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Top 5 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards Moments

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Many tuned in to the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards tonight (Oct. 11) after much talk of the happenings before, during and after the show last week. Chris Brown's "Look At Me Now" swept the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards with 4 wins. Although the Young Money crew weren't in attendance,  Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj both won two awards each.

 

With Brown on tour, Busta Rhymes, featured guest on Billboard top 10, "Look At Me Now," accepted the awards on behalf of Breezy and picked one up for himself for Best Featured Verse.

 

Check out The Juice's top five moments of this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards.

 

Photos: 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards

 

1. Shady 2.0 Cypher



Many of the rappers chosen to spit for BET's Hip-Hop Awards cyphers had smooth flows ( Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Busta Rhymes) but the Shady 2.0 cypher with Eminem, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf takes the win.

 

2. DMX

 

You can hear the passion in DMX's growl, each one of them. DMX returns to the stage since let out of prison to perform "Get At Me Dog," "Where My Dogs At?" and "Party Up" aside Swizz Beatz.

 

3. T.I.

 

"I'm still flexin'," T.I. starts his first performance since freed from jail. Tip performed "I'm Flexin'" when opening the show with Young Jeezy for their collaborative, "F.A.M.E."

 

4. Heavy D

 

The Overweight Lover makes a come back with his 80's hits, "Nuttin' But Love," "Is It Good to You," and "I Want Somebody." Tyrese joins Heavy D to croon the chorus to "Now That We Found Love."

 

5. Lupe Fiasco and Erykah Badu

 

Lupe Fiasco, rocking an #Occupy printed t-shirt in honor of the Occupy Wall Street protests, performs his controversial "Words I Never Said" with Erykah Badu. Badu dedicated his and Lupe's performance to "all those who have no voice."

 

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