Last night, Kanye West was honored with the Visionary Award at the 2015 BET Honors. Although it was a well-deserved award, presenter Dame Dash didn’t waste time expressing how he felt about ‘Ye, who, as we all know, was once a part of Rocafella.
Dame’s Kanye introduction brings back memories of why Rocafella split.
I got issues with Kanye but they’re emotional! – Damon Dash #BetHonors2015 pic.twitter.com/ouH0G4gM4x
— Antonio Williams (@Tony_Williams) January 25, 2015
Dame continued:
“My history with Kanye is I didn’t respect him as a rapper because I was around the greatest rappers….but he has courage.” -Dame Dash — veronica toney (@vptwritenow) January 25, 2015
A video honoring Kanye and his work was also shown and it featured Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, and his wife Kim Kardashian.
When ‘Ye accepted the honor he reportedly took slight shots at Dame, saying:
I understand how it feels to be humbled.
Welp.
Creativity is a fight. You can’t be the kid in the back of the room being made fun of. Get up and smack somebody – Kanye west #BETHonors
— Antonio Williams (@Tony_Williams) January 25, 2015
“You can’t be the kid in the back of the classroom w black nail polish. U have to smack the shit out of people with your creativity” -Kanye
— veronica toney (@vptwritenow) January 25, 2015
They say white girls go out and get a rich black dude. But my wife dated broke black dudes. So it’s not about the money – Kanye #BETHonors
— Antonio Williams (@Tony_Williams) January 25, 2015
On top of it all, Dame was missing a tooth.
Speaking of teeth, Yeezy recently revealed why he doesn’t smile. Earlier this week, during the Fashion Los Angeles Awards, Kanye explained the reasoning behind his resting stone face:
Back when I was working on Yeezus, I saw this book from the 1800s and it was velvet-covered with brass and everything. I looked at all these people’s photos, and they look so real and their outfits were incredible and they weren’t smiling.
People, you know the paparazzi, always come up to me, ‘Why you not smiling?’ and I think, not smiling makes me smile.
When you see paintings in an old castle, people are not smiling because it just wouldn’t look as cool.
It seems like Ye & Kim are on the same page. Stay tuned for the 2015 BET Honors airing February 29th.
SOURCE: Complex, Gossip Cop | PHOTO CREDIT: Instagram