The awards were taped at the beginning of October 2011 and were finally aired on Tuesday night. The artists who took home the most trophies were Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minai.

One of the songs which collected several awards is “Look at Me Now”, a collaboration between Breezy, Weezy and Busta Rhymes who received the Best Hip-Hop video, Reese’s Perfect Combo and Verizon People’s awards.

Aside the collaboration, Weezy also got credit for his solo work as he received the Best Live Performer and Lyricist of the Year awards. In doing so he out skilled artists like Busta, Cee-Lo, Green, Jay-Z and Kayne West in the first category and Jigga, Kanye, Rick Ross and Minaj in the second.

Even though out classed by Weezy in the Lyricist of the Year category, Minaj managed to take home two awards as well: MVP of year and Made You Look. In doing so, she beat Minaj in both categories, taking her avenge for the previous losses.

Khalifa dodged the Made You Look category but still received two awards, one for Rookie of the Year and the other for Track of the Year with his “Black and Yellow” song. Khalifa is also nominated for the New Artist of the Year award for the 2011 American Music Awards.

Even though not taking home as many of the awards as they would have liked, both Kanye and Jigga scored once each, Kayne for CD of the Year with his album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”, Jigga for Hustler of the Year.

The show was hosted by Mike Epps and featured performances by remarkable artists such as: Swizz Beatz, T.I., Lupe Fiasco, Erykah Badu and Eminem. LL Cool J work was acknowledged with the “I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award.