Kanye West Shows Up Unexpectedly at the BET Awards

On Sunday night's BET Awards, Kanye West made a surprise entrance about three hours in.

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Diddy performed his hit song "I'll Be Missing You," dedicating to his longtime partner, actress Kim Porter

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He did this To honour Sean "Diddy" Combs, who received the show's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Kanye's address followed an elaborate performance that spanned Combs’ whole career

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Kim ported died of a lung infection in 2018

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In his speech, West identified with the desire to change his name

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Over the years, Combs has called himself Puff Daddy, P. Diddy

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“How do we crown our kings? How do we appreciate our kings?,”

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To think how far we could just make if off of inspiration, to hear the way somebody chopped a sample in. Me and [friend] rushin

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