2019 BET Hip Hop Award Performances
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This year, the BET Hip Hop Awards returned to Atlanta over the weekend (October 5) and took place at the Cobb Energy Center. Hosted by Lil Duval, the ceremony honored today’s hip hop acts and was aired this evening on BET (October 8). The full list of winners of 2019 can be viewed here.
For this year’s prestigious award, Lil’ Kim was honored this year’s ‘I Am Hip Hop Award’. After receiving the award from Rick Ross and her tribute, the Queen Bee took her throne for a dazzling performance of present and past hits including “Pray For Me”, “The Jump Off,” “Quiet Storm” and “All About the Benjamins” with guests Lil Cease, Musiq Soulchild and O.T. Genasis.
The awards featured other A-List performances throughout the evening.
DaBaby, who won this year’s Best New Artist, performed on numerous occasions including a medley of “Intro” and “Baby Sitter” with Offset. Later on, he joined Lil Baby for their collaboration”Baby”. Megan Thee Stallion, who won ‘Mixtape Of The Year’ with her Fever brought a fiery performance of her hit “Hot Girl Summer” and was accompanied by DaBaby on their “Cash Shit”.
Rick Ross was joined by T-Pain for a trip down memory lane for a performance of “Maybach Music”, “The Boss”, “Hustlin'”, “B.M.F.”, “Stay Schemein” and “Big Tyme”. Chance The Rapper shined bright with his recital of “Sun Come Down” and YBN Cordae and Anderson .Paak brought the funk for their energetic rendition of “RNP”.
The old school met the new school as Saweetie ran through her hit”My Type” and was joined by Lil Jon and Petey Pablo for the 2004 hit “Freek-A-Leek”. Elsewhere, Rapsody ignited the stage with a powerful performance of “Nina” and Lil Duval put his hosting duties aside and turned up the ceremony alongside TOM.G and KaMillion for their “City Boys” hit.
Like they do each year, the awards brought their segment of cyphers and rap battles to the evening with participants Kash Doll, Iman Shumpert, King Los, DNA and many more. You can find them in the A!
Award shows are dead I don’t even watch it anymore.
ᴍʏ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ᴘᴀʏᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴡᴀs ғᴏʀ 𝟷𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶 ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀs… ᴀʟʟ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ᴡᴀs sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ 𝟹-𝟺 ʜᴏᴜʀs/ᴅᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪs ᴀɢᴇɴᴄʏ ɪ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ ɪᴛ 𝟿𝟻 ʙᴜᴄᴋs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʜᴏᴜʀ… ᴛʀʏ ɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ . Read More