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Last night the 2012 Soul Train Awards were held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Celebs including Melanie Fiona, Luke James (who recently wowed the crowd with his performance at Black Girls Rock), Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius, Faith Evans, MC Lyte, and Elle Varner.

Check out some pics below:

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by: Kristen 

Last night, ‘Black Girls Rock’ aired on BET and it was quite a show! Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King, the show was taped October 13th at New York City’s Loews Paradise Theatre. “Scandal” actress, Kerry Washington, was honored, and Dionne Warwick received the Living Legend award. There were fabulous performances from Ciara and Missy, Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys and Eric Benet, Anthony Hamilton and Luke James rocked the stage with their sexiness!!

Check out some of the performances below:

Last night at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, ELLE held its 19th annual ‘Women In Hollywood Celebration.’ Two positive and inspiring women actresses that attended included Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who was an honoree of the evening.

Viola brought along her husband, Julius Tennon, for the festivities.

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Last night on the BET Hip Hop Awards, Missy Elliott and 50 Cent lead a tribute to music industry executive, Chris Lighty. Lighty passed away on August 30th and his death is still being investigated. Though it was ruled a suicide, his friends and family think otherwise. LL Cool J opened up the segment with a heartfelt video message.

Also joining in the tribute to pay respect to Lighty was Fat Joe, Funkmaster Flex, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Each artist rapped, “If it wasn’t for Chris, then you wouldn’t hear music like this,” before doing one of their hit songs.

Watch the tribute below:

Fantastic tribute!!!!

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by: Kristen

There is a long history of violence at hip hop award shows, though recently things have been tamed. Unfortunately this year the fighting was back.

This weekend in Atlanta, BET held their annual Hip Hop Awards ceremony at the Civic Center, where two alleged fights broke out between members of Rick Ross and Young Jeezy’s camps as well as 50 Cent Reports are saying that the two exchanged words with one another and their crews got physical.

As there are a lot of different many stories floating around about what exactly happened, BET decided to release a statement. They don’t name any of those involved but did confirm two separate fights did break out. Read below:

Tonight during a taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards 2012 (not the BET Awards which went down without incident two months ago) an altercation between two rap entourages broke out backstage. Atlanta police and BET security quickly defused the altercation.

According to the Associated Press, police spokesman Carlos Campos said officers responded to the scuffle at around 7:30 p.m. EST Campos says there were no shots fired. 

More drama unfolded as two men were involved in a fistfight in the parking lot of the venue.

BET Networks works very hard to bring the best in entertainment to the city of Atlanta. For the past 7 years BET has celebrated the true art form of Hip Hop. Due to some misjudgment of select attendees, it is unfortunate that certain incidents took place. BET Networks does not condone any type of violence. Local authorities are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.”

Despite the actions of a few the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards embodied the true spirit of hip hop and was not impacted at all by any incidents. Tune in on Tuesday, October 9, 8P/7C to watch the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards.

Over the weekend, stars packed the Atlanta Civic Center to celebrate the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. Spotted on the red carpet were Meek Mills, Wale, Busta Rhymes, TI, Rick Ross, 50 Cent, and many more!

The show opened with Wiz Khalifa performing, “Work Hard, Play Hard.” T.I/ presented Rakim with a much deserved, ‘I am Hip Hop Award.’ 2Chainz won People’s Choice Award, and BET Music Matters artist Kendrick Lamar won Lyricist of the Year. The rest of the winners will be announced when the show airs. During the show, there was also a total of 6 cyphers featuring Eve, DMX, Snoop Dogg, T.I., A.$.A.P. Rocky, Cassidy, Mystikal, Talib Kweli, B.O.B.