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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The biggest names in hip-hop entertainment hit up the 2009 BET Hip-Hop awards, held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend. Folks like Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Monica, Tiny & Toya, Pretty Ricky, Shawty Lo, Plies, Rick Ross and more all walked the red carpet before making their way into the building to enjoy the show, which will air on BET Tuesday, October 27th at 8/7c.

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Young rap star Soulja Boy thought it’d be cool to get ghost on the cops Wednesday night (Oct 7) … so they arrested his azz!

TMZ says an officer received a call about a group of young people hanging out at an abandoned house in the Henry County area in the rapper’s home state of Georgia. Authorities close to the case say when the officer arrived at the vacant house, he saw a group of young women walking towards the yard and when they didn’t stop after he asked them to, he followed them to the house, where he saw about 40 people in the yard.

When the people at the house spotted the cop, half of them, including 19-year-old Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em (real name: Deandre Way) ran off! The cop stuck around and spoke with the people who stayed, and they all claimed to be at the house for a music video shoot. When Deandre made his way back to the home to get his Range Rover, he was arrested for obstruction of justice, which is only a misdemeanor. He was taken to the jail and released.

Soulja Boy is set to perform tonight at the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.

Rappers Young Jeezy and Soulja Boy are seen here performing on stage during the America’s Most Wanted Music Festival this past Friday night (Jul 31) in Camden, NJ. Jeezy is a headliner for the tour while Soulja Boy is a supporting act.

The tour also features Lil Wayne and his Young Money crew, along with Pleasure P and Jeremih. Hip-hop newcomer Drake was also a part of the tour, but will most likely not finish out the rest of the dates due to his injury.

Oh, by the way. If you’re keeping up with Young Jeezy’s beef with mixtape king DJ Drama, you should hit up Rap Radar for Drama’s response to Jeezy’s XXL cover story. According to Drama, the reason why Jeezy is amped with him stems back to an album release party he was deejaying for Jeezy (for free) and a Gucci Mane record was played. And you know how much Jeezy and Gucci hate each other (long story, different day … use Google).

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R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo performed live on stage Tuesday night (Jul 7) in Cork, Ireland at Marquee.

It was recently announced that he, Lil Wayne and Jeremih, along with special guests Drake and Soulja Boy, will team up for an extensive North American tour this summer. The “Young Money” tour, set to kick off later this month, will touch down in cities like Pittsburgh, Toronto (Canada), Washington D.C., Phoenix and Los Angeles before concluding near the end of August.

Continue reading for more pics of Ne-Yo’s performance in Ireland and to see all of the tour dates!

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The 2009 BET Awards went down this past Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles and if you haven’t had a chance to peep the performances from the show (Keyshia Cole, Monica, Beyonce, Soulja Boy, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, and more!) and the pre-show yourself, then continue reading to get your fix, courtesy of Mr. Word Premiere.
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Here Jamie Foxx can be seen paying tribute to Michael Jackson (comedically, of course) as the host of the 2009 BET Awards, which aired live from Los Angeles Sunday night (Jun 28) on BET. Jamie Foxx is probably one of the few people who can make light of a sad situation and have everyone laughing and crying at the same time. The BET Awards was supposed to dedicate the entire show to Michael, per the press release sent out Friday, but failed to impress.

The show itself was pretty good, but they should have never mentioned dedicating the show to MIchael if they didn’t have the time to do it right. That said, we really hope they put together an entire special to honor the late King of Pop so they can at least try to save face. But for now, continue reading for photos of Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Monica, Beyonce, Ne-Yo and many more celebrities who participated in this year’s BET Awards.

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Here’s a shot of Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose on the red carpet of the 2009 BET Awards, which went down Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. The show itself pretty much sucked. And that’s us being nice. But for the most part, everyone looked good on the red carpet. Continue reading for 80+ pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, Soulja Boy, Ciara, Mario and tons more!

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Ne-Yo and his girlfriend Tenille Jiminez stopped for a quick pic in the audience as they watched the 2009 BET Awards go down at the Shrine Auditorium Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles. Continue reading for lots of pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Kanye West, Soulja Boy, Keri Hilson, Monica, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne and much more chilling in the audience and backstage at the show.

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Rappers Soulja Boy and Bow Wow were among the many performers who took the stage Saturday night (Jun 20) in Atlanta during the 2009 Birthday Bash at Philips Arena. Hip-Hop and R&B acts alike all performed short sets during the 14th annual event, hosted by popular Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9. Continue reading for pics of Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and much more!

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