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The BET Hip Hop Awards were taped this weekend. The episode will air Thursday on BET. Lil Wayne was the big winner of the night. Russell Simmons was honored with a special "I Am Hip-Hop" icon award .

Not only did Weezy win top awards but he made a surprise announcement that he has a baby on the way. Congrats to Weezy. Unfortunately by the look of the stack of styrofoam cups Iin Lil Wayne's hand it appears that Weezy still hasn't kicked his pesky syrup habit.

Lil Wayne was named lyricist of the year and Russell Simmons was honored as a hip-hop icon at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards taped on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.

The New Orleans, Louisiana, rapper, who was nominated for 12 awards, was also named MVP of the Year and the Alltel Wireless People's Champ at the ceremony, which was hosted by T-Pain instead of scheduled host, comedian Katt Williams.

The show featured a hip-hop matriarch medley that included MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Salt-n-Pepa.

DJ Khaled, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and Rick Ross took home the award for Best Hip-Hop Collaboration for "I'm So Hood (The Remix)."

T.I. also made this year's show. The Atlanta rapper was scheduled to headline last year's ceremony, but was arrested hours before the event on federal weapons charges after he was caught trying to purchase semi-automatic guns and silencers. T.I. pleaded guilty earlier this year and is scheduled to be sentenced in March.

Atlanta factored heavily into the night's festivities, with a performance by Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Bow Wow. Shawty Lo was named MySpace Music Rookie of the Year.

LL Cool J presented Simmons with the "I Am Hip-Hop" Icon award, given to an individual who has made notable contributions of outstanding significance to the hip-hop community. Simmons was recognized as a philanthropic inspiration to other artists. source

 

There is no official word on the identity of Lil Weezy's baby mama.

This will be Lil Wayne's first son. The BET Hip Hop Awards was star studded. T-Pain hosted the show after Katt Williams canceled his appearance for hosting dutings. Check out photos of T.I., 50 Cent, Nas, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Shawty Lo, Ludacris, Bow Wow,Common, T-Pain,Nelly, Ciara, Keri Hilson, Keri Washington, Pharell Williams, N.E.R.D.,etc.

So we were all hanging out last night and Katt bets T-Pain couldn't beat him in a break-dance battle," BET's Executive Vice President Stephen Hill was quoted as saying. "Not knowing T-Pain was an extremely DOPE break-dancer, Katt thought it was an easy win. T-Pain said if I win, I get to host the Hip-Hop Awards."

The replacement emcee wasn't the only surprise of the evening: Lil Wayne revealed he's expecting his first "Lil one" very soon, saying: "I got a son about to be born any day now." Wayne, nominated for 12 awards, was named Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, and the Alltel Wireless People's Champ.

Other winners included DJ Khaled, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and Busta Rhymes. LL Cool J presented Russell Simmons with the I Am Hip-Hop Award, given to artists that have made notable contributions to the hip-hop community. The performances, however, stole the show with appearances from Nas, T-Pain, T.I., N.E.R.D., Common, Nelly, and Rick Ross, among others. source

Weezy F. Baby is expecting his own baby in a couple of days. The MC made the announcement that he will father his first son at Saturday’s 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.  He shared the good news while accepting the award for Lyricist of the Year.

“I got a son dropping any day.  Pray for me,” said the 26-year-old rapper.

Wayne already has a 9-year-old daughter named Reginae with his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Johnson. source

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Rihanna was the best dressed  female celebrity on the red carpet at the BET Awards. We give best dressed man honors to John Legend. Click here and here to watch our favorite BET awards performances and get a recap of the event. Bright colors like hot pink, purple and yellow were popular colors on the red carpet.

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She wore a yellow Giambattista Valli dress with Chopard diamonds. Rihanna and Chris Brown were still denying their relationship. Chris Brown did admit that he and Rihanna were dating on the Russ Parr morning show. Alicia Keys looked beautiful in two outfits. Alicia wore a pink dress on the red carpet and changed into an outfit with gold embellishments when she  took home the top prize for Best Female R&B Artist.

The worst dressed was Lil Mama who looked like a hospital candy stripper.

Lil Mama always seems to fall off the mark in the fashion department.

The Banger award goes to Nia Long who looked beautiful in purple. We also think Lauren London deserved an award too. We think the beautiful actresses look like sisters. Check out some pictures with some of the attendees including Jordin Sparks, Gabrielle Union, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Cassie, Solange, Jennifer Hudson, Ashanti, Soulja Boy, John Legend, Rick Ross, LisaRaye, Trina,Ashanti and Nelly, Keyshia Cole, Terence Howard and Chrisette Michelle

 

2008 BET AWARDS PERFORMANCES RIHANNA, ALICIA KEYS, USHER, CHRIS BROWN, CIARA,FERGIE, JD,NE-YO,KEYSHIA COLE LIL KIM, MAXWELL, JILL SCOTT, AL GREEN VIDEO

Here are some performances and Highlights from the BET Awards. We like to mention some of our favorite surprises at the show. Alicia Keys had a historic "girl power" theme with her performance and brought SWV, En Vogue and TLC to the stage. It was nice to see Dawn on stage to form the original En Vogue  girl group.  We were very happy to see Maxwell make an appearance during the Al Green Tribute with Jill Scott and Anthony Hamilton. Maxwell has been delayed from releasing music for so long but we still can't wait to hear from him. He still sounds and looks good. Click here to see the performance. The couple who had the most chemistry on stage were Ciara and Chris Brown. Chris Brown was electric with Ciara and we could feel the energy between these two that was missing during Chris' performances with Jordin Sparks.  Their performance was borderline porno but Ciara worked it well and looked beautiful. We would tell RIhanna to watch out for Ciara but she's going around telling everyone she doesn't love Chris Brown. Rihanna also spoke on The View and said she is not dating Chris Brown so he sounds like he's a free agent.  Click here for a full list of winners.

