2009 BET Hip Hop Awards
# 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 sx 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 (Remix)" - Dorrough Ft. Nipsey Hussle, Jim Jones, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em & Snoop Dogg
* "Throw It in the Bag" / "Throw It In The Bag (Remix)" - 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 Budden
* Cypher 2 - Wale, Nipsey Hussle, Gsan, & KRS-One
* Cypher 3 - Mos Def, Black Thought, & Eminem

## Winners 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-Z**

* Busta Rhymes
* Lil Wayne
* T.I.
* Kanye West

### Lyricist of the Year

**Jay-Z**

* Drake
* Eminem
* Lil Wayne
* Kanye West

### Video Director of the Year

**Hype Williams**

* Gil Green
* Anthony Mandler
* Mr. Boomtown
* Chris Robinson

### Producer of the Year

**Kanye West**

* Ron Browz
* Cool & Dre
* Tha Bizness
* T-Pain

### MVP of the Year

**Jay-Z**

* Drake
* Lil Wayne
* T.I.
* Kanye West

### Track of the Year

Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.

**"Every Girl" – Produced by Tha Bizness (Young Money)**

* "Day 'n' Nite" – Produced by Dot da Genius and Kid Cudi (Kid Cudi)
* "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" – Produced by No I.D. (Jay-Z)
* "Live Your Life" – Produced by Just Blaze (T.I. featuring Rihanna )
* "Turn My Swag On" – Produced by Natural Disaster and Top Cat (Soulja Boy Tell’em)

### 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

**Drake**

* B.o.B
* Dorrough
* Kid Cudi
* Wale

### Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)

**Kanye West**

* Jay-Z
* Kid Cudi
* Lil Wayne
* Soulja Boy Tell’em

### Hustler of the Year

**Jay-Z**

* Diddy
* Drake
* Lil Wayne
* Kanye West

### Verizon 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"

### Best Hip Hop Blog Site

**All Hip Hop**

* Nah Right
* SOHH
* This Is 50
* World Star Hip Hop
