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Southern hip-hop was represented to the fullest at last night's taping of VH1's annual 'Hip Hop Honors' in New York City. Host by 'The Office' actor/comedian Craig Robinson, the event honored the hip-hop hotbeds of the "Dirty South," from Houston to Atlanta, Miami to New Orleans...

Plies was scheduled to perform at VH1's 2010 'Hip Hop Honors' -- which was filmed in NYC on Thursday night (June 3) -- but the Florida rapper decided to bail in favor of a meet-and-greet with his fans. Enthusiasm for the televised event has been lukewarm at best...

As previously reported, this year's annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors will celebrate Southern rap and the pioneers who paved the way for the dirty South's current stranglehold on the hip-hop charts. In addition to presentations honoring Southern rap legends J Prince, Organized Noize, 2 Live Crew, Master P and Jermaine Dupri, it has just been announced that the awards show will also also feature performan

VH1's Hip Hop Honors celebrated the South this year, featuring Jermaine Dupri, 2 Live Crew, J. Prince, Master P and longtime OutKast collaborators, Organized Noize. Yet, while some notable Southern rap pioneers like Uncle Luke and Tony Draper have complained that the Southern hip hop celebration is long overdue, OutKast's Big Boi weighed in on the event, explaining that the OutKast has been invite

When VH1's Hip Hop Honors ceremony heads down south later this year, it looks like former 2 Live Crew member and honoree, Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell may not be in attendance. The Miami native is steaming mad that despite his career milestones as a solo artist, he is only being honored as a member of the group...

VH1's popular show 'Hip Hop Honors' will be returning once again, and this year it's heading down south. The award show, which is in its seventh season, has announced plans to honor southern rap's founding fathers, celebrating legends like Jermaine Dupri, J...

Frequent Say What! participant N.O.R.E. tweeted his displeasure about not being included in VH1's Def Jam celebration at Hip Hop Honors. "I bet they honer the neptunes my name wouldn't even come up They'll give everybody else props!!! Lyor stalked me to be on defjam...

September 23 night marked a full-scale celebration of Def Jam's 25-year history as VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2009 (and yes, requisite police) took over a large chunk of downtown Brooklyn. While the main event popped-off, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation threw a satellite party down the block at One Hanson Place with a live feed of the ceremony, armies of HD televisions, a silent auction and some auxilia

After beefing for the past decade, gruff-voiced rappers Ja Rule and DMX hugged it out at VH1's Hip Hop Honors ceremony on Sept. 23. "I knew my eyes weren't deceiving me," wrote former XXL EIC/current Rap Radar honcho, Elliot Wilson. "As X was leaving the venue, he stopped by Ja's seat on the aisle...