It’s been decades since we’ve seen take to the small screen on In Living Color. We watched his portrayal his hilarious character “Wanda,” and in his speech at the Urban One Honors, he portrayed her once again to a laugh-filled audience. Jamie’s daughter, actress Corinne Foxx, presented him with the Entertainment Icon Award, and the first thing he did was sing her praises. “No matter what you do, it’s how your kids turn out,” he said before she trotted back over to her proud father to give him a hug. thinking that “city people are so cool, maybe I’ll get a chance to rub elbows with some those incredible people.”

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Jamie shared that back in the day he wanted to break into the music industry but because he was known as the funny guy, people weren’t taking him seriously. While speaking about his days on In Living Color “Word up, this is nice!” he said in her voice with his eyes crossed. “Oh, Urban Ones!”

He then talked about throwing a party for way back when (with the Diddy dance the music mogul used to pull f in music videos) and gave details about who was there.  was apparently at Jamie’s party for Diddy along with , who no one knew at the time.

The comedian gave his best Jay Z impression before saying a producer friend his brought to the shindig, as well. “He brought this guy inWho was it? Kanye West,” Jamie said. While giving his Kanye impersonation, Jamie said Ye told him he had a song he thought the actor would be great on. They immediately went to Jamie’s studio and worked on the classic hit “Slow Jamz.” He also shared how “Gold Digger” came about, so check out his speech in full and don’t miss out on these hilarious Jamie Foxx memories.