Jay Z and Nicki Minaj were crowned the de facto king and queen of Hip-Hop on Tuesday night, pulling off major wins at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. Earning three trophies apiece, Minaj and Jay-Z topped fan-favorite nominated acts including B.o.B, Eminem, T.I., and Kanye West.
Minaj, who has yet to even drop her damned debut album "Pink Friday," won Rookie of the Year, the People's Champ Award and 'Made You Look' Style Award.
Jay Z tied with Best Live Performer, Best Hip Hop Video and the Perfect Combo Award, the latter for his collaboration with Alicia Keys on "Empire State of Mind".
Though taped earlier this year, the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards were broadcast on BET Tuesday. BET is slated to rebroadcast the awards Sunday, October 17 at 7:30pm, and you can see the winners list at the bottom of the page - but the real reason to tune in last night had nothing at all to do with the awards themselves.
It's become something of a tradition for the BET Awards to host some of the sickest rap cyphers during the show, and this year’s batch was a star-studded spectacular that must be seen to be believed.
The multi-generational father-son cypher with Ice Cube, Run & sons was mind-blowing, but was it as good as the G.O.O.D Music performance or the Royce Da 5'9 one? Judge for yourself below:
G.O.O.D Music Cypher – Kanye West x Pusha T x Big Sean x CyHi Da Prynce x Common
Bones Brigante x Wiz Khalifa x Yelawolf x Raekwon
Rev Run (w/ Diggy x JoJo) x Ice Cube (w/ OMG x Doughboy)
Tyga x Kuniva x Diamond x Royce Da 5’9
Reek Da Villain x Zawcain x Mickey Factz
Antoine Dodson, the star of the ultimate pinnacle of the internet - 'Bed Intruder' - made his live debut on the show, and the meme came to life as Dodson delighted the adoring audience with an abbreviated version of the track. Watch:
Winners List:
MVP of the Year
» Drake
» B.o.B
» Eminem
» Jay-Z
» Rick Ross
Hustler of the Year
» Diddy
» Drake
» Nicki Minaj
» Jay-Z
» T.I.
Best Hip Hop Video
» Jay-Z ( featuring Alicia Keys), "Empire State of Mind"
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
» Drake - "Find Your Love"
» Jay-Z (featuring Rihanna and Kanye West) - "Run This Town"
» Jay-Z (featuring Swizz Beatz) - "On to the Next One"
Rookie of the Year
» Nicki Minaj
» Chiddy Bang
» J. Cole
» Roscoe Dash
» Waka Flocka Flame
Made-You-Look Style Award
» Nicki Minaj
» B.o.B
» Jay-Z
» T.I.
» Kanye West
Perfect Combo Award
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys for "Empire State of Mind"
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
» Diddy-Dirty Money (featuring Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj), "Good Morning" remix
» DJ Khaled (featuring Rick Ross, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Ludacris and Nicki Minaj), "All I Do Is Win"
» Drake (featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem), "Forever"
Track of the Year
» Lex Luger - Rick Ross' "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
» Alex Da Kid and DJ Frankie - B.o.B's "Airplanes"
» DJ Nasty and LVM - DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win"
» Kane Beatz - Young Money's "Bedrock"
» Alexander Shuckburgh - Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind"
Best Live Performer
» Jay-Z
» Busta Rhymes
» Drake
» Kanye West
» Lil Wayne
People's Champ Award
» Nicki Minaj, "Your Love"
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Gucci Mane, "Lemonade"
» Drake, "Over"
» Cali Swag District, "Teach Me How to Dougie"
I Am Hip-Hop Award
» Salt-N-Pepa
