2009 BET Hip Hop Awards

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 sx 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

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"

Best Hip Hop Blog Site

 * All Hip Hop
 * Nah Right
 * SOHH
 * This Is 50
 * World Star Hip Hop

I Am Hip Hop

 * Ice Cube