2020 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS RECAP

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Last night on BET, Hip-Hop royalty came out for the annual award show. Master P was the honoree recipient of the I Am Hip Hop Award, Megan Thee Stallion was the big winner of the night nabbing 3 awards and the late rapper, Pop Smoke won Best New Hip Hop Artist. See the full list of nominees below:

Hip Hop Artist of the Year : Megan Thee Stallion

Best Hip Hop Video: Future f/ Drake, “Life Is Good”

Song of the Year“: “The Box” (Roddy Ricch) Produced by 30 Roc & DatBoiSqueeze


Hip Hop Album of the Year : Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial

Best Collaboration : Megan Thee Stallion f/ Beyoncé, “Savage” (Remix)

Best Duo/Group : Chris Brown and Young Thug

Best New Hip Hop Artist : Pop Smoke

Best Live Performer : Travis Scott

Lyricist of the Year: Rapsody

Video Director of the Year: Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor

DJ of the Year: D-Nice

Producer of the Year: Hit-Boy

Hustler of the Year: Megan Thee Stallion

Best Hip Hop Platform. : The Joe Budden Podcast

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse : Beyoncé, “Savage” (Remix) (Megan Thee Stallion f/ Beyoncé)

Impact Track: Lil Baby, “The Bigger Picture”

Best International Flow : Stormzy (U.K.)

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. Not only were there some big wins last night but there were some pretty spicy performances.

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Some of the performances were made by, City Girls, Big Sean and Jhene Aiko and Quavo performed a special tribute for Pop Smoke. A special appearance from Senator Kamala Harris was made to stress the importance of HBCUS ( Historically Black Colleges and Universities) . If you missed it tune in and understand why we must continue to attend these prestigious places of higher education. Last but not least we can’t forget to mention the infamous award show cyphers. Some of the cyphers included:

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The Ladies First Cypher featuring: H.E.R, Teyana Taylor, Brandy and Erykah Badu.

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Straight from the Islands came the Reggae Cypher featuring: Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Skip Marley and Shenseea.

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The Political Cypher featured: Polo G, Chicka, Jack Harlow, Flawless Real Talk and Rapsody.

The Hot New Crew Cypher included: Adé, Buddy, Flo Milli & Deante Hitchcock.

The 2020 Bar Cyphers featured international artist: P-Kuttah (South Africa), Suspect 95 ( Ivory Coast), Rosa Ree (Tanzania), Elisabeth Ventura (Angola) and Kwesi Arthur (Ghana).

Shoutout to Hip-Hop and it’s creator DJ Kool Herc.

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