The BET Hip Hop Awards 2007 will take place on Saturday, October 13 at Atlanta's Civic Center, and premiere on the network Wednesday, October 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Veteran host actor / comedian Katt Williams is sure to deliver a high energy show filled with hot performances by the best in the business!
British music fans have voted Kano as the “Best UK Act” ahead of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, GA on October 13th. Kano went head to head with five of the UK’s finest rappers; Dizzee Rascal, JME, Klashnekoff, Lethal B and Wiley to win the gong. For two weeks, Hip Hop fans battled it out by voting interactively on MTV Base and 1 Xtra BBC websites for their favourite act; and on Monday 1st October, live on 1 Xtra BBC Kano was announced as the winner.
Britishhiphop.co.uk was present to see history in the making with the first ever BET Hip Hop Awards. The ceremony took place at the distinguished Fox Theatre, Atlanta and boasted a guest list of stars. From Jay Z to Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg to TI, Chamillonaire to the UK’s Sway, all the big names were there and thanks to our friends at BBC 1Xtra, BET and Glenyearwood so were we! So sit back and relax as we bring you the inside scoop.
There’s no question to whether or not the Ying Yang Twins can make it rain inside a smoke-filled shake joint with their hyperactive 808-infused tracks, mannish school boy theatrics and raunchy, sex-charged lyrics. But after five albums with two going platinum back to back, D-Roc and Kaine aim to make musical thunderstorms all over the world.
Could it be that Crunk has passed on and Atlanta is now bouncing to another sound? Snap could be that sound and BHI are some of the genre's foremost exponents. BHI is an ancronym for Born Husslers Inc. BHI consists of K-Rab, Yung J, Skeet-A-Wee Straw, Stadic Jones, Hard Head and Young Money.
Dem Franchize Boyz formed in their Atlanta Westside high school. As teens, Jizzal Man (Bernard Leverette), Parlae (Maurice Gleaton), Pimpin (Jamall Willingham), and Buddie (Gerald Tiller) put their minds and rhyme skills together and, throughout high school and college, they honed their vision into what it is today – a new wave of crunk that paints a graphic picture of the streets of Atlanta and their raw lifestyle.