UB Covers the ‘BET Hip Hop Awards’ | Winners + Interviews
This year’s 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards brought together some of the hottest names in music to celebrate Hip Hop‘s biggest night.
Comedians, actors, hosts of the “85 South Show” podcast and stars of “Wild N’ Out” – comedy supergroup 85 South co-hosted the annual show.
Megan Thee Stallion ruled the night with three wins for ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Hip Hop Artist of the Year’ and a shared ‘Best Collaboration‘ with Beyoncé for the “Savage Rremix.” Beyoncé also took home an additional win for ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse‘ for the track.
Cordae opened the show with a powerful freestyle about the importance of voting followed by ‘Impact Track‘ winner Lil Baby performing his hit single “We Paid” with 42 Dugg. The City Girls blazed the stage with anthems ‘Kitty Talk‘ and ‘Jobs‘ in their first televised performance since JT‘s release last year. Taking the stage for her television debut, Mulatto aka Big Lotto treated viewers to a medley of ‘Youngest N Richest,’ ‘B**** From Da Souf‘ and ‘Muwop‘ with an appearance from Gucci Mane.
Quavo performed a special tribute to Pop Smoke that included “Shake the Room” and “Aim For the Moon.” Snoop Dogg honored the ‘I Am Hip Hop‘ Award recipient Master P. 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne closed out the show in a major way with their hit single “Money Maker.” With the election less than a week away, Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance with an impassioned plea urging viewers to let their voices be heard at the polls.
Big Sean, Jhené Aiko & Ty Dolla $ign gave a seductive “Body Language” performance.
“Hip Hop Cares” showcased, G Herbo and Trae Tha Truth for their tireless work giving back to their communities and the world at large through social justice, mental health and environmental activism. Rappers Reuben Vincent, Bobby Sessions and Pretty Yellow shared fiery voting freestyles throughout the show.
The much-anticipated cyphers were hosted by DJ Hed and featured a bevy of emcees, R&B songstresses and reggae stars dropping hot sixteens including Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Original Koffee, Shenseea, Skip Marley, ZJ Liquid, Adé, Buddy, Deanté Hitchcock and Flo Milli.
Singers Brandy, Erykah Badu, H.E.R. and Teyana Taylor joined forces for a show stopping, all-female collaboration. Over Brandy‘s “I Wanna Be Down” beat, the queens were one of the highlights of the show. Rappers Chika, Flawless Real Talk, Jack Harlow, Polo G and Rapsody let their voices be heard in the first ever “Social Justice” cypher.
Presenters for the evening included Hip Hop heavyweights Snoop Dogg and T.I. along with miss thang Monica.
Here is the full list of winners for this years event;
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
FUTURE FEATURING DRAKE – “LIFE IS GOOD”BEST COLLABORATION
MEGAN THEE STALLION FEATURING BEYONCÉ – “SAVAGE (REMIX)”BEST DUO OR GROUP
CHRIS BROWN AND YOUNG THUGBEST LIVE PERFORMER
TRAVIS SCOTTLYRICIST OF THE YEAR
RAPSODYVIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
TEYANA “SPIKE TEE” TAYLORPRODUCER OF THE YEAR
HIT-BOYHIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
MEGAN THEE STALLIONSONG OF THE YEAR
RODDY RICCH – “THE BOX” (PRODUCED BY 30 ROCK & DATBOISQUEEZE)HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
RODDY RICCH – “PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL”BEST NEW HIP HOP ARTIST
POP SMOKEHUSTLER OF THE YEAR
MEGAN THEE STALLIONSWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE
BEYONCÉ – “SAVAGE (REMIX)”IMPACT TRACK
LIL BABY – “THE BIGGER PICTURE”DJ OF THE YEAR
D-NICEBEST HIP HOP PLATFORM
THE JOE BUDDEN PODCASTBEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW
STORMZY (UK)
UB covered the virtual press conference for this year annual event. We got the chance to speak with one of our favorites, the I Am Hip Hop Honoree Master P. Who told us how the color CD cases idea came about, which contributed to the success of No Limit releases at retail. Plus P, talks about our home-base Minneapolis and his future plans for the city.
We also spoke to another favorite, Skip Marley as he prepared to jump in the cypher for the first time. Skip also tells us why it’s important for him to be a bridge within music and not be trapped in a box.
Check out some stills from the awards below.
