Kendrick Lamar honored Snoop Dogg at the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards, according to Rap-Up.com.
The "King Kunta" rapper presented Snoop with the I Am Hip-Hop honor at the awards show that took place on Saturday, September 17.
"He mastered the game through tests and challenges that earned him the respect of a college professor, except his game came from the streets," said Lamar (via Chicago Sun-Times). "He put [me] on game, so I would avoid the same pitfalls. . . . Snoop Dogg was the god and continues to be so."
He went on to say, "To all the young rappers in the game, a lot of people don't understand you. Y'all are misunderstood. I was misunderstood at the beginning. So you got to keep pushing, be original and diverse. Hip-hop was created many years ago, and it's taken people so many places. You have to be who you are."
The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards took place at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
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