2008 BET Hip Hop Awards

2008 BET Hip Hop Awards
Date	October 23, 2008
Location	The Atlanta Civic Center
Hosted by	T-Pain
Television/radio coverage
Network	BET

The 2008 show was hosted by T-Pain.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Performances

"What Up, What's Haapnin'"/"Swing Ya Rag"/"The Last of a Dying Breed"/"On Top of the World" - T.I. Feat.Ludacris, Swizz Beatz & B.o.B
"Hero" - Nas Feat. Keri Hilson
"Bust It Baby Pt. 2" - Plies Feat. Ne-Yo
"Crazy World" - Young Jeezy
"Cha Cha Cha" - MC Lyte
"Play With My Yoyo" - Yo-Yo
"Afro Puffs" - The Lady of Rage
"Shoop"/"Push It"/"Whatta Man" - Salt-n-Pepa
"Here I Am" - Rick Ross Feat. Nelly & Avery Storm
"Universal Mind Control"/"Spaz" - Common featuring N.E.R.D
"Can't Believe It"/"Chopped & Skrewed" - T-Pain Feat. Lil Wayne & Ludacris
"Why Me"/"It Was a Good Day" - Ice Cube Feat. Musiq Soulchild
"Marco Polo (song)" - Bow Wow Feat. Soulja Boy

Cyphers

Cypher 1 - Hurricane Chris, K'naan, Bun B, & Q-Tip
Cypher 2 - Willy Northpole, Hime, Blaq Poet, & Cory Gunz
Cypher 3 - Ace Hood, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, & Jadakiss

Winners and nominations

Best Hip Hop Video

Kanye West featuring T-Pain – "Good Life"

David Banner featuring Chris Brown and Yung Joc – "Get Like Me"
Common – "I Want You"
DJ Khaled featuring Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and Rick Ross – "I'm So Hood (Remix)"
Lil Wayne featuring Static Major – "Lollipop"
Snoop Dogg – "Sensual Seduction"

Best Hip Hop Collaboration

DJ Khaled featuring Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and Rick Ross – "I'm So Hood (Remix)"

David Banner featuring Chris Brown and Yung Joc – "Get Like Me"
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low"
Plies featuring Ne-Yo – "Bust It Baby Pt. 2"
Kanye West featuring T-Pain – "Good Life"

Best Live Performer

Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year

Lil Wayne

Video Director of the Year

Chris Robinson

Producer of the Year

Akon

MVP of the Year

Lil Wayne

Track of the Year

?

"A Milli" – Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne)
"Dey Know" – Produced by Balis Beatz (Shawty Lo)
"Good Life" – Produced by Kanye West and DJ Toomp (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
"Lollipop" – Produced by Jim Jonsin and Deezle (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major)
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." – Produced by Sean Combs and The Hitmen (Jay-Z)

CD of the Year

Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III

Who New? Rookie of the Year

Shawty Lo

DJ of the Year

DJ Khaled

DJ Drama
DJ Felli Fel
DJ Tony Neal
DJ Greg Street

Hustler of the Year

P. Diddy

Alltel Wireless People’s Champ Award

Lil Wayne – "A Milli"

Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos – "Superstar"
Plies featuring Ne-Yo – "Bust It Baby Pt. 2"
Rick Ross featuring Nelly and Avery Storm – "Here I Am"
Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West – "Put On"
Yung Berg featuring Casha – "The Business"

Hottest Hip Hop Ringtone of the Year

Lil Wayne featuring Static Major – "Lollipop"

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low"
Plies featuring Ne-Yo – "Bust It Baby Pt. 2"
Rocko – "Umma Do Me"
Yung Berg featuring Casha – "The Business"

Best UK Hip Hop Act

Giggs

I Am Hip-Hop

Russell Simmons

References

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