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 " – Dorrough Ft. Nipsey Hussle, Jim Jones, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em & Snoop Dogg
- "Throw It in the Bag" / "Throw It In The Bag " – 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 BuddenCypher 2 – Wale, Nipsey Hussle, Gsan, & KRS-OneCypher 3 – Mos Def, Black Thought, & EminemWinners 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-ZLyricist of the Year
; Jay-ZVideo Director of the Year
; Hype Williams- Gil Green
- Anthony Mandler
- Mr. Boomtown
- Chris Robinson
Producer of the Year
; Kanye WestMVP of the Year
; Jay-ZTrack of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.; "Every Girl" – Produced by Tha Bizness
- "Day 'n' Nite" – Produced by Dot da Genius and Kid Cudi
- "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" – Produced by No I.D.
- "Live Your Life" – Produced by Just Blaze
- "Turn My Swag On" – Produced by Natural Disaster and Top Cat
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
; DrakeMade-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)
; Kanye WestHustler of the Year
; Jay-ZVerizon 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"