2009 BET Hip Hop Awards

The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held on October 10, 2009, at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2009 show was hosted by Mike Epps.

Kanye West led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2009 with nine nominations, followed by Jay-Z and Lil Wayne with seven and T.I. with six nominations.

The rapper and music producer Ice Cube received the I Am Hip-Hop Award, for his role in pioneering the West Coast rap movement in the late 1980s. Jay-Z was the most awarded artist of the ceremony, with four awards, including Hustler of the Year. Although he was in Arkansas Penitentiary on a federal gun charge, T.I. won three awards, two of which Rihanna's collaboration "Live Your Life". Kanye West was awarded as Producer of the Year.

Performances

• "Pretty Girls" – Wale feat Gucci Mane
• "I'm Ballin'"/"Gucci Bandanna" – Soulja Boy feat Gucci Mane and Shawty Lo
• "Addicted To Money" / "How Low" – Ludacris feat Lil Scrappy
• "Real as It Gets" – Jay-Z feat Young Jeezy
• "Ice Cream Paint Job (Remix)" – Dorrough Ft. Nipsey Hussle, Jim Jones, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em & Snoop Dogg
• "Throw It in the Bag" / "Throw It In The Bag (Remix)" – Fabolous feat The-Dream
• "Gangsta Luv"/"Gin & Juice" – Snoop Dogg feat The-Dream
• "Break Up"/"Wasted" – Gucci Mane feat Mario & Plies
• "Cell Therapy"/"Get Rich to This" – Goodie Mob

Cyphers

• Cypher 1 – Nicki Minaj, Buckshot, Crown Royyal, & Joe Budden
• Cypher 2 – Wale, Nipsey Hussle, Gsan, & KRS-One
• Cypher 3 – Mos Def, Black Thought, & Eminem

Winners and nominations

Best Hip Hop Video

T.I. featuring Rihanna – "Live Your Life"

• Dorrough – "Ice Cream Paint Job"
• Eminem – "We Made You"
• Jay-Z – "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
• Kid Cudi – "Day 'n' Nite"

Best Hip Hop Collaboration

T.I. featuring Rihanna – "Live Your Life"

• Jim Jones and Ron Browz featuring Juelz Santana – "Pop Champagne"
• Lil Wayne featuring Bobby Valentino – "Mrs. Officer"
• Rick Ross featuring John Legend – "Magnificent"
• Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West – "Put On"

Best Live Performer

Jay-Z

• Busta Rhymes
• Lil Wayne
• T.I.
• Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year

Jay-Z

• Drake
• Eminem
• Lil Wayne
• Kanye West

Video Director of the Year

Hype Williams

• Gil Green
• Anthony Mandler
• Mr. Boomtown
• Chris Robinson

Producer of the Year

Kanye West

• Ron Browz
• Cool & Dre
• Tha Bizness
• T-Pain

MVP of the Year

Jay-Z

• Drake
• Lil Wayne
• T.I.
• Kanye West

Track of the Year

<small>Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.</small>

"Every Girl" – Produced by Tha Bizness <small>(Young Money)</small>

• "Day 'n' Nite" – Produced by Dot da Genius and Kid Cudi <small>(Kid Cudi)</small>
• "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" – Produced by No I.D. <small>(Jay-Z)</small>
• "Live Your Life" – Produced by Just Blaze <small>(T.I. featuring Rihanna )</small>
• "Turn My Swag On" – Produced by Natural Disaster and Top Cat <small>(Soulja Boy Tell’em)</small>

CD of the Year

T.I. – Paper Trail

• Eminem – Relapse
• Q-Tip – The Renaissance
• Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
• Young Jeezy – The Recession

DJ of the Year

DJ AM

• DJ Drama
• DJ Khaled
• DJ Tony Neal
• DJ Greg Street

Rookie of the Year

Drake

• B.o.B
• Dorrough
• Kid Cudi
• Wale

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)

Kanye West

• Jay-Z
• Kid Cudi
• Lil Wayne
• Soulja Boy Tell’em

Hustler of the Year

Jay-Z

• Diddy
• Drake
• Lil Wayne
• Kanye West

Verizon People's Champ Award

Fabolous featuring The-Dream – "Throw It in the Bag"

• Dorrough – "Ice Cream Paint Job"
• Kid Cudi – "Day 'n' Nite"
• Soulja Boy Tell’em – "Turn My Swag On"
• Kanye West featuring Young Jeezy – "Amazing"

Best Hip Hop Blog Site

All Hip Hop

• Nah Right
• SOHH
• This Is 50
• World Star Hip Hop

I Am Hip Hop

Ice Cube

References