T.I.

Incarcerated rapper T.I. was the toast of the BET Awards on Saturday night (10Oct09) - accepting two honours from his jail cell. The rapper is currently serving a 366-day sentence at an Arkansas penitentiary following his conviction on weapons charges. He recently saw his debut CD, Paper Tr...

There was no threat of acceptance speech hijacking at the 4th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards, as nine-time nominee Kanye West decided not to show up for the ceremony.

By PopEater / Wire Services Filed under: Awards, Music News Rapper T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to win two trophies on Saturday. The rapper, who is locked up in an Arkansas penitentiary on a federal weapons conviction, won the best collaboration award with Rhianna for the song 'Live Your ... Read more 

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By Maura • Male Hip Hop Artist: Lil Wayne. • Female Hip Hop Artist: M.I.A. • New Artist: Keri Hilson. • Gospel Artist: Mary Mary. • Actor: Will Smith. • Actress: Taraji P. Henson. • Male Athlete: LeBron James. • Viewer’s Choice Award: “Live Your Life,” T.I. • Humanitarians of the Year: Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean.

Congrats to T.I. on winning a "Viewer's Choice Award" for his smash single "Live Your Life" with Rihanna last night at the 2009 BET Awards! Thanks to all the fans for voting, WE did it!

There were little surprises on the award end of the event, Lil Wayne won for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, while M.I.A. won Best Female Hip-Hop. T.I., who's currently incarcerated, snagged the Viewer's Choice award for "Live Your Life," his collaboration with Rihanna (also absent from the show). (...

Beyoncé and T.I. lead this year's nominations for BET Awards with five apiece, while Keri Hilson, Lil Wayne and T-Pain each nabbed four in advance of the annual ceremony, the network announced this week.

Lil Wayne, T.I., and Kanye West are among the leading nominees for the 2009 BET Awards. Tip and Weezy bagged five nominations apiece, while Kanyeezy scored just three nods. Take...

Beyonce and T.I. will lead the way at the 2009 BET Awards after landing five nominations each. Read more! Beyonce and T.I. will lead the way at the 2009 BET Awards after landing five nominations each.[...] Read more!

By Maura Viewer’s Choice: Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On” Lil Wayne - “A Milli” Soulja Boy feat. Sammie - “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life” T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne - “Can’t Believe It” Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”

By Brennan Williams AP ATLANTA - OCTOBER 18: Recording artist Lil Wayne accepts award during the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards at The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on October 18, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

By Bol NO MATTER WHAT SWING YA RAG BEST TRACKS: "I'm Illy" "On Top of the World" "No Matter What" T.I., Paper Trail (Atlantic, 2008) Last year, T.I. got caught trying to buy some machine guns out of a guy's trunk in the parking lot of the BET Awards. He spent quite a bit of time on house arrest, went...

By Maura Johnston Best Live Performer Busta Rhymes Jay-Z Lil Wayne T.I. Kanye West MVP of the Year DJ Khaled Jay-Z Lil Wayne T.I. Kanye West CD of the Year Jay-Z – American Gangster Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s “The Cool” Nas – Untitled Kanye West – Graduation

By Anthony Miccio Best Collaboration DJ Khaled feat. Lil' Wayne, Big Boi, Ludacris, Fat Joe & Young Jeezy-"I'm So Hood (remix)" Keyshia Cole feat. Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott-"Let It Go" Kanye West feat. T-Pain-"Good Life" Flo Rida feat. T-Pain-"Low" Chris Brown feat. T-Pain-"Kiss Kiss"

The BET Awards are known for show-stopping performances, and they came one after another on Tuesday. It started off with a dream, uniting "Dreamgirls" from past and present with a stirring duet between Jennifer Holliday and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson.

AP - The BET Awards are known for show-stopping performances, and they came one after another on Tuesday. It started off with a dream, uniting "Dreamgirls" from past and present with a stirring duet between Jennifer Holliday and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson.

LOS ANGELES — The BET Awards are known for show-stopping performances, and they came one after another on Tuesday. It started off with a dream, uniting "Dreamgirls" from past and present with a stirring duet between Jennifer Holliday and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson.

LOS ANGELES - The BET Awards are known for show-stopping performances, and they came one after another on Tuesday. It started off with a dream, uniting "Dreamgirls" from past and present with a stirring duet between Jennifer Holliday and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson.