18 years ago today, Ye and Lil Wayne shared one of the most iconic moments of the 2008 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles👇
Ye won Best Male hip-hop Artist, beating out Wayne, Common, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg for the award. Instead of celebrating alone he walked straight to the mic and brought Lil Wayne up on stage with him. Standing side by side he told the crowd “It feels good, like a family reunion to stand on stage with Lil Wayne, my fiercest competition. You scare me man, every tune you spit. Congratulations on selling over a million records. They say hip hop is dead.”
At the time ‘Tha Carter III’ had only been out for two weeks and had already sold over a million copies in its first week, making Wayne one of only a handful of artists to ever hit that number. Lil Wayne also won the Viewer’s Choice Award that night and performed “Got Money,” “Lollipop” and “A Milli” alongside T-Pain in one of the most energetic sets of the night. Young Jeezy and Ye also performed “Put On” together, while Rihanna, Chris Brown, TLC, Ne-Yo and others all took the stage throughout the evening
What made this moment special was seeing two of hip hop’s biggest competitors standing side by side, choosing to celebrate together rather than against each other.
18 years ago today, Ye and Lil Wayne shared one of the most iconic moments of the 2008 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles👇
Ye won Best Male hip-hop Artist, beating out Wayne, Common, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg for the award. Instead of celebrating alone he walked straight to the mic and brought Lil Wayne up on stage with him. Standing side by side he told the crowd “It feels good, like a family reunion to stand on stage with Lil Wayne, my fiercest competition. You scare me man, every tune you spit. Congratulations on selling over a million records. They say hip hop is dead.”
At the time ‘Tha Carter III’ had only been out for two weeks and had already sold over a million copies in its first week, making Wayne one of only a handful of artists to ever hit that number. Lil Wayne also won the Viewer’s Choice Award that night and performed “Got Money,” “Lollipop” and “A Milli” alongside T-Pain in one of the most energetic sets of the night. Young Jeezy and Ye also performed “Put On” together, while Rihanna, Chris Brown, TLC, Ne-Yo and others all took the stage throughout the evening
What made this moment special was seeing two of hip hop’s biggest competitors standing side by side, choosing to celebrate together rather than against each other.
