The Red Carpet goes Green at the 10th Annual Star Studded 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards .
Sponsored by Sprite ,the Green Carpet was lid up as the Hip Hop Stars , Artist and Producers ripped the Green Carpet .
Snoop Dog presided as host for the 10th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards for the third time in a row and brought on lot’s of laughter through his skits from his YouTube channel called GGN. One particular skit featuring him as a hover board riding addict, had the crowd roaring with laughter.
Drake keeps winning and for the second year in a row,the Canadian rapper was leading and earned 12 nominations but was not present among Hip Hop’s impressive elites that attended the 10th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards.
Rick Ross came with his fiancé Lira Mercer and made their red carpet debut. T-Pain, Snoop Dog, 2 Chainz, Scarface , Soulja Boy and Ray Jay who was accompanied by his girlfriend Princess , just to name a few. All stopped for the cameras on the Green Carpet presented by Sprite.
The highlight, every year at the BET Hip Hop Awards, is the Cypher. Who can forget Nicki Minaj’s blistering bars or Kendrick Lamar’s explosive post “ Control' verse . This year’s Cypher at the 2015 Hip Hop Awards didn’t disappoint and had even more electrifying moments that are bound to become trending topics.
Eminem, Redman and Vince Stapes all participated in the recorded freestyle sessions for this year’s Cypher, but the beatbox freestyle session with Doug E Fresh, Nicole Paris and Rahzel earned the biggest applause.
The Star studded ceremony included Ludacris, who presented Scarface with the I Am Hip Hop Awards. The veteran rapper was honored for his decades — long career which included 12 solo albums. Ludacris deemed him one of the genre’s” Best Story Tellers”. Accepting the award was a humbled Scarface.” I am not Sh*t without y’all”, said the Houston Legend who joins past recipients Rakim, LL Cool J, Salt -N- Pepa, Ice Cube,Russell Simmons. MC Lite , KRS-One and Grandmaster Flash.
Another highlight ,was P Diddy who came off as Puff Daddy,announcing his partnership with Epic Records and celebrated with Bad Boy family members Li’ l Kim and Styles P, of which he debuted his new single “Working”, that brought the audience to their feet. Performing with a live band including drums, guitars, saxophones and the whole nine yards . A sure way that makes you think that “Hip Hop is on to something new”.
Atlanta’s Hip Hop community was well represented by Atlanta’s own skillfully, experienced Hip Hop dancers ,with their intricate explosive dance moves and performed with Puff Daddy on stage.
Future and Eminem made their presence known with pre recorded performances via video.Future performed a medley of hits including”March Madness” and “ Where Ya At”, that was recorded in front of a crowd on Wednesday , October 7th at the Centenial Olympic Park in Atlanta.
T.I joined Young Dro for “We in Da City “ while other top performances included Travis Scott, Rich Homie Quan and De J Loaf.
The big winners for the night was Kendrick Lamar and Sean Combs who walked away with 3 awards each. Drake followed with two awards including MVP .
The 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, also showcased a lot of new Artist and was a memorable occasion that re -introduced the Hip Hop Culture as a movement that is here to STAY.
By: Isabelle Doll Ngcobo
