Honoring the best and brightest in their genre of music, the 6th annual BET Hip-Hop Awards aired on BET on Tuesday night (October 11).

With the show having been pre-taped at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on October 1, the just-broadcast event saw Mike Epps act as host while Chris Brown ended up being the big winner by topping three categories at the yearly event.

Brown, who wasn’t in attendance, took home Best Hip-Hop Video, Reese’s Perfect Combo Award, and Verizon People’s Champ Award trophies, of which he tweeted following the show’s airing, “Thank you BET but most of all TeamBreezy”.

Other winners at the BET Hip-Hop Awards included Lil Wayne with two prizes as well as L.L. Cool J, who was doted with the “I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award.

The complete list of 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards winners is as follows:

Best Hip Hop Video: Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab): Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Best Live Performer: Lil Wayne
Lyricist of the Year: Lil Wayne
Video Director of the Year: Hype Williams
Producer of the Year: Lex Luger
MVP of the Year: Nicki Minaj
Track of the Year: Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow” (Produced by Stargate)
CD of the Year: Kanye West – “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
DJ of the Year: DJ Khaled
Rookie of the Year: Wiz Khalifa
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style): Nicki MinajBest Hip Hop Online Site: WorldStarHipHop.com
Best Club Banger: Waka Flocka Flame – “No Hands” (Produced by Lex Luger)Best Mixtape: J. Cole – “Friday Night Lights”
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse: Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now” (Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Hustler of the Year: Jay-Z
Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice): Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
“I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award: LL Cool J

‘We getting so sexy for the ladies on this album,’ rapper tells Mixtape Daily.

Fat Joe’s recent weight loss has the Bronx MC brimming with confidence. His last album, The Darkside Vol. 1, was a hard-nosed dedication to the streets led by his Jeezy collaboration “(Ha Ha) Slow Down.”

For his next LP it isn’t the Snowman who will lend the assist but Chris Brown. “We getting so sexy for the ladies on this album,” the Don Cartagena told Mixtape Daily. “My first single that we’re gonna drop in three weeks is me and Chris Brown, it’s called ‘Another Round.’ It’s crazy.”

The Terror Squad leader won’t completely abandon the streets, however. “I got a joint with Maxwell on the album, I got a joint with John Legend and [Rick] Ross, we’re straight talking to the ladies. Of course I’m gonna give you some bop, bop,” he said. “I thug ‘em out on the sexy songs, but we’re talking to the ladies on this one.”

Through the years, Joe Crack has recorded hits with R. Kelly, Ashanti and Trey Songz. The rapper says that all of his collaborations begin with a feeling. “I will not collaborate or do a song with nobody unless I think it is a huge, huge event. I will not bother one of my friends,” he said regarding his upcoming single with Chris Breezy, with whom he once toured Africa.

To prove his point, Joe mentioned Mary J. Blige. While the two have been friends for years, Crack hasn’t reached out for a feature. “I have been dying to do a song with Mary J. Blige; she hangs out in my house, she’s family,” he said. “But I would not approach her with a record unless it’s a smash-hit event.”

Source: MTV

J. Cole is riding high this week after the release of his debut, Cole World: The Sideline Story. Aside from the inevitable euphoria that comes with dropping one’s first album, relative newcomer Cole also got a chance to work with Jay-Z, Missy Elliott and Trey Songz on the project. But fans shouldn’t expect the high-profile collaborations to stop there thanks to DJ Drama.

On October 11, the Atlanta DJ will drop his latest album, Third Power, on which he paired Cole with Chris Brown for a track titled “Undercover.”

“We were searching for tracks for Chris,” Drama explained to MTV News about how he and producer V12 the Hitman came up with the song. “We got something, Chris went in. I thought about it for a minute: Who hasn’t he worked with, who hasn’t he been on a record with?”

That meant excluding heavy hitters like Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Kanye West and Swizz Beatz, who are among CB’s army of previous collaborators. Drama eventually thought to link Brown with Roc Nation’s rookie rapper Cole, and although the pair appeared together on little-known British rapper Chipmunk’s “Champion (Remix),” Drama’s “Undercover” will mark the first time Cole and Breezy co-headline a song.

“J. Cole has definitely been doing his thing,” Drama added. “That’s another guy that I have a lot of respect for and am excited for what he’s been accomplishing, so we made that allegiance right there; plus, you got some bars from Breezy.”

Brown already has a dedicated female fanbase and Cole — thanks to songs like his R&B-tinged “Can’t Get Enough” and a feature on Miguel’s hit “All I Want Is You” — is becoming a heartthrob himself. Whatever the case, Drama is pretty sure the song will win women over. “I think the ladies gonna like this one,” he said.

Source: MTV.com

UNDERCOVER SNIPPET by Ethan Wildeman

Chris Brown gets photo shoot fresh in these never-before-seen Polaroids from his Rap-Up shoot from December 2009. The images, photographed by Gavin Thomas, were taken the same day the “Look at Me Now” singer released his third album Graffiti. Breezy modeled high-end wintery fashions and thick-rimmed glasses as he posed in a penthouse suite overlooking New York City’s Lower East Side. Swag!

Source: Rap-Up.com