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

ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 17: Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar poses backstage during the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on September 17, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Kendrick Lamar presented the lifetime achievement I Am Hip-Hop Award to Snoop Dogg at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. "He mastered the game through tests and challenges that earned him the respect of a college professor, except his game came from the streets," Lamar said in his introduction. "Snoop Dogg was the guy, and he continues to be so." Watch Lamar's speech, Snoop's acceptance speech, and a video featuring Dr. Dre, YG, Pharrell, and more extolling Snoop's virtues below.

.@kendricklamar presents @SnoopDogg with the I Am Hip Hop Icon Award #HipHopAwards @BET pic.twitter.com/70joVj8CT1

— XXL Magazine (@XXL) October 5, 2016

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