2019 BET Hip Hop Awards Performers
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, MULTI-PLATINUM RAPPER, SINGER, ACTRESS, AND FASHION ICON LIL KIM SET TO RECEIVE THE 2019 “I AM HIP HOP AWARD” AT THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”
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MEGAN THEE STALLION, RICK ROSS, CHANCE THE RAPPER, T-PAIN, DABABY, LIL JOHN, RAPSODY, YBN CORDAE FT. ANDERSON .PAAK., SAWEETIE, KAMILLION, AND TOM. G. CONFIRMED AS PERFORMERS AT THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”
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R&B SUPERSTAR TEYANA TAYLOR AND OSCAR NOMINATED ACTOR DANIEL KALUUYA AMONGST PRESENTERS
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HOSTED BY LIL DUVAL THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” PREMIERES ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER eight, 2019 AT eight PM ET/PT ON BET NETWORKS
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#HIPHOPAWARDS
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New York, NY – September 19, 2019 – The BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” has remained probably the most outstanding hip hop showcase on tv for over ten years with its highly effective performances, iconic hip hop honorees and much-anticipated cyphers. As we speak BET Networks publicizes the primary girl of Unhealthy Boy Information, Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum rapper, singer, actress, and trend icon, Lil Kim will obtain the 2019 “I Am Hip Hop” Award.
Lil Kim’s debut studio album Laborious Core was licensed Double Platinum and spawned three consecutive No. 1 rap hits: “No Time,” “Not Tonight (Women Evening Remix),” and “Crush on You,” making Kim the primary feminine rapper with three consecutive number-one singles on Billboard’s Rap Songs chart. Her following albums, The Infamous Okay.I.M. (2000) and La Bella Mafia (2003), have been licensed Platinum, making her one of many solely feminine rappers to have at the very least three consecutive Platinum albums. She additionally scored a #1 Billboard Scorching 100 hit with 2001’s “Girl Marmalade,” that includes Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mýa. As an actress, Lil’ Kim has appeared on quite a few tv exhibits together with her personal actuality sequence. She has additionally appeared in quite a few movies together with, She’s All That, Zoolander, Juwanna Man, Gang of Roses and You Acquired Served. Lil’ Kim has additionally danced her manner into the hearts of hundreds of thousands on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
In 2016, she launched her mixtape entitled #LILKIMSEASON which included the primary single “#MINES,” that includes hip hop recording artist Kevin Gates. That document caught hearth, incomes Lil’ Kim a nomination for finest feminine rap artist on the BET Awards that yr. In Could 2016, she carried out on the Barclays Heart in her hometown Brooklyn, NY for the Unhealthy Boy Reunion Tour, and was credited by influential station HOT97 as among the finest performers. In June 2018 Lil Kim obtained a proclamation to New York Metropolis and was honored by the New York Metropolis Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus (BLAC) as a part of the annual African-American Music Appreciation Month that start June 2018 for her contribution to hip hop.
And the most popular night time in hip hop is just getting began and returns to Atlanta with confirmed performances by Atlanta’s personal Lil John; “Houston Hottie” and official chief of the Scorching Woman Summer season, Megan Thee Stallion; recent off the discharge of his 10th studio album Port of Miami 2, Rick Ross; in his first TV efficiency from his new album, Kirk, DaBaby; Chicago’s personal, Likelihood The Rapper; winner of the “Masked Singer,” T-pain; in addition to Rapsody, Ybn Cordae Ft. Anderson .Paak., Saweetie, Kamillion, and Tom. G.
Presenters for the night will embrace R&B famous person, Teyana Taylor, and Academy Award-nominated actor and star of “Queen & Slim,” Daniel Kaluuya.
For the primary time ever, the BET “Hip Hop Awards” may even embrace a stay battle rap hosted by Final Rap League founder Smack that includes famous battle rappers DNA, Geechi Gotti, T-High, and Shotgun Suge.
Hosted by comic Lil Duval, the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards will premiere on Tuesday, October eight, 2019, at eight:00 PM ET/PT.
Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Leisure, will function Government Producer of the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019 together with Connie Orlando, BET Head of Programming and Jeannae Rouzan–Clay, Vice President of Specials, Jesse Collins Leisure.
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ABOUT BET NETWORKS:
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s main supplier of high quality leisure, music, information, and public affairs tv programming for the African-American viewers. The first BET channel reaches greater than 90 million households and will be seen in the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, the UK, and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American client model with a various group of enterprise extensions: BET.com, a number one Web vacation spot for Black leisure, music, tradition and information; BET HER, a 24-hour leisure community concentrating on the African-American Girl; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Residence Leisure; BET Dwell, BET’s rising competition enterprise; BET Cell, which supplies ringtones, video games and video content material for wi-fi gadgets; and BET Worldwide, which operates BET across the globe.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT:
Jesse Collins Leisure (JCE) is a full-service tv and movie manufacturing firm based by leisure business veteran Jesse Collins. For greater than a decade, the corporate has performed an integral function in producing a few of tv’s most memorable moments in music leisure together with groundbreaking and award-winning tv programming together with the BET Awards, Soul Practice Awards, BET Honors, UNCF An Night of Stars, ABFF Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. On the scripted facet, JCE has produced quite a few exhibits for BET together with Actual Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart in addition to the critically acclaimed The New Version Story, a biopic on the boy band that aired as a Three-part mini-series. It posted document rankings for the community and attracted almost 30 million viewers. It was adopted by The Bobby Brown Story, which chronicled the proficient however troubled singer’s exit from the favored ’80s boy band via his solo success and was the highest-rated non-tentpole program on the community since The New Version Story. The corporate’s second season of American Soul, the critically-acclaimed interval drama primarily based on the untold rise of the enduring music and dance program Soul Practice, will debut in 2020. Go tohttp://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for extra info on the corporate.
ABOUT BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”:
BET “Hip Hop Awards” is an annual celebration that pays homage to a tradition that modified the world whereas highlighting the most effective in hip hop music. 12 months after yr, BET Networks delivers the most effective in hip-hop for an unforgettable night time of performances, cyphers, and tributes honoring hip-hop legends which have and proceed to make hip-hop tradition a worldwide drive.
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