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- Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z Big Winners At 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards
- Lil Wayne's Ex-Wife, Toya, 'Excited' For His Return
- 'The Social Network' Notches Status As Top Box-Office Flick
- Kanye West Returns To 'Saturday Night Live'
- Emerson College Students Announce 'Love Is Louder' At Rally
| Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z Big Winners At 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:41 PM PDT Show also featured performances by Rick Ross, Diplomats, cyphers from Kanye West, Ice Cube.
ATLANTA — Nicki Minaj collected enough hardware for herself and a few of her alter egos on Saturday (October 2) as the female lyricist was one of the big winners at the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards.
The Lil Wayne protégé scored three trophies overall: Rookie of the Year, People's Champ and the Made You Look award, which was awarded in recognition of her fashion flair. Decked out in a black dominatrix-like outfit, blond bob hairdo, pink nails and lipstick, Minaj took to the stage to accept her first award and was overcome by the recognition. "Last year, I was here in anticipation of the cypher," she told the crowd, referring to the artist rap freestyles that run in between the award presentations and performances. "Now I'm here in anticipation of my debut. [Pink Friday, set for release November 23.] "I'm paving the way for girls," she continued. "I wanna thank all the girls of hip-hop." Jay-Z, who didn't attend the festivities, also earned three awards. Hov won Perfect Combo (for his Alicia Keys-assisted "Empire State of Mind"), CD of the Year (The Blueprint 3) and Best Live Performer. Rick Ross picked up two awards: the Miami don's "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)" earned Track of the Year for producer Lex Luger, and the industrial-strength number nabbed Club Banger of the Year honors. Ross also delivered one of the night's most memorable onstage moments when he, Diddy and DJ Khaled opened the show with a pyrotechnic-enhanced rendition of his award-winning anthem before easing the Atlanta Civic Center crowd into "MC Hammer." "Bitch, I'm MC Hammer," Ross rapped. "I'm about cream. I got 30 cars, whole lot of dancers/ I take them everywhere, I'm MC Hammer/ Started selling dough, I'm too legit to quit/ When it's hammer time, I'm pulling out the stick." MC Hammer himself then appeared onstage, leading a troop of dancers dressed in ensembles honoring the Marines. The veteran superstar performed his hit "2 Legit 2 Quit." Harlem's Diplomats reunited onstage for the first time since they reconciled over the summer after years of squabbling. Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey rocked the crowd with their latest offering, "Salute." Big Boi featuring Yelawolf, Soulja Boy Tell'em, J. Cole, Cali Swag District with Digital Underground, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame were among the evening's other performers. B.o.B brought his hometown crowd to its feet with a rousing rendition of his next single, the melancholy "Don't Let Me Fall." Iconic female trio Salt-N-Pepa were honored with the I Am Hip-Hop award. Diddy (Hustler award), Swizz Beatz (Producer of the Year) and DJ Khaled (Best DJ) rounded out the winners. DJ Premier led a tribute to Guru, the late Gang Starr MC. Following last year's successful series of cyphers, including Eminem, Mos Def and the Roots' Black Thought locking in together to rhyme, the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards featured seven cyphers, from the father and son pairings of Ice Cube and his two boys rhyming with Reverend Run and Diggy and Jojo Simmons to the Rosewood cypher, which featured Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music family: Common, Pusha T, Big Sean and CyHi Da Prynce. The latter collective upped the ante on their freestyle set by sporting black-tie clothing; they even forced Premier to get spiffy. West drew one of the loudest cheers of any cypher with his array of punch lines. "Y'all got too many Urkels on your team, that's why y'all win slow," he rapped. The 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards, hosted by Mike Epps, is scheduled to air October 12 at 8 p.m. on BET. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lil Wayne's Ex-Wife, Toya, 'Excited' For His Return Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:55 AM PDT TV starlet tells MTV News Wayne's daughter is 'anticipating' his release.
With Lil Wayne expected to wrap up his jail bid on November 4, the countdown to the megastar MC's return from Rikers is in full swing. Of course his legions of fans and his Young Money crew miss the superstar spitter, but few are pining for Weezy more than one the very special lady in his life: his daughter Reginae.
