Finally, Kendrick Lamar has won Best Male Hip Hop Artist for his explosive album "Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers" which came out after a 5-year hiatus that left fans thirsty for more of his music. The album was very well received and appraised. Lamar and his cousin Baby Keem also won Video of the Year for the 2021 song &ldquo;Family Ties.&rdquo;
Despite his latest controversy, Will Smith has won Best Actor for "King Richard" and the movie also won Best Movie. On the other hand, Zendaya is continuing her streak of success by winning Best Actress for "Euphoria" and "Spiderman: No Way Home."
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