BustaRhymes chats to ET about what brought him to tears during Lifetime Achievement win speech at BETAwards
Busta Rhymes accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award onstage during the 23rd annual BET Awards live telecast at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 25, 2023.During “culture’s biggest night,” Busta Rhymes was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award — presented by Marlon Wayans and Swizz Beatz — where he shared an inspirational message in his acceptance speech, and got emotional while reflecting on the award.
“I was thinking about everyone that I acknowledged. I was thinking about the ones I couldn’t get to because I ain’t have enough time,” Rhymes explained. “[And] I’m looking at my kids for the first time all together at such a prestigious moment in my life.” “I ain’t going to lie, one thing I didn’t want to say on the stage is that, as I’m looking at my kids, [there were] a lot of times when I had to leave home to do this s**t to make sure they were straight. And I lived with that guilt for a long time, because I might have missed a graduation. You know what I’m saying, I might’ve missed a birthday. I might’ve missed teaching my kid how to ride a bike,” he reflected. “But as they got older, they understood.
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