BET Hip-Hop Awards 2016: Watch Kendrick Lamar Present Snoop Dogg With “I Am Hip-Hop” Award

At this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards ceremony, Snoop Dogg was the recipient of the “I Am Hip-Hop” Award, which recognized his contributions to the community in addition to his musical work. Kendrick Lamar introduced and presented Snoop with the trophy, saying, “He mastered the game through tests and challenges that earned him the respect of a college professor, except his game came from the streets. He put [me] on game, so I would avoid the same pitfalls. … Snoop Dogg was the god and continues to be so.” Watch it all go down below.

Following a video package featuring Dr. Dre, YG, Pharrell, and others, Snoop gave words of encouragement to up-and-coming artists. “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,” he said. “So you got to keep pushing. Be original, be diverse. Hip-hop was created many years ago, and it’s taken people so many places. You’ve always got to be who you are.”

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