PHOTOS from Tonight's Vibe Awards

[CrimsonTide4]

VIBE magazine and UPN today announced that Mary J. Blige featuring Eve, as well as Missy Elliott, OutKast, Ludacris, and Chingy will perform on the VIBE AWARDS: BEATS, STYLE, FLAVOR, a two-hour special event dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation, cutting-edge presentation and genre-expanding work in urban music, hosted by Grammy Award-winning artist, Academy Award-nominated actress, author and entrepreneur Queen Latifah. The VIBE AWARDS at the Santa Monica Civic Center will be broadcast Friday, Nov. 21 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN.

Awards presented will include Artist of the Year, Tightest Team Players, Sexiest Video Vixen, Most Influential Region, Reelest Video, Most Stylish, Dopest Album, Hottest Hook, Enterprising Entrepreneur, Coolest Collabo, and the Next Award. Fans can vote for their favorite news artist, and winner of the NEXT AWARD by clicking here.

Nominations for VIBE AWARDS (see the list of nominees here) were determined by the VIBE editorial staff, headed by editorial director Emil Wilbekin. Ballots were sent to music journalists and entertainment executives and are counted and tabulated by VIBE magazine. To be eligible for nomination, recorded material must have been released between Oct. 2002 and Sept. 2003.

Award presenters and additional special performances will be announced shortly.

VIBE AWARDS: BEATS, STYLE, FLAVOR is a production of VIBE magazine, Flavor Unit Television and White Cherry Entertainment. Kenard Gibbs, Joshua Katz, Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere are executive producers. Dedra N. Tate, Ricky Kirschner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry are producers. Emil Wilbekin is creative executive producer. The special will be directed by recent Emmy Award winner Glenn Weiss.

By VIBEOnline Staff

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NOMINEES

Artist of the Year
50 Cent
Beyoncé
Sean Paul
Missy Elliot
R. Kelly


Tightest Team Players
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
OutKast
B2K
N.E.R.D./The Neptunes
The Roots


Sexiest Video Vixen
Pasha (“Ma, I Don’t Love Her,” by Clipse)
Tae Herkard (“I Know What You Want,” by Busta and Mariah)
Ebony Jackson (“Right Thrurr,” by Chingy)
Ambrosia Williams (“How You Want That,” by Loon)
Jeanette Chavis (“Excuse Me Miss,” by Jay-Z)


Most Influential Region
Atlanta
St. Louis
New York
Los Angeles
Detroit


Reelest Video
“Beautiful,” by Snoop Dogg, featuring Pharrell
“Crazy in Love,” by Beyoncé, featuring Jay-Z
“Work It,” by Missy Elliot
“Hey Ya!,” by OutKast
“Get Busy,” by Sean Paul


Most Stylish
Beyoncé
P. Diddy
Pharrell
Mary J. Blige
Jay-Z


Dopest Album
Get Rich or Die Tryin’, by 50 Cent
Chocolate Factory, by R. Kelly
Dutty Rock, by Sean Paul
God’s Son, by Nas
Justified, by Justin Timberlake


Hottest Hook
“In Da Club,” by 50 Cent
“Right Thurr,” by Chingy
“Beautiful,” by Snoop Dogg, featuring Pharrell
“Never Scared,” by Bone Crusher
“Get Low,” by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz


Enterprising Entrepreneur
P. Diddy
Damon Dash
Russell Simmons
J. Lo
Dr. Dre


Coolest Collabo
“Crazy in Love,” by Beyoncé, featuring Jay-Z
“Beautiful,” by Snoop Dogg, featuring Pharrell
“I Know What You Want,” by Busta Rhymes, featuring Mariah Carey
“Like a Pimp,” by David Banner, featuring Lil’ Flip
“Magic Stick,” by Lil’ Kim, featuring 50 Cent


Next Award
Chingy
Joe Budden
Bone Crusher
David Banner
Freeway

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR WINNER OF NEXT AWARD

[CrimsonTide4]

Are these the only awards categories for the whole night? Granted, they are different but umm err umm, THAT'S IT?!?!!?!?

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Are these the only awards categories for the whole night? Granted, they are different but umm err umm, THAT'S IT?!?!!?!?

I know...that's sounds kinda bootleggish. Hell, it is BET though. They'll probably stretch it into a 3-hour show too!

