00:02So it is my pleasure to welcome Walk-A-Famer Snoop Dogg to the stage.
00:11And y'all please check out this fit.
00:28Mic check, one, two.
00:34What's cracking like?
00:38Put together a couple of words for your knee if you don't mind.
00:42So we're here today for one reason.
00:45To give some flowers to a real queen.
00:48Miss Nia Long.
00:52Now hold on.
00:53Nia been a star.
00:55Y'all just now putting it on the sidewalk?
00:58You see, we been knowing.
01:00Boys in the hood.
01:02Friday.
01:03Love Jones.
01:04Soulful.
01:05The best man.
01:06Come on now.
01:07Nia wasn't just in the culture.
01:10Nia is the culture.
01:14Yes.
01:15And let me tell you something else.
01:16For about 30 years,
01:18Nia Long had every black man in America thinking he had a chance.
01:24You didn't.
01:26But she let you dream.
01:27And we appreciate you for that, Nia.
01:29Real talk.
01:30But for real, what I love and respect about this woman is that she did it her way.
01:36You know, Hollywood has a way of trying to change you.
01:39Trying to tell you how to look.
01:40Tell you how to talk.
01:42Tell you who you supposed to be.
01:44And sometimes even tell you when your time is up.
01:46But Nia, she said, nah, I'm gonna be Nia.
01:52And that's why we still standing here celebrating her after all of these years.
01:56She's beautiful, talented, strong, authentic, and always classy.
02:02That's longevity.
02:03That's black excellence.
02:05And that's a queen.
02:08Now, Nia, let me tell you this.
02:10You've given us so many characters that became a part of our lives.
02:13You made us laugh.
02:15You made us cry.
02:16You made us fall in love.
02:18And you represented our women with beauty, strength, and truth.
02:23Yes, you did.
02:25And you did all that without ever losing you.
02:29That's the part I respect the most.
02:31So today, when we put that thing in the ground that say,
02:34Nia Long on Hollywood Boulevard,
02:35just know that that star is not making you Hollywood royalty.
02:39Because you've been Hollywood royalty.
02:42This is just Hollywood finally putting it in writing.
02:46Now, Nia, you know I love you.
02:48I respect you.
02:50I celebrate you.
02:51And on behalf of everybody whose life, career, dreams, or crushes
02:56that you touched along the way,
02:58here's a toast to success and nothing less,
03:02who am I?
03:03I'll be whoever you say.
03:05But right now, I'm the sun that shines on your day.
03:09The long way.
03:11Nia.
03:12Talk the talk, honey.
03:14Uh-huh.
03:16And walk the walk money.
03:17Because you earned this one.
03:19Now, let's put this thing in the ground so everybody can know
03:22what we already knew.
03:24Nia Long is forever, baby.
03:25Congratulations.
03:42It is, I will say, pretty impossible to fall...
03:45Go home!
03:47Now, let's move forward.
03:48Now, let's move forward.
03:48You are welcome.
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