He also thanked Sylvia Rhone, Former President at his label Universal Motown, for telling him he didn’t have what it takes to make it in the industry.
“First of all, I got to thank my friends and everybody I work that came with me and gives me the beats and the canvasses to make this music. I really want to dedicate this award to my Mother who never gave me the definition of a word in my life, I would always ask her what does this mean, and she would always make me go look it up and I would have to look through all these words and I would start to learn words and build a vocabulary that was somewhat impressive.”
“And to my uncle who sat me down after Sylvia Rhone told me that I didn’t have what it took to make it in the music industry—to my uncle who sat me down and told me that I should keep on going because I have something special. And I also want to dedicate this to Kanye West, to André 3000, and to Phonte of Little Brother because their words always inspired me—and to Snoop, man, thank you for letting me share this night with you.”
