BET Hip Hop Awards- What To Watch Out For

Tonight is the airing of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. We all know the good, the bad, and the WTF surrounding the awards festivities but what should you expect to see during the actual awards ceremony? Sonia Murray of AJC/ Access Atlanta has listed the 5 moments to be on the look out for as you watch the awards tonight. Hopefully these moments didn't get left on the editing room floor.


1. The Michael Vick moments. No, the embattled former quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons didn't appear, but when rapper David Banner held up Vick's jersey at the end of his "I Am Hip-Hop" segment, the audience was on its feet. Vick also was mentioned later in the show when host Katt Williams couldn't get a dog to cooperate. Let's just say his name was invoked as a threat.

2. The Kanye West strangeness. No, the bravado-plus rapper and producer didn't top the fit he recently had at the MTV Awards. Instead, he displayed some rare public humility and graciousness, offering to give UGK and OutKast the best video award for their "International Player's Anthem" (directed by Bryan Barber) after he won it for "Stronger" (directed by Hype Williams). "I've been waiting for the [occasion] to win an award that I felt I shouldn't get," West said. (Antwan "Big Boi" Patton of OutKast handed it back.)

3. The Lil Wayne performance. The only one of the night that had people standing in apparent awe. (sidenote: Playaz Circle performed their hit "Duffle Bag Boys" with Lil wayne at the awards and Soulja Boy is reported closing the show out as the last performance. It was supposed to be TI but....YALL KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!!!!)

4. The curious way Melyssa Ford compliments Cee-Lo. Apparently the model and BET personality doesn't know that the "g" is silent in Cee-Lo's group, Gnarls Barkley — though she claimed she was a fan. (Or perhaps that was the TelePrompTer's claim.)

5. The almost unrecognizables. Atlanta R&B singer Keyshia Cole and Banner. Just see for yourself.