By Andrea The Don
Young Money's Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and more took over the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards ceremony in Atlanta Tuesday (October 11) night with multiple wins and all-star performances.
Hosted by Mike Epps, the show was highlighted by multiple wins from Weezy and R&B star Chris Brown.
Best Hip-Hop Video: Chris Brown & Lil Wayne's "Look At Me Now", Best Live Performer: Lil Wayne, Lyricist of the Year: Lil Wayne, MVP of the Year: Nicki Minaj, CD of the Year: Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Best Hip-Hop Style: Nicki Minaj, Hustler of the Year: Jay-Z, Viewer's Choice: Chris Brown & Lil Wayne's "Look At Me Now" (BET Hip-Hop Awards '11)
Additional winners included DJ Khaled and music video director Hype Williams.
The 2011 show were hosted by Mike Epps.DJ Premier DJed the ciphers.
Internet Exclusive Cypher 1 - Gilbere Forte, Chris Sutton, XV & Jay Rock
Internet Exclusive Cypher 2 - Rico Staxx, Wais P, Termanology, Sean Cross, French Montana & Mike Epps
Cypher 1 - Big K.R.I.T. x Tech N9ne x Machine Gun Kelly x Kendrick Lamar x B.o.B
Cypher 2 - Reek Da Villain x 2 Chainz x Busta Rhymes x Ludacris
Cypher 3 - Lady Of Rage x Blind Fury x Dom Kennedy x Skillz
Cypher 4 - MMG (Wale, Pill, Stalley, Meek Mill & Rick Ross)
Cypher 5 - Chris Brown x Ace Hood x Kevin McCall x Tyga
Cypher 6 - Soprano x Lecrae x Nitty Scott, MC x Estelle
Cypher 7 - Shady Records (Eminem, Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse)
Best Hip Hop Video - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’
Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab) - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’
Best Live Performer - Lil Wayne
Lyricist of the Year - Lil Wayne
Video Director of the Year - Hype Williams
Producer of the Year - Lex Luger
MVP of the Year - Nicki Minaj
Track of the Year - ‘Black and Yellow’ – Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa)
CD of the Year - Kanye West – ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
DJ of the Year - DJ Khaled
Rookie of the Year - Wiz Khalifa
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style) - Nicki Minaj
Best Hip Hop Online Site - WorldStarHipHop.com
Best Club Banger - Waka Flocka Flame – ‘No Hands’ (Produced by Drumma Boy)
Best Mixtape - J. Cole – ‘Friday Night Lights’
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse - Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’ (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Hustler of the Year - Jay-Z
Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice) - Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’
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