2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Artists Announced
Taped tonight in Atlanta, BET’s 2013 Hip-Hop Awards is coming on October 15 at 8pm EST. With the cyphers already making big noise on Twitter (especially from the Aftermath Entertainment camp), here are all 34 participants, as reported by BET.com.
This year’s lineup features the usual breakthrough artists (Action Bronson, A$AP Ferg, Astro, Problem, and Isaiah Rashad), veterans looking to dazzle (N.O.R.E., Nelly, Lil’ Kim), and some major movers and continuous shakers that deserve to be heard on the mainstream radar (Rapsody, Rittz, Ab-Soul, Jon Connor).
Check out the full list, with links back to familiarize yourself:
1. A$AP Rocky
2. ScHoolboy Q
3. Travi$ Scott
4. A$AP Nast
5. Royce Da 5’9
6. A$AP Twelvy
8. Boris Kodjoe
9. Astro (Astronomical Kid in years past, but not a kid anymore—especially after this cypha verse, we hear)
10. Starlife Breezy
11. Asia Sparks
12. A$AP Ant
13. Wax
14. Tiffany Fox
15. Rapsody (one of the reigning stars of 2013, in the mixtape-as-good-as-an-album category)
16. Probem (Problem lives up to his name after this cypher verse. The Compton renaissance is so real)
17. N.O.R.E.
18. Nick Cannon
19. Nelly
20. Lil’ Kim
21. Kevin Hart
22. Joe Budden
23. Jay Rock
24. Jon Connor
25. J.B. Smoove
26. Isaiah Rashad
27. Ab-Soul
28. Emis Killa
29. Duane Martin
30. Action Bronson
31. Rittz
32. Joell Ortiz
33. Crooked I
34. A$AP Ferg
Here’s the individual cypher lineups:
Cypher 1 – Wax, Rapsody, Emis Killa, Rittz, Jon Connor
Cypher 2 – A$AP Mob: Ferg, Twelvy, Nast, Ant & Rocky
Cypher 3 – Action Bronson, Star Life Breezy (Sprite Contest Winner) ,Travis $cott, Tifanny Foxx & Lil Kim
Cypher 4 – Slaughterhouse: Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, Royce da 5’9 & Joe Budden
Cypher 5 – TDE: ScHoolBoy Q, Jay Rock, Ab Soul, Isiah Radhad & Kendrick Lamar
Cypher 6 – Real Husbands Of Hollywood: Chocolate Drop (Kevin Hart), Nick Cannon, Nelly, Boris Kodjoe, Dwayne Martin, JB Smooth
Cypher 7 – Asia Sparks, Bad Lucc, Problem & Astro