On May 22, 2010 Underground Girls Of Hip Hop will bring down the house at the 2010 Female Hip Hop Honors, as the best of the best in Female hip hop past, present & future come together for one legendary night. This event will be hosted by comedian Luenell who has appeared on BET, Kat Williams American Hustle, Comedy Central, Wild N Out along with a host of TV & Film appearances such as, Borat, Headcase, Californication, All About Steve, and Spring break down.
2010 FEMALE HIP-HOP HONORS is an award show that breaks all of the rules of conventionalism. Unlike the Grammy Awards or the Billboard Music Awards, the 2010 FEMALE HIP-HOP HONORS were created to acknowledge and honor the achievements and contributions of legendary females in hip-hop, unsigned and independent artists within the urban music scene.
This celebration is an opportunity for the ladies to come together and celebrate the beauty and spirit of the female presence in the genre. This event serves as a night to celebrate the culture and the essence of their craft. The award ceremony will consist of female emcees of the past and present that have made a difference in hip-hop.
More About the Honorees
Our first honoree Queen Pen is a domestic violence survivor and Grammy winning female rapper. Her music career started as a protégé of Teddy Riley, a music producer and member of the R&B group BLACKstreet in the mid-1990s. She was a featured rapper, along with Dr. Dre, on BLACKstreet's 1996 hit, "No Diggity". She signed to Riley's Lil' Man label, and released My Melody (1997), which produced the charting singles "All My Love", "Man Behind the Music", and "Party Ain't a Party". After a 3 year hiatus from rapping, she returned with Conversations With Queen (2001), her second album. She's now a novelist with three books under her belt.
Second honoree is humanitarian, rapper & Academy Award nominee Kimberly Rivers Roberts The lady behind the camera of the Oscar nominated documentary, Trouble the Water, winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Full Frame Documentary Grand Jury Award, and the Gotham Independent Film Award. In addition to starring in the film, Kimberly produced, wrote, and composed four songs that were featured in the Oscar-nominated film. Kimberly Rivers Roberts can now be seen on the new HBO series "Treme", a TV show based on life after Katrina.
Event Location: Radisson Hotel (Host Hotel), 3540 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles California 90007
Partial list of nominees include: Shawnna, Babs Bunny, Lady Luck, Pink Dollaz, Khia, Rasheeda, DJ Jazzy Joyce, Nicki Minaj, Jacki-O, MC Lyte and more...
PERFORMANCES BY: QUEEN PEN/TEDDY RILEY & BLACKSTREET, THE LEGENDARY SONGSTRESS "MICHEL'LE", THE LADY OF RAGE, PINK DOLLAZ, ASIA LYNN, MS. TOI, and more…
Plus a special CYNDARELLA COUTURE FASHION SHOW By BIG CHAN (formerly of Snoop Dog's Doggy's Angels)
Sponsorship by: Shiekh Shoes, UndergroundgirlsOfHipHop.com, The Source Magazine, Strickly For The Promo, Power 106FM, Children Youth and Family Collaborative and Cyndarella Couture
ALSO
UNDERGROUNDGIRLSOFHIPHOP.COM Presents
The 2010 Female Hip Hop Honors Mixtape hosted by Slip N Slide DJ 5053 and UGG's Shay-Nutt, Featuring Nicki Minaj, Shawna, Trina, Queen Pen, Rasheeda, Sweet Tee, Pink Dollaz, BlackKoldMadina, Babs Bunny, Grand Hustle First Lady "Bola", Shonie, Iceis, Suzanna Samone & many more...
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