[Questions404]

Vibe Awards, Source Awards, BET Awards, Soul Train Awards, Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards . . . all of them, the same awards, the same people, the same mess, the same gawdy clothes, the same shout-outs . . . ugh!! I won't be watching. BET/UPN = same thing.

[MeezDiscreet]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4

Sexiest Video Vixen
Pasha (“Ma, I Don’t Love Her,” by Clipse)
Tae Herkard (“I Know What You Want,” by Busta and Mariah)
Ebony Jackson (“Right Thrurr,” by Chingy)
Ambrosia Williams (“How You Want That,” by Loon)
Jeanette Chavis (“Excuse Me Miss,” by Jay-Z)

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by MeezDiscreet

CTFU. CTFU. CTFU. But I agree with the rolleyes. I kind of doubt that being a "video vixen" requires any sort of acting talent.

[CountryGurl]

One of the video vixens (LaShonte Heckard) is my cousin. Not trying to sound bias but she’s an honor student in college and she’s also in the military. Tae is a sweet and intelligent young lady who has a lot of respect for herself (trust me my uncle doesn’t play). Not only was she in the Busta video she was also featured in both of Dru Hill’s latest videos.

[Questions404]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Sexiest Video Vixen
Pasha (“Ma, I Don’t Love Her,” by Clipse)
Tae Herkard (“I Know What You Want,” by Busta and Mariah)
Ebony Jackson (“Right Thrurr,” by Chingy)
Ambrosia Williams (“How You Want That,” by Loon)
Jeanette Chavis (“Excuse Me Miss,” by Jay-Z)

Their parents must be so proud. Way to use that brain.

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by Questions404
Their parents must be so proud. Way to use that brain.

Exactly! I will NOT be watching this! I refuse to watch shows where sistas choose to shake a little a#$ for some cash! Why do we tune in to see this garbage?? THis is going to cause many other misdirected young girls to wan't to be video ho's!

I thought the Council of Presidents were supposed to be boycotting BET (that's all of the BGLO presidents if you don't know) What happened to that??

[CrimsonTide4]

The AWARDS are not on BET; they are on UPN.

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by Questions404
Their parents must be so proud. Way to use that brain.

I wonder what the winner's acceptance speech is going to be like???

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by FeeFee
I wonder what the winner's acceptance speech is going to be like???

maybe it'll start a lil something like this....

UHH First and foremost I'd like to thank God...because without him none of this would be possible

I wanna thank the producers for allowing me to be a positive role model for all the young women out there

[Questions404]

Of course, she is going to start off thanking God and then she is going to thank her parents and all of the people that helped her get to the pinnacle of the video world. Pathetic.

[CrimsonTide4]

Hopefully this works:

Yahoo! News Photos - Vibe Awards
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=e...e=1&t=&prev=25

[CrimsonTide4]

50 Cent Cashes in at First Vibe Awards
Fri Nov 21, 1:23 PM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Gail Mitchell

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - 50 Cent scored three awards at the inaugural Vibe Awards Thursday night, receiving statuettes for artist of the year, dopest album ("Get Rich or Die Tryin"') and hottest hook ("In Da Club").

The rapper headed a winners' circle that included double honorees Beyonce Knowles (news) and Jay-Z. The ceremony, which took place at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, airs Friday night as a two-hour special on UPN, hosted by Queen Latifah. Beyonce was named most stylish, while she and Jay-Z earned kudos for coolest collaboration ("Crazy in Love"). Jay-Z also received the TuBig Award. One of the evening's four special presentations, the award honors the legacy of late rappers Tupac Shakur (news) and Biggie "The Notorious B.I.G." Smalls.


Pharrell Williams, who led the field with five nominations, took home the tightest team players award for his work with partner Chad Hugo in N*E*R*D and the Neptunes. Winner of the "next" award for new artists was Joe Budden, while Missy Elliott claimed reelest video with "Work It." The one-time-only VX Award went to Russell Simmons in recognition of his pioneering efforts in hip-hop.


Among the performers were OutKast, Chingy with Ludacris, Mary J. Blige (news) with Eve, 50 Cent and G-Unit, Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz, Loon, Alicia Keys (news) and R. Kelly. Adding to the show's non-traditional vibe were mini fashion shows spotlighting designs by Enyce, Ecko, Phat Farm/Baby Phat and Sean Jean.


The Vibe magazine editorial staff determined nominations; a panel of music journalists and entertainment executives selected the winners for every category except the "next" award, which was chosen by online voting.


Reuters/Billboard