BET Awards Honour Ice Cube

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This year's BET Hip Hop Awards ceremony took place in Atlanta last night to celebrate hip hop's biggest and best, with the main winner of the night being Jay-Z, who took home four awards, including Hustler Of The Year and, probably more importantly, Lyricist Of The Year. Elsewhere, DJ AM was posthumously awarded DJ Of The Year.

The high point of the evening, however, was an impassioned speech from hip hop veteran Ice Cube, who was given the 'I Am Hip Hop' Lifetime Achievement Award, and who urged everyone in the genre to push themselves creatively, before pointing out that he is better than all of them.

He said: "We gotta do what we feel. We can't be slave to video programmer, radio programmers, or A&Rs. We gotta be slave to our own creative minds. To all the older rappers, keep doing what you doing. Don't let the industry push you out. As long as you got a tongue, you aint too old to rap. BET, I hope you give out two of these, because I have a whole 'nother life of work ahead of me".

Here's the full list of winners:

Verizon People's Champ: Fabolous - Throw It In The Bag (feat. The Dream)
Best Hip Hop Collabo: TI & Rihanna - Live Your Life
Best Live Performer: Jay-Z
Lyricist Of The Year: Jay-Z
Video Director: Hype Williams
Producer Of The Year: Kanye West
Track Of The Year: Young Money - Every Girl
CD Of The Year: TI - Paper Trail
Rookie Of The Year: Drake
Best Hip Hop Video: TI & Rihanna - Live Your Life
MVP Of The Year: Jay-Z
DJ Of The Year: DJ AM
Hustler Of The Year: Jay-Z
Made-You-Look: Kanye West
Best Hip Hop Blog: AllHipHop.com