Masked Kanye West talks about how much Diddy inspires him – (at the BET Awards)

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Kanye West made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards. Masked and in a hoodie. The rapper and entrepreneur went on to the stage to celebrate Diddy on his win, (Diddy won the Lifetime Achievement Award)

He talked about how Diddy has been an inspiration to him throughout his career.

“He inspires so many of my choices. So many of my life choices”, he said.

The artist went ahead to joke about his divorce from Kim Kardashian,

I go to [Diddy] for advice to this day,” Kanye said. “He inspires so many of my choices. So many of my life choices. My wife choices. And here we are — thanks for that, Puff.” Kanye chuckled after making the joke and the audience cracked up.

Kanye West made a surprise appearance at this year’s #BETAwards & he thanked Diddy for inspiring his “wife choices” during Diddy’s Lifetime Achievement award! 👀😩🏆pic.twitter.com/CvhVmAFGxl
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This is my favorite artist,” he gushed. “See what I’m saying? Favorite artist. Everything. Not specifically production”,
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He continued to express his admiration for Diddy,

Back then, it was so many rules to hip hop and he broke all of them. And broke down all the doors. And understood contracts in a way a lot of us still don’t. He understood money in a way a lot of us still don’t.”
KANYE WEST