Wayne's ex-wife, Antonia "Toya" Carter, told MTV News on the BET Hip-Hop Awards red carpet Saturday that she and her daughter with Weezy are amped for the powerhouse lyricist's release next month. "It's very exciting," Carter smiled. "Especially when you have a little girl that's anticipating his return. We're looking forward to that. It's very exciting." Wayne's incarceration has been tough on his 'tween progeny, who had initially had to deal with the many false starts of his sentence earlier this year, which had been delayed due to dental work and a courthouse blaze. "The last day he finally went in, we didn't go, so my daughter was like, 'I wish I would've went.' It was just too much. I just didn't want to let her see that again 'cause both times she took it real hard," Carter told Vibe magazine earlier this year. "So I was like, I'm not gon' let her go this last time. I'm just gon' make sure he talk to her 'cause I didn't know if he was really gonna go. They kept pushing back." Yet Weezy urged her to keep her head up for Reginae during the family's difficult period. "At first my daughter would see me a little sad and you know kids they react off of your feelings sometimes, so he was just like, 'Be strong, make sure you take care of her. Make sure she straight and keep her phone on all the time so I can call her. The time is gonna fly by.' " Time is almost up and Weezy has recently said that the first thing he plans to do when he's freed, presumably before his blowout homecoming concert, is see his children. "[I'm going to] hug and kiss my kids," Wayne revealed during a phone call to MTV's "The Seven." "And, uh, after that, I don't think I'm allowed to say." Are you excited for Lil Wayne's return from jail? Sound off in the comments! Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'The Social Network' Notches Status As Top Box-Office Flick Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:47 AM PDT The movie about 500 million friends debuts with $23 million.
The story of how Facebook began appears to be as compelling as spending hours trolling the site's pages. "The Social Network," Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher's tale of how the dot-com empire came to prominence, landed at the top of the box office during its debut weekend. Driven by performances from Jesse Eisenberg and pop-chart king Justin Timberlake, the flick, which also ruled the Friday box office, raked in $23 million. The animated fantasy "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" turned out a strong Saturday night showing, soaring to second place after coming in third on Friday. The family-friendly, CG-packed adventure about warring owl kingdoms rang up roughly $10.9 million in ticket sales over the weekend. The film's total estimated tally stands at about $30 million. Oliver Stone's stock-market drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" took box-office bronze during its sophomore weekend on screens. The film, which thrusts banking bad guy Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas) back into the paper-chasing game with his daughter's fiancé Jacob (Shia LaBeouf) in tow, pulled in $10.1 million. The weekend numbers bring the movie's two-week total to nearly $36 million. In a tight box-office race, "The Town" is close behind "Wall Street" with $10 million. The heist film, featuring Ben Affleck (who also directs), Blake Lively and Jon Hamm, has made just over $64.3 million since hitting theaters in September. "Easy A" rounds out the weekend's top-five money-makers with $7 million. The estimated weekend haul nudges the high-school flick's haul to over $42 million. Check out everything we've got on and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos |
| Kanye West Returns To 'Saturday Night Live' Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:53 AM PDT MC performs 'Power' and 'Runaway' on all-white set flanked by modern dancers.
