Lil Kim Defends Rich Homie Quan After His ‘Hip-Hop Honors’ Mess-Up

This year’s Hip Hop Honors [Monday, July 11] was a night to remember, with VH1 celebrating Lil Kim, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa and Missy Elliott and their contributions to Hip Hop.

Aside from the performances, Teyana Taylor‘s incredible tribute to the Queen Bee and Diddy giving Kim her props, Rich Homie Quan forgetting the Notorious B.IG.’s lyrics was one of the night’s unforgettable moments.

While performing alongside Kim, Rich Homie seemingly forgot the lyrics to Biggie’s verse on “Get Money,” and it took no time for fans to hit social media and ether the “Flex” artist. Quan apologized on Tuesday [July 12], telling fans he never intended to disrespect Lil’ Kim, Biggie or his fans in New York.

The Queen Bee has since issued a statement, hitting Instagram to deliver a heartfelt message to the rapper.

“People make mistakes and things happen sometimes that we can’t fix or undo. If you guys only knew the technical difficulties that went on behind the scenes,” wrote Kim. “I would like to thank my friend @richhomiequan for coming through for me at the last minute.

Spoken like a true giant. I loved you before and I’m gonna love you after Rich Homie. People make mistakes and things happen sometimes that we can’t fix or undo. If you guys only knew the technical difficulties that went on behind the scenes. I would like to thank my friend @richhomiequan for coming through for me at the last minute. It’s all love ❤️ #Repost @richhomiequan with ・・・ I assure you that I never intended to disrespect Biggie Smalls. I have long respected his work and his contribution to the rap game.I greatly apologize not only to Biggie Smalls, but also to all of my fans and to New York. The city of New York has been nothing but good to me. I felt honored to stand on stage with artists I grew up listening to.Once on stage I had some technical difficulties and must admit I got nervous.I will forever be sorry to New York, my fans, Biggie Small, Lil Kim, and all the Hip Hop community for my performance. I hope you can accept my apology. To Lil Kim, Thank you for the opportunity. Rich Homie Baby

A photo posted by Lil’ Kim (@lilkimthequeenbee) on Jul 12, 2016 at 3:03pm PDT