RELATED: 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards Performances
RELATED: 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers
You know how we do around this time! We’re going to be live blogging the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards and keep you up to date on everything that’s going on for the show. Uncle Snoop Dogg will be hosting, so we’re expecting some good smoke to go down.
Check after the jump and keep it locked if you’re not around a TV!
8:03 Snoop Dogg gives props to Kendrick Lamar for his album GKMC!
8:05 We see you Kevin Hart! Not being that funny that is.
8:07 Fucking problems! A$AP Rocky wins Reese’s Perfect Combo Award! Wait, what?
8:09 Not even 10 minutes in, Meek Mill is already screaming. He came out to the Dreamchasers 3 “Intro” and performed “Levels.”
8:16 Here comes the start of the BET Cyphers! Wax kicks it off, with Rapsody up and Rittz/Jon Connor on deck.
8:18 Can someone translate this Italian rapper’s lyrics? Wtf.
8:20 HIT IT WITH A FORK! 2 Chainz hits the stage with that certified banging B.O.A.T.S. II: ME Time music.
8:23 Oh shit! Mannie Fresh, what up! Drop that “Used 2” one time!
8:25 The Cash Money tribute isn’t over! Juvenile just hit the stage and surprised everyone to perform “Ha.”
8:27 A$AP Ferg is declared Rookie Of The Year and takes home the award!
8:32 Fresh off winning the award, A$AP Ferg kicks off the A$AP mob cypher.
8:34 Twelvvy, Na$t and Ant hold it down for the MOB before A$AP Rocky ends the second cypher of the night.
8:37 Future’s just being “Honest,” as he performs his latest single, then brings out DJ Khaled and Rick Ross as a surprise guests to light up the stage with “I Wanna Be With You.”
8:47 Action Bronson sets off the next cypher!
8:48 What’s a Douglas Breezy?
8:49 Can someone decoded Travi$ Scott’s cypher verse?
8:50 We don’t know who Tiffany Foxx is, but her body is BAD. We see you baby girl.
8:51 Lil Kim up in the cypher too?!
8:52 ScHoolboy Q hits the BET Awards stage to perform the West Coast banger “Collard Greens.” TDE!
8:54 Kendrick Lamar comes out right before his verse and surprises the audience with a performance of “Money Trees.” Jay Rock with the verse of the night! GKMC!
9:02 SLAUGHTERHOUSE! Joell Ortiz sets off their cypher, with Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9″ and Joe Budden rounding out the rest of the verses.
9:09 And the winner for The People’s Champ Award goes to Drake!
9:14 The moment we’ve all been waiting for: The TDE cypher!
9:14 Representing for Figg side, ScHoolboy Q sets it off.
9:15 Watts what up! Jay Rock kicks a solid verse and represents for the streets for his portion of his cypher.
9:16 One time for Soul brother #2, Ab-Soul!
9:17 Newly signed Isaiah Rashad gets a few bars. Get up on him.
9:18 Kendrick Lamar spazzes for the longest cypher verse of the night!
9:20 And after following BARS upon BARS in the TDE cypher, French Montana deflates the Hip-Hop out of the show with “Ain’t Worried About Nothin.”
9:33 Shoutout to MC Lyte!
9:39 Another cypher on deck and J.B Smoove sets it off! Duane Martin breaks away boots (?) now we have a German rapper going off in another language.
9:42 Nick Cannon goes off on Kevin Hart and is actually sort of funny.
9:43 And out of the blue, Nelly shows up?
9:54 The legendary Bone Thugs-N-Harmony bring it back with a classic medley of “Thuggish Ruggish Bone,” “1st Of Tha Month” & “Crossroads” (R.I.P. Eazy E!!)