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For the second time music producer and rapper DJ Khaled
hosted the BET 2017 Hip Hop Awards. Last year the musical ceremony was held in
Atlanta but this year it was held in Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason
Theater in Miami, Florida.
This year’s annual BET
Hip Hop Awards was full of entertainment including legendary performances,
new artists representing Miami and an unforgettable cypher featuring Eminem.
DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Plies and Rick Ross kicked
the show off with the 2007 single “I’m So Hood”. The Migos known for the 2016 banger “Bad and Bougie” performed “Too Hotty”. Playboi Carti took the stage
performing “Woke Up Like This” and “Magnolia”. Although Gucci was not present
at the actual ceremony, he still gave a live show with two songs, “Curve” and
“I Get The Bag” from Club Liv. Followed by Gucci’s performance came YG aka Yo
Gotti with the 2017 Summer Anthem “Rack It Up” From dancer to making movies
Carli B blessed the stage singing the ladies anthem “Bodak Yellow”.
In between the performances was the cypher. Just like every
year it was off the chain! This year the one and only Eminem sent a message to
Donald Trump in a solo cypher. Eminem didn't hold nothing back when he went on a rant toward the current president. Check out the video below as he publicly disses Mr. Trump.
Other rappers included in the cypher included Ball Greezy, Zoey Dollaz, Ski Mask The Slump God, Denzel Curry, Fat Joe, The Prynce Bring Tha Heat, Belly, Cyhi, Cody Shane, Cozz, Little Simz, Alex Leon, MySonne, Joe Grizzley and the all-female cypher including Rapsody, Leikeli47, Tokyo Jetz and Kash Doll.
Other rappers included in the cypher included Ball Greezy, Zoey Dollaz, Ski Mask The Slump God, Denzel Curry, Fat Joe, The Prynce Bring Tha Heat, Belly, Cyhi, Cody Shane, Cozz, Little Simz, Alex Leon, MySonne, Joe Grizzley and the all-female cypher including Rapsody, Leikeli47, Tokyo Jetz and Kash Doll.
The legendary Luther Campbell aka Luke was honored with the
“I Am Hip Hop Award”. After receiving
his award, he gave an acceptance speech acknowledging how hard it was for him
to get acknowledged as a hip hop artist. He also pointed out how when he met
Rick Ross he was selling mixtapes and DJ Khaled was selling Brick phones. Luke
also helped a young man named Devante Freeman get a football scholarship and
now plays for the Atlanta Falcons.
Joining Luke on the stage to perform the classic hits
“Don’t Stop”, “I Wanna Rock”, “Pop That Coochie” and “Me So Horny” were Trick
Daddy, Trina, Flo-rida, Rick Ross and French Montana.
The winners of the 2017
BET Hip Hop Awards are as follows:
Now we saw Carli
B
win two awards including Hustler of the Year and Best New Hip Hop Artist but she actually won in five categories. Carli
B also won for Single of the Year for "Bodak Yellow", She outbeat Nicki Minaj in the Made You Look Award and she won the battle for best Mixtape "Gangsta Bitch Music: Vol. 2" Carli B went up against some heavy hitters Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Diddy for
Hustler of the Year but she took the victory.
DJ
Khaled accepted the award for Best Collabo Duo or Group for “Wild
Thoughts” featuring Rihanna.
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Kendrick
Lamar won for Album of the year for the album "Damn", defeating DJ Khaled’s
“Grateful”, Future’s “FUTURE”, J. Cole’s “For Your Eyez Only”, Jay-‘s “4:44" and
Migos album “Culture”. Kendrick Lamar wasn’t present to accept his award but
this is the second accolade the west coast rapper has received in this
category. He also won for Album of the Year in the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards for "Good Kid m.a.a.d City".
Tamara M. Anderson
@mahoganymagazin
@mstekeyla
Tamara M. Anderson
@mahoganymagazin
@mstekeyla
