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Pardi Fontaine Celebrates Path To Success At BET Hip-Hop Awards

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Pardi’s party with Cardi. Newburgh, NY’s own Pardison Fontaine made his stage performance last night at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in grand fashion, joining collaborator/superstar Cardi B to perform their new single “Backin’ It Up."

Fontaine collaborated heavily via his pen on Cardi’s "Invasion Of Privacy," and the two are carrying the momentum over on Pardison’s club banger.

“Sleeping in the studio, sleeping on the couch,” Pardi reminisced on the BET green carpet award show in Miami. “I’m out here. 10 million views later. On the carpet. I made it to the carpet.”

And on that carpet, Fontaine ran into fellow New Yorkers, Dream Doll and producer/ DJ/ label CEO DJ Self. Dream has aspirations of getting from the carpet to the stage to collect some awards.

“I ain’t gonna know how to act. Turn the f--k up!l" Dream said of her reaction whenever she earns her first award. “Live my best life.”

Dream isn’t nominated this year but she did just drop her project Life in Plastic 2.

Fontaine did hit that stage, though, joining a long list of fan favorite performers at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, including T.I., Lil Duval, Lil Pump, Lil Baby, Gunna, Gucci Mane and Young M.A.

Nick Grant’s Cypher Steals The Show At The BET Hip-Hop Awards

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People are still talking about Nick Grant’s rhymes from the Bet Hip-Hop Awards last night. Grant, who’s known as a lyrical-specialist, threw verbal fire at the screen professing “I'm a mixture of good karma and bad advice.” And later he declared “I'm just realer than n****s I admire.”

On the green carpet, Grant spoke about his drive to contribute music to the culture.

“I just learn from the greats,” he offered. “I'm cut from a certain cloth where people would record 10 songs in one night. Passionate, havng the love for it.  I feel like if I didn’t make any money off this, I would still this do this. I would work my nine to five and come home and still write raps.”

Many of the MCs who inspire Grant dropped albums this year. The young poet is excited to see so many veterans such as Eminem and Lil Wayne all put out product in the same year. When asked who delivered the best word play this year, he gave us his list.

“My top Five lyricist 2018, myself, Royce Da 5’9. Nas, Jay-Z of course. J. Cole... I’m just going off of everybody who dropped albums. My top five albums of 2018, Nasir, Daytona, the Pusha T album was dope. KOD of course. I was very huge on this August Green album. I thought that was incredible and my album, 'Dreamin’ Out Loud.'"

The Award show included a slew of hot performances, including Lil Duval, Ball Greezy, T.I., Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane, Cardi B, Partison Fontaine and newcomer Flipp Dinero. Lil Wayne was honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop” award.

“This is somebody that taught me how to write raps different ways,” Grant, a South Carolina native, said about Weezy’s influence on a generation of rappers. “Somebody that inspired me infinitely. Everything we see today with all these artist, he a piece of everything. He deserves it.”

Lil Wayne Defines 'Hip Hop' At The BET Hip Hop Awards

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Lil Wayne was presented the “I AM Hip-Hop” Awards as part of the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Award on Tuesday night. Before the man with the number one album in the world took the stage, his friends and collaborators, including Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz, sang Wayne's praises in a pre-taped video package. DJ Khaled and Bun B had introduced their musical brother to the crowd. 
 
Despite all the high praise and momentous honor, Weezy took the stage in humble fashion and wanted to focus on everyone who never gave up on him.
 
“You’re awesome,” he said to the Fillmore Miami Beach audience. “To all my friends that was involved in the tribute, everybody whose face, whose voice I heard; you didn’t have to do that. I swear to God I appreciate every single one of y’all. To everybody in here who I know feels the same way, I appreciate y’all. This award right here... I must give this award to the people who refuse. What I mean is the people who refuse to stop supporting me during... You already know. The people who refuse, who haven’t seen me put an album out in six years, four years; you guys respected me. You guys supported me, you guys came to every show, you respect every album,  every feature… My family refused, refused to stop motivating me, to stop treating me as if I am not the man. As if I am not the father that I am. As if I am not the person that I am. Never let me feel anything less. Give it up for my family for that.”
 
He also had a special thanks for an extended family member he affectionately refers to as “Uncle Bob,” the New Orleans' police officer who responded to the call when Wayne accidentally shot himself as a child. 
 
“He came into an apartment one day,” Tunechi explained. “He bust in the door, guns drawn.  He saw nobody. He saw legs on the floor,  they were my legs. He saw blood everywhere. A bunch of police hopped over me, he refused to do so.’
 
Wayne disclosed that EMS were on the scene and tried to revive his lifeless body twice, to no avail. Uncle Bob drove the him to the hospital in a police car and had very clear instructions to the doctors. 
 
“He said ‘you do whatever you got to do and make sure this child makes it,’” the Grammy award winner continued detailing. 
 
Since then, Bob has never let Wayne give him any type of monetary thanks. 
 
“He refused to let me pay for his meal, refuse to let me do anything, take care of anything,” Weezy described. “I saw Uncle Bob the other day and said ‘let me help you in any kind of way.’ This man has two amputated legs. He refused to stop. He’s not in a wheelchair, he’s walking. You know what he asked for, a job. To my fans my family, my supporters, to BET, I refuse to stop. Thank you.” 
 
The 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards also featured performances by T.I., Lil Pump, Lil Duval, Gunna, Gucci Mane, and Cardi B among others.