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Watch The 2011 BET Hip-Hop Award Freestyle Cyphers [VIDEO]

DJ Digital — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:23:26 +0000

Freestyle rap is most easily defined as coming up with lyrics "off the top of your head", either performed a capella, over another person beat-boxing or over a hip-hop instrumental.

Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa Win Big at 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards

Jeff Giles — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:59:47 +0000

The sixth annual BET Hip-Hop Awards aired last night, offering an impressive array of performances from the old school (including a show-closing medley from Heavy D) and the new (Wiz Khalifa delivering a high-energy rendition of ‘Taylor Gang’).

Of course, plenty of honors were handed out along the way. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes led the night with five and four awards, respectively, while Nicki Minaj took home MVP of the Year and Kanye West won CD of the Year for ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.’

Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Wiz Khalifa Lead BET Hip-Hop Awards Nominees

Jeff Giles — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:34:20 +0000

With less than a month to go before the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards are held in Atlanta, it’s finally time to reveal the list of this year’s nominees — and time for Lil Wayne to add another achievement to his ever-growing list.

The multi-platinum rapper, who recently broke the one-week sales record at iTunes and boasts the number one album in the country with ‘Tha Carter IV,’ now also owns the record for most BET nominations in a year with 18.