Before Kanye West appeared on the October 2 episode of "Saturday Night Live", the outspoken MC tweeted "25 Minutes to dress rehearsal ... Just saw [executive producer] Lorne Michaels ... uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum .... Akwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard LOL!" Awkward indeed, especially considering the superstar MC's single "Power" unfavorably name-checks the sketch comedy show with the line "F--- 'SNL' and the whole cast. Tell 'em Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass." Even though 'Ye seemed a little heated at the "SNL" crew, which took a few jabs at the Taylor Swift 2009 VMA business, that didn't stop 'Ye from not only performing the song but transforming the signature "SNL" stage setup as well. On Saturday's live broadcast-- hosted by Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston with guest spots for Morgan Freeman and Ernest Borgnine-- West kicked off his appearance with "Power." Instead of rocking from the show's famed Grand Central Terminal-themed set, 'Ye began the song atop a set of stairs with a completely white backdrop. Pale sheer sheets covered scores of clapping dancers as Yeezy spit the opening bars in a fire-engine red suit, with several gold chains swinging from his neck and a headpiece of gilded laurel resting on his dome. The sheets were pulled off the dancers as the first chorus dropped to reveal women of several hues grooving in white leotards in a live recreation of the "moving painting" visual that accompanies the track. At the beginning of the second verse, West and his company of dancers dropped to the ground as he rattled off revamped lyrics including, "I'm killin' this, I know damn well y'all feelin' this." Near the close of the performance, 'Ye ascended the stairs and the dancers stood perfectly still until the MC bounded down the steps once again, fell to his knees and yelped "Now this will be a beautiful death!" Then taking another cue from the video, West returned to the steps, donned the laurel once again, gazed out unto the crowd and hung his head as two dancers on either side struck Grecian-inspired poses on white pedestals. For Yeezy's second performance, the Chicago MC revisited the theme and tone of his 2010 VMA performance, once again launching into the track-opening notes of "Runaway" by tapping an MPC resting on a pedestal. However, instead of three ballet dancers, over a dozen women sporting tutus held classic ballet poses in the shadows until Yeezy rocked the first few lines. After hitting several more poses in-sync with the midtempo rhythm, the ladies ambled off the set and then 'Ye worked the stage solo, emphatically saluting "douche bags" and "scumbags." When 'Ye retreated to the MPC once again, another dancer popped up for a graceful arabesque that heralded Pusha T's appearance, who ripped the stage in a white button-down shirt and blazer. The dancers joined West once again to close the performance as he dropped the remaining bars, his vocals twisted by his favored Auto-Tune effect. He wrapped up the performance with a simple bow but when the cast returned for the farewell at the end of the show, 'Ye signed off for the night once again rocking his gilded crown. What did you think of Kanye West's "SNL" performance? Sound off in the comments! Related Photos Related Artists |
| Emerson College Students Announce 'Love Is Louder' At Rally Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:51 PM PDT Students counter anti-gay protest outside Boston theater.
Hundreds of young people proved love is a lot louder than hate at a rally on Saturday. An estimated 800 students from performing arts institution Emerson College stormed the streets of downtown Boston on October 2 to counter a protest of The Laramie Project, an award-winning play based on the brutal1998 murder of openly gay 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. The rally, which was billed as "a celebration of inclusive & safe communities" on the project's Facebook page, staged the event in response to a protest mounted by the Westboro Baptist Church, an organization renowned for blasting homosexuality and picketing venues across the country. Footage of the event shows scores of young people pumping colorful signs with slogans such as "Love Is Not Sin" and "Jesus Has 2 Dads" in the air and proclaiming "Love is louder" in the city's famed Public Garden. Drivers honked in support of the marchers, who donned white and wove rainbow flags, balloons and other accessories to show their solidarity with the LGBT community. The event's Facebook page said the students planned to sing "Amazing Grace" and circle the block where the college's Cutler-Majestic theater is located before heading inside to see the show. College junior Claire Kaiser, who created the event page, told the school's Berkeley Beacon paper that "our counter-protest is not about protesting, but about celebrating the community we have here at Emerson." Although the event page was created Tuesday, the students picked up MTV, actress Brittany Snow and the Jed Foundation's new "Love Is Louder" slogan to promote their message of tolerance. The Love Is Louder initiative, which was realized with support from DoSomething.org, the Trevor Project, Reach Out, Active Minds and the Ad Council after the recent wave suicides by gay youth linked to bullying and digital abuse, aims to provide encouragement to young people who lack hope. "Love Is Louder is a movement that is hopefully going to bring some awareness and make some noise when it comes to teens who are feeling suicidal or even just sad, outcasts, and being bullied, and really feel like they have nowhere to turn to," Snow explained recently. A similar vigil is planned for Sunday night (October 3) at 9 p.m. at Washington Square Park in downtown New York. For more information on Love Is Louder, visit the project's Facebook page. You can also upload videos to Your.MTV.com, just like Jonathan Bennett, Torrey DeVitto, Snow and Vinny Guadagnino did. You can also keep the conversation going on Twitter by using the hashtag #loveislouder. |
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