NELLY, JD, CIARA  AND FERGIE PERFORM PARTY PEOPLE

RIHANNA TAKE A BOW BET AWARDS VIDEO

Chris Brown & Ciara Performance @ The 2008 Awards! (Best Dance Duo Of The Show)

USHER MAKE LOVE IN THIS CLUB BET AWARDS

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NE-YO CLOSER

KEYSHIA COLE FEATURING LIL KIM

AL GREEN LOVE & HAPPINESS

2008 BET AWARDS PERFORMANCES KANYE WEST T-PAIN LIL WAYNE YOUNG JEEZY |KANYE WEST, ALICIA KEYS AND T-PAIN BIG WINNERS AT BET AWARDS COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS VIDEO

Congrats to all of the winners!  Here's the complete list of winners from the 2008 BET Awards: UPDATE CLICK HERE TO WATCH BET AWARDS 2008 PERFORMANCES

• Video of the Year: UGK featuring Outkast, "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)"
• Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown
• Best Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keys 
• Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Kanye West
• Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Missy Elliott
• Best Gospel Artist: Marvin Sapp
• Best New Artist: The-Dream
• Best Group: UGK
  
• Best Collaboration: Kanye West featuring T-Pain, "Good Life"
• Best Video Director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto
• Viewers' Choice Award: Lil Wayne featuring Static, "Lollipop"
• BET J Award: Raheem DeVaughn
• Best Actor: Denzel Washington
• Best Actress: Halle Berry
• Female Athlete of the Year: Candace Parker
  
• Male Athlete of the Year: Kobe Bryant

T-Pain has a knack for showing up in the right place at the right time.

YOUNG JEEZY AND KANYE WEST PERFORMING " PUT ON " @ The 2008 Awards

"I'd like to thank T-Pain for gettin' on the record with me," said Kanye West, a two-time winner Tuesday at the 2008 BET Awards, upon accepting their award for Best Collaboration on the Graduation tune "Good Life." "This man's a genius. What he does, what he writes...we're blessed to be in this man's presence."

The 22-year-old rapper-producer, a featured artist on no less than 18 singles (so far) in 2007 and 2008, entered the evening with a leading five nominations, although his shared win with West was it for now.

West was also named Best Male Hip-Hop Artist for the second time, his first win in that category coming in 2005, when Late Registration was still a new album.

Alicia Keys, the only female winner who was in the house tonight, was named Best Female R&B Artist, and took the opportunity to let the moment sink in.

"I just wanna say that we are so incredible, we are such an incredible people," the platinum-selling songstress said coyly. "We are so beautiful and fly, and everybody wants to be like us...I mostly want to thank all of you that are watching and standing here right now. Without you...I really really appreciate you very much. source

T PAIN & LIL WAYNE A MILLIE 2008 BET AWARD PERFORMANCE

T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest. In addition, Lil Wayne just this month scored the year's best-selling album sales debut with 1 million copies sold of his new CD, "Tha Carter III." So it was appropriate that both artists dominated Tuesday's BET Awards with not only their energetic performances but their presence, despite winning just one trophy each. "We're blessed to be in this man's presence," Kanye West, one of music's biggest self-promoters, said of T-Pain when the pair accepted their award for best collaboration for "The Good Life," going on to call T-Pain a "genius." "I'll let y'all know because I'm one of the kings of this game. My opinion counts." West also paid homage to Lil Wayne, calling him "my fiercest competition." "You scared me man," West said, bringing Lil Wayne onstage when West won the trophy for best hip-hop male. "Congratulations on selling over a million records. And they say hip hop is dead." Other highlights from the three-hour ceremony included a girl group reunion; a stirring tribute to the Rev. (and soul legend) Al Green; and topless performance by ripped rapper Nelly. T-Pain, who led the nominees with five nods for his many collaborations — not his own hits — performed with his fellow nominees twice during the three-hour ceremony. He transformed the Shrine Auditorium into a circus with a multi-artist medley that showed his wide-ranging influence during his first appearance. Wearing a spangled top hat, the rapper-singer shared the stage with fellow nominees Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi, along with a bevy of big-top freaks, including fire eaters and acrobats. "This industry is my circus," said T-Pain. "Ride with the ringleader." source

2008 BET AWARDS PERFORMANCES ALICIA KEYS, NE-YO, KEYSHIA COLE FEATURING LIL KIM VIDEO

NE-YO CLOSER

KEYSHIA COLE- HEAVEN SENT -LIL KIM

ALICIA KEYS, SWV, EN VOGUE & TLC - HISTORIC MEDLEY