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 (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"
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