The 2016 VH1 Hip Hop honors took place on Monday and honored great women in hip hop—including the queen bee herself, Lil Kim. Lil Kim’s fans went crazy seeing the black Barbie back on their TV screens, but it was her daughter Royal Reign who stole the show. During Kim’s acceptance speech, she gave a shout out to […]

The VH1 Hip-Hop Honors are tonight (Monday, July 11), and this year, the network is honoring the women. To get ready, we’re looking back at the best videos by some of our favorite leading ladies from past and present.

At last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors to the "Dirty South", Organized Noize, Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, Uncle Luke, Master P and J Prince were treated with tribute performances. In addition to the individual accolades the program was broken down into regional honors as well, with performances paying homage to Atlanta, Miami and Texas.

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors taping went down last night! As we previously reported, this year's show honors the contributions of the Dirty South.

With pointed criticism of their product from southern Hip-Hop legends Scarface and Luke, VH1 Honors executive producers Nelson George and Fab Five Freddy are defending this year’s selections and criteria.

Scarface called into the HoodHype Show last night to express his displeasure with VH1 for the “Dirty South” label that has been applied to their upcoming Hip-Hop Honors tribute to Southern MCs. Click here for details.

Every year VH1 salutes rap's musical, political, and cultural impact with Hip Hop Honors. This year, they celebrate the incredible legacy of Def Jam Records. <!--more-->

VH1 honors the great masters of hip hop from today and back at their 2009 Hip Hop Honors awards!<!--more-->