honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Music Awards, featuring an all-star tribute full of the Hip-Hop pioneer’s long list of collaborators and Bad Boy artists.
Diddy’s family and friends were on hand to see him receive the honor in recognition of his pivotal contributions to Hip-Hop and R&B, namely the creation of Bad Boy Records and the cultivation of a sound that defined 90’s Hip-hop, establishing The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J.
Blige, 112, Ma$e, Black Rob, Total, Faith Evans, The Lox and more as certified stars. The mogul even walked the red carpet with his mother Janice Combs as his date.The honor was initiated by a video montage narrated by Jay-Z, who described Diddy’s legacy as one that showed young Black kids from meager beginnings that becoming a mogul on a scale as large as his is a possibility, inspiring generations to follow.
To honor his impact, Bad Boy stars performed a musical tribute, moving chronologically through the years of Diddy’s Bady Boy production and artistic legacy.
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