Lil Pump, Lil Baby, Lil Duval, Flipp Dinero, Ball Greezy, Gunna, and
Pardison Fontaine Also Hitting the BET Stage for the First Time
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DJ Khaled, Wale, Bun B, City Girls’ Yung Miami, and Cast of BET’s
Hustle in Brooklyn to Present
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The BET
“HIP HOP AWARDS” 2018 Hosted by Audacious Comedian Deray
Davis Will Honor Lil Wayne with “I Am Hip Hop” Award
BET
“HIP HOP AWARDS” 2018 Premieres on Tuesday, October 16, 2018
at 8PM ET/PT
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#HipHopAwards
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2018--
BET
“HIP HOP AWARDS” 2018, the biggest night for hip-hop on
television, is only getting bigger and better with Lil Wayneperforming
fresh off the heels of the release of his highly anticipated album Tha
Carter V. Other confirmed performers include hip-hop mogul and BET’s The
Grand Hustle star TIPT.I. Harris, Gucci Mane, Yo
Gotti, YG, and a breakout from the BET “Hip Hop Awards”
highly anticipated cyphers A$AP Rocky. The first female hip-hop
artist with three Hot 100 number one singles Cardi B., will be
doing a special performance from LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau.
The BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2018 stage will serve as the first nationally
televised performance for some of the year's hottest artists & songs in
hip hop including Best New Hip-Hop Artist nominee Lil Pump, Lil Baby,Lil Duval,Flipp Dinero, Ball Greezy, Gunna,
and Pardison Fontaine.
Presenters for the evening include 305’s own DJ Khaled, City
Girls’ Yung Miami, Bun B, Wale, and the cast of BET’s
new series Hustle in Brooklyn (Santos Garcia, Ivy
Rivera, Azia Toussaint, Darnell King).
The king of mixtapes, DJ Drama will serve as the show’s announcer
and will be joined by this year’s resident house DJ, DJ Nasty on
the ones and twos.
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“HIP HOP AWARDS” 2018 is set to take Miami by storm for
the second consecutive year, taking over The Fillmore Miami Beach at
Jackie Gleason Theater with comedian Deray Davis at the reigns as
host, and Lil Wayne set to receive the “I Am Hip Hop” Award on Saturday,
October 6, 2018.
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producing some of television’s most memorable moments in music
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television programming including the BET Awards, the GRAMMY Awards, Soul
Train Awards, BET Honors, UNCF An Evening of Stars, ABFF Awards and the
BET Hip Hop Awards. Collins was an executive producer of the hit TV
series, Real Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart, the
critically-acclaimed The New Edition Story, a biopic on the boy band
that aired as a 3-part mini-series on BET in January 2017 and posted
record ratings for the network and attracted nearly 30 million viewers.
He is also the executive producer of VH1 shows Dear Mama and Hip Hop
Squares with Ice Cube. He has appeared on the cover of Vibe magazine and
has been featured in numerous publications including Ebony magazine. JCE
recently produced The Bobby Brown Story, which premiered on Sept. 4th
& 5th on BET.
ABOUT BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”:
BET “Hip Hop Awards” is an annual celebration that pays homage to a
culture that changed the world while highlighting the best in hip hop
music. Year after year, BET Networks delivers the best in hip-hop for an
unforgettable night of performances, cyphers and tributes honoring
hip-hop legends that have and continue to make hip-hop culture a global
force.
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