Sean Combs, higher often called Diddy, obtained the lifetime achievement award at this yr’s BET Awards. He celebrated the consideration with a strong retrospective efficiency that includes Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Nas, Lil’ Kim, Busta Rhymes, The Lox, Bryson Tiller, Religion Evans, and the Maverick Metropolis Choir. The efficiency featured an emotional home-video montage that includes his late girlfriend, Kim Porter.

Diddy introduced a few of his household alongside to have a good time his huge night time on Sunday. His eldest, Quincy, appeared on the purple carpet sporting purple; whereas his second eldest, Justin, wore grey; and his third eldest, King, sported all purple. Diddy’s mom, Janice Combs, additionally appeared by her son’s aspect on the purple carpet, sporting a glittering inexperienced gown. The final time we noticed Diddy and his household on the purple carpet was on the Billboard Music Awards in Could, which he hosted.

In his acceptance speech on the BET Awards, which was preceded by an surprising speech by Kanye West, Diddy thanked his mother and informed a narrative about how she labored three jobs throughout his childhood, telling the group it was “her night time.” He additionally thanked Porter, the mom of 4 of his youngsters. “I simply miss Kim,” he mentioned. “Keep linked to God. We do not management this.”

He then thanked his followers and everybody he has labored with. Lastly, he waved away time constraints and launched into an inspirational rap. “If I gotta pay for the commercials, ship me the invoice,” he mentioned. “We ain’t right here only for ourselves, we’re right here for our ancestors. The time is now.” He then completed off the speech by saying that he was donating $1 million to Howard College and one other $1 million to Jackson State College.

Forward, try pictures of the Combs household on the 2022 BET Awards.