Sunday (June 26) night during the BET Awards, Diddy was honored with the lifetime achievement award for his outstanding accomplishments in the music industry. Superstar producer Babyface spoke about Diddy, recounting how he and the Bad Boy Records founder met. In doing so, he brought out another artist who found Diddy to have an influential impact on their career: Kanye West. Ye got up to the stage and surprised millions of viewers with his speech. The fashion mogul wore a full-coverage face mask as spoke about how Diddy impacted his career and the music industry as a whole. Fans on Twitter quickly dunked on Kanye’s outfit since the face mask made it hard to understand him at times and the Donda rapper had to take deep breaths in between sentences.

Watch Kanye’s full speech below and take a look at how fans reacted:

• 1.

• 2.

  Babyface looking at Kanye like how you turn a dedication to Diddy into something about you b 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/vzJBe2pTQE

  — Christian (@KingJaffe617) June 27, 2022

• 3.

  Knowing Kanye, he probably was just driving by the BET awards and asked to say a few words

  — Tina Turtle 🐢 (@tinaturttle) June 27, 2022

• 4.

  Kanye waiting for Diddy to finish so he can go get some oxygen: #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/GbSXxz1NGS

  — A-A-Ron😜 (@itsmea_aron) June 27, 2022

• 5.

  Kanye when he got backstage #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/Uz9sThdVFV

  — Ryan Moon (@theryanmoon) June 27, 2022

• 6.

  https://twitter.com/TheJessieWoo/status/1541255209309061120

• 7.

  https://twitter.com/Youknowtheevib2/status/1541255550486433795

• 8.

  Kanye is struggling to breathe LMAOOO #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/tHnpu41DvW

  — faze SBS🛸PF2🎀 (@faze2fast) June 27, 2022

• 9.

  I can hear Kanye literally fighting to breathe through that mask. 😭 #BETAwards

  — Chloverkiss 🍀 (@Chloverkiss) June 27, 2022

• 10.

  Kanye: “He understood contracts in a way we didn’t….”
  
  Bad Boy artists: #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/JADu0ruRc3

  — Ultra Babe (@ItGirlDanie) June 27, 2022

• 11.

  kanye please be normal for one moment challenge #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/vPUpZG0pql

  — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 27, 2022

• 12.

  Y’all let Kanye and Diddy the stage with NO time limit? Who thought that was a good idea? #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/znyQQ4s5xp

  — on a lil social media break (@JaquanTheLibra) June 27, 2022

• 13.

  Babyface lookin at Kanye like: #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/XAaOS5R7QT

  — A-A-Ron😜 (@itsmea_aron) June 27, 2022

• 14.

  https://twitter.com/electricsoul123/status/1541255970109652993

• 15.

  Kanye can barely breathe up in that mask, all that damn hyperventilating😭#BETAwards pic.twitter.com/L7YotzF8VY

  — E (@EarfToEly) June 27, 2022

• 16.

  https://twitter.com/NFurnoGurl/status/1541262630974885896

• 17.

  Kanye going to need an inhaler when he get off the stage😂 #BETAwards

  — Shay Brooks (@sbrooks3020) June 27, 2022

• 18.

  Kanye can you breathe buddy? #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/pXcmVWwLWk

  — Rahshawn (@ijahmeer) June 27, 2022

• 19.

  The control person in the back tryna figure out how to turn the mic off on kanye and diddy #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/7ivgoWyRP3

  — DKT (@darleneturner53) June 27, 2022

• 20.

  It’s crazy to see how much Kanye can just control the room. The entire BET Awards was just shook

  — Snipe 💫 (@sniperj0nes) June 27, 2022

Get The Foxy 99 Big Hittas Club Newsletter Delivered To Your Inbox

Get the latest music, entertainment, and local stories, plus exclusive contests, games, and more.

Email *

Subscribe

By clicking "Subscribe" I agree to the website's terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I understand I can unsubscribe at any time.