Sean “Diddy” Combswill always be “missing” late ex Kim Porter.
While being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, the rapper, 52, gave several special shout-outs to Porter, who died unexpectedly of lobar pneumonia in 2018 at age 47.
After several star-studded performances that paid homage to his career, Diddy played an old video clip of Porter telling him, “Congratulations, Puffy, you’re a star. I can’t tell you how proud I am. From Harlem to Hollywood, that’s a long journey … You work so hard, and I’ve watched you, your blood sweat and tears, and you’ve arrived.”
Sweet home videos of their children, son King, 24, and twins Jessie James and D’Lila Star, 15, were also featured in a montage.
Sean “Diddy” Combs.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
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“Stay connected to God, and he’ll bring you out,” he said. “I just want to say thank you to Kim.”
Kim Porter and Sean “Diddy” Combs.Giulio Marcocchi/Getty
He went on to thank “everyone who played a part in my life,” including ex Cassie who brought him out of the “dark times.”
Concluding his speech, he said, “When I was a kid, I saw these images that were setting me up for failure, these images that were making me feel less than a dog. 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?” he said. “God gave me this message to give to you, and you, and you and you and the time is right now … I got this dream of Black people being free … I got this dream of us taking accountability and stop killing each other … Being rich and wealthy and living on the same block. I have this dream of us unifying … Our allies. If you’re with us, don’t be silent…I got that dream for us to be free, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. We gotta unify.”
In the 1990s, Diddy founded his record label Bad Boy, which has since gone on to become a hip-hop powerhouse, selling more than 100 million records worldwide.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs.Amy Sussman/Getty
In 2021, Queen Latifah was the recipient and the award has previously gone to stars like Whitney Houston and Prince.
The BET Awards, which honor musicians, actors and athletes, are airing live from Los Angeles.
source: people.com
