(audience cheering)
- [Narrator] No pressure, but winning at an award show
means a dope acceptance speech is due,
so what did this year's Hip Hop Awards winners say
when it was time to grab their hardware?
Let's take a look at the top three acceptance speeches
from Hip Hop's. biggest night to find out.
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GloRilla accepts Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist.
- First of all, I wanna thank God.
Y'all I'm cryin'. (giggles) (audience cheers)
I wanna thank God, I wanna thank my team, my mama,
Yo Gotti, the biggest CEO, (audience cheer)
my manager, my family, everybody that supported me.
Thank y'all. Y'all I don't know (laughs) what to say.
(audience cheers)
Let's go!
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- [Narrator] N.O.R.E and DJ EFN accept
Best Hip Hop Platform.
(audience applauding) - Make some noise!
(audience cheering)
Yo, shout out to my family,
to the Crazy Hood Productions crew, Drink Champs crew.
(speaks foreign language) I'm doing this for Dade County,
305 Miami in (censored) building.
(audience cheering) Let's go!
- I'm a little more cocky with mine.
(audience cheers lightly)
I'm gonna keep it a hunnid.
I haven't been to a award show since Pun been alive.
Me and Pun sat these seats over there somewhere
and Silkk the Shocker beat us in every category there was.
I promised to never come to another award show again
because I didn't want to be embarrassed
because hood (censored) get embarrassed too, y'all.
(audience murmuring)
But I came tonight because Pun did.
(audience cheering and shouting)
Pun told me to come.
He said, "Fat Joe is hosting."
He said, "Mobb Deep is gonna be there."
He said, "You gotta come tonight with your wife,
your beautiful wife, and accept this award
on every hood (censored) that cut school
and was in the resource room."
I had two teachers and five students.
I was in special education.
I never learned language.
I'm not sure if I know to read, but I'm here.
(audience cheering and whooping)
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- [Narrator] The baddest accepts the I Am Hip Hop Award.
- First and foremost, God made this possible.
(audience cheers lightly and applauds)
I just wanna thank my beautiful mom
because without her, Trina would not exist.
- Okay, mama. - We love you mama.
- You got this! - Aw!
(audience applauding) - You got this!
- I just wanna thank BET for continuing to be a platform
that heightens our culture and for giving me my flowers,
while I am here to smell them.
(audience cheers)
I am speechless right now.
I am humbled, yet honored to accept the I Am Hip Hop Award.
24 years who would've thought I would be standing here
and able to say this in my own reign and my own lane?
- [Attendee] Yeah.
- Thank you Trick for challenging me to ignite my career.
Thank you for everything.
Thank you to my Slip-N-Slide Records family, Ted, Josh,
Milk, everybody that stands behind me, Byron, Khaotic,
everybody that's here.
Thank you to everybody that I have been able
to connect with, that I've met and worked with
over the years of my career.
It means everything to me.
Thank you to my team.
I have an amazing team, a small team,
but a dedicated team that continue to ride for me
and with me through the good and bad tears.
Throughout the years, and I would not be able to speak
about consistency without your roles playing a part.
I wanna give a very special, special thank you
to my rockstars all around the world.
(audience cheers)
I am winning this award with you guys
who continue to support me, applaud, motivate,
and inspire me to continue to hold onto my reign.
Thank you to all the amazing artists
that took time out to support
and collaborate over the years,
to all the women working behind the scenes
or in front of the cameras. - Hey now!
- When one wins, we all wins. - We all win!
(audience cheering)
- Shout out GloRilla. Hi, Glo.
This is just not my celebration, but it is yours too.
(audience applauds)
I am still, and will always be,
the original baddest chick from the 305.
(audience cheers)
- That's right, that's right.
- I just wanna say thank you guys
and this award is dedicated to my beautiful niece, Suga.
I love you. - Oh my gosh.
- And I am carrying you right here
on this stage of me tonight, thanks guys.
(audience cheers)
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- [Narrator] We salute all the artists
who hit the Hip Hop Awards 2022 stage.
Props to this year's winners
and honorees who gave us candor, fun,
and emotion during their acceptance speeches.
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