BET Hip Hop Awards: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The BET Hip Hop Awards are an annual awards show, airing on BET, showcasing hip hop performers, producers and music video directors. The awards ceremony began in 2006, was held on November 12, 2006 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, was first aired November 15 and was hosted by comedian Katt Williams.

The second ceremony was held on October 13, 2007. Like the first ceremony, this was also held at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, first aired on October 17 and was also hosted by Katt Williams. The third ceremony premiered on October 23, 2008. This ceremony was not hosted by Katt Williams, but instead was hosted by popular R&Band hip hop artist T-Pain. The fourth ceremony was held on October 10, 2009 and was hosted by Mike Epps and aired on October 27. The fifth ceremony was held on October 2, 2010 (aired October 12) and was also by Mike Epps.

Series details

• Title: BET Hip Hop Awards
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2006-11-15
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BET
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 122 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6292
• TVDB ID: 195941

Cast and credited roles

• Fat Joe — Host
• DJ Drama — Announcer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2006: premiered 2006-11-15; final listed air date 2006-11-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-10-17; final listed air date 2007-10-17; episode order: 1.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-10-23; final listed air date 2008-10-23; episode order: 1.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-10-27; final listed air date 2009-10-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-10-12; final listed air date 2010-10-12; episode order: 1.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-10-11; final listed air date 2011-10-11; episode order: 1.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-10-09; final listed air date 2012-10-09; episode order: 1.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-10-15; final listed air date 2013-10-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-10-14; final listed air date 2014-10-14; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-10-13; final listed air date 2015-10-13; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-10-04; final listed air date 2016-10-04; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-10-10; final listed air date 2017-10-10; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-10-16; final listed air date 2018-10-16; episode order: 1.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-10-08; final listed air date 2019-10-08; episode order: 1.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-10-05; final listed air date 2021-10-05; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-10-04; final listed air date 2022-10-04; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-10-10; final listed air date 2023-10-10; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-10-15; final listed air date 2024-10-15; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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