Sean “Diddy” Combs invokes Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in accepting BET Awards’ highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award: “I got this dream”
Sean "Diddy" Combs receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, on June 26, 2022.
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Los Angeles — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean "Diddy" Combs channeled the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while accepting the BET Awards' highest honor Sunday night.
After Combs received his Lifetime Achievement Award, the music mogul said God put a special message in his heart to deliver his "new dream." He was presented the award by Babyface and Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), who called Combs his "favorite artist" growing up. "I got this dream of Black pe...