Kanye West who was one of the biggest winners at the BET Hip-Hop awards 2012 was reported to be absent at the event.
The CEO of G.O.O.D Music won seven awards out of 17 which he was nominated for including ‘Producer of the Year’ and ‘Track of the Year’ shared with rap partner Jay Z.
Another big winner of the night was Def Jam rapper 2 Chainz who walked away with three awards including the ‘Rookie of the Year’, beating MMG rapper Meek Mill.
Jay Z and Rick Ross also won the ‘Hustler of the Year’ and ‘MVP of the Year’ respectively.
‘Nas‘ Jones won his first ever BET Hip-Hop award for his single ‘Daughters‘ in the ‘Impact Track’ category.
Below is the list of winners
Reece’s Perfect Combo Award
2 Chainz ‘No Lie’ Feat. Drake
Drake ‘The Motto (Remix)’ Feat. Lil Wayne + Tyga
J. Cole ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ Feat. J. Cole
Wale ‘Lotus Flower Bomb’ Feat. Miguel
Kanye West ‘Mercy’ Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz — WINNER!
Video Director of the Year
A$AP Rocky & Sam Lecca
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson
Kanye West
Hype Williams — WINNER!
Track of the Year
‘Cashin’ Out’
‘Ima Boss’
‘Ni–as in Paris’ — WINNER!
‘No Lie’
‘The Motto
Lyricist of the Year
J. Cole
Jay-Z
Kendrick Lamar — WINNER!
Nas
Kanye West
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
2 Chainz – ‘Mercy’ (Kanye West Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz) — WINNER!
Diddy – ‘Same Damn Time Remix’ (Future Feat. Diddy, Ludacris)
Drake – ‘Stay Schemin” (Rick Ross Feat. Drake, French Montana)
Ludacris – ‘Same Damn Time Remix’ (Future Feat. Diddy & Ludacris)
Rookie of the Year
2 Chainz — WINNER!
A$AP Rocky
Ca$h Out
Future
Meek Mill
Producer of the Year
Hit-Boy
J. Cole
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
No I.D.
Kanye West — WINNER!
MVP of the Year
2 Chainz
J. Cole
Jay-Z
Rick Ross — WINNER!
Kanye West
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)
2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West — WINNER!
Impact Track
‘Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)’ – Lupe Fiasco
‘B— Bad’ – Lupe Fiasco
‘Daughters’ – Nas — WINNER!
‘Murder to Excellence – the Throne’ – Jay-Z + Kanye West
Hustler of the Year
2 Chainz
Jay-Z — WINNER!
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Kanye West
CD of the Year
Common – ‘The Dreamer, The Believer’
Drake – ‘Take Care’
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
The Throne (Jay-Z + Kanye West) – ‘Watch the Throne’ — WINNER!
Young Jeezy – ‘TM: 103 Hustlerz Ambition’
Best Mixtape
A$AP Rocky – ‘LiveLoveA$AP’
Joey Bada$$ – ’1999′
Meek Mill – ‘Dreamchasers 2′ — WINNER!
Rick Ross – ‘Rich Forever’
Wiz Khalfia – ‘Taylor Allderdice’
Best Live Performer
A$AP Rocky
Drake
J. Cole
The Throne (Jay-Z + Kanye West) — WINNER!
Kanye West
Best Hip-Hop Video
2 Chainz ‘No Lie’ Feat. Drake
A$AP Rocky ‘Goldie’
Drake ‘HYFR’ Feat. Lil Wayne — WINNER!
Wale ‘Lotus Flower Bomb’ Feat. Miguel
Kanye West ‘Mercy’ Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
Best Club Banger
Ca$h Out – ‘Cashin’ Out’
Drake – ‘The Motto’ Feat. Lil Wayne, Tyga
Future – ‘Same Damn Time’
The Throne (Jay-Z + Kanye West) – ‘Ni–as in Paris’ — WINNER!
Kanye West – ‘Mercy’ Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Enuff
DJ Envy
DJ Funkmaster Flex
DJ Khaled — WINNER!
