The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards went down in Atlanta, GA Saturday (Oct 10). We hear Jay-Z and Young Jeezy opened the show in a big way with a surprise performance! Other tidbits from the show include the late DJ AM being the recipient of the “DJ of the Year” award, Kid & Play popping up during New Boyz‘ performance and Gucci Mane performing like 3 or 4 times. The show also featured performances from Soulja Boy, Ludacris, Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg and more.

The show, hosted by comedian Mike Epps, airs on BET on Tuesday, October 27th at 8/7c and we hear it was actually the best out of the few that have gone on over the past few years.

In the meantime, check out all of the photos/happenings from the events surrounding the show by hitting up our BET Hip-Hop Awards ‘09 section and continue reading below for more pics from inside the show!

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Rapper Big Boi, one half of the hip-hop duo known as Outkast, has confirmed that he’s jumping ship and making a big move from Jive Records to Def Jam Records, where he will finally get a chance to release his long-delayed solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

“The lawyers just have to finish their lawyering,” Big explained, and added that he was happy to be working with LaFace co-founder and current Island Def Jam Chairman and CEO LA Reid again, since “he’s been with us since the beginning.”

SOURCE: EYE WEEKLY

Rocking a fresh pair of Air Yeezy’s, rapper Common took the stage Sunday afternoon (Jul 19) in Wantagh, New York as he performed in front of thousands of fans at the 2009 Rock The Bells concert at the Nikon a Jones Beach Theater. Fellow hip-hop artists Method Man, Nas and Big Boi also performed at the annual concert.

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Here’s “She Gotta Friend,” a brand new music video from southern rapper Gucci Mane that features New York rapper Juelz Santana and Big Boi from Outkast. Peep the Mr. Boomtown directed video when you continue reading.

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The 51st annual Grammy Awards went down last night in Hollywood, despite all of the hoopla surrounding the whole Chris Brown and Rihanna situation, and dozens and dozens of the biggest names in celebrity entertainment showed up on the red carpet to pose for photos: Jay-Z, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Hudson, T-Pain, Diddy, Robin Thicke and more! Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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Atlanta natives T.I. and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton attended Domaine de Canton’s holiday dinner at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, Georgia Monday night (Dec. 22nd). T.I. and Big Boi hosted the event. Other Atlanta celebrities who attended the event were Grand Hustle’s own Big Kuntry King and Yung Dro. BET’s Toure was there also. Continue reading for the rest of the pics!

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