VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony

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VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony

VH! Hip Hop Honors draw top hip-hop artists.

Atlanta's own music mogul, Jermaine Dupri , performs during the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Thursday.

Atlanta's own, singer Ne-Yo, performs during the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony on Thursday

Atlanta's own, singer Ciara, arrives at the 4th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Thursday.

Busta Rhymes performs.

Common performs.

Nick Cannon performs.

Tracy Morgan hosted the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony.

Rapper Bow Wow.

Comedian Chris Rock appears onstage.

In this photo provided by the Palm Restaurant, hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg eats at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors dinner at New York's Palm Restaurant in New York on Wednesday.

Nelly performs during the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony.

Pharrell Williams performs.

Eve, Ciara and Tweet perform.

Chauncey Hannibal and Teddy Riley perform.

Lupe Fiasco performs.

Nelly Furtado performs.

Doug E. Fresh performs.

Sean "Diddy" Combs takes the stage.

A Tribe Called Quest, from left, Consequence, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip and Jarobi White, perform.

T-Pain performs.

Timbaland performs.

Rapper Ice T and Coco.

Honorees, from left, Grandmaster Dee, Jalil Hutchins and Ecstasy.

Rappers Sheryl James, left, and Sandy Denton.

Rapper Grandmaster Caz.

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Atlanta's own music mogul, Jermaine Dupri , performs during the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Thursday.

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