Ladies Night at the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards
This week, on October 4, 2022, BET aired its much -anticipated 2002 Hip-Hop Awards. Our favorite new rap girlie Glorilla won the award for Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist, while Trina “The Baddest Bish,” was honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop Award.”
Photo credit: Johnny Nunez | Terence Rushin for BET
But some of our favorite moments of the night happened before the awards aired, when BET tapped some of our fav homegirl entrepreneurs and entertainers to step way outside their comfort zones and kick a freestyle.
AISHA “PINKY” COLE, CEO of The Slutty Vegan
Atlien outta B-more, CAU Delta girl
“You thought I was selling food? Giving back is a must. Saving lives is important to us. We buy the block, then we level it up.”
Comedian Damona “DON’T CALL ME WHITE GIRL”
Philly homegirl - Blonde hair, red nails and her a$$ phat
“That’s why I’m out the streets, this ish watered down. Sold out tour dates now, when I hit your town [...] My voice viral now - everybody use the sound.”
CLEOTRAPA, Artist
Straight outta Staten Island - now the world see me shinning
“And everything that I became is everything they said I ain’t. I’m THAT GIRL, don’t make no mistake.”
Johnika “MILAN ROUGE” Harris, Creator of Milano Di Rouge
West Philly
“I changed the narrative - Olivia Pope. Milano ain’t just a brand - it’s a symbol of hope.”
Jasmine Brand, Co-owner of THE JASMINE BRAND
Washington, DC
“I give the tea about so and so, but I’m still somebody everybody wanna know. If you a public figure, don’t you want publicity? How you mad at me? I’m a journalist - I give stories validity. ”
If you missed it, check out these other freestyles from: Mount Vernon, NY reality TV OG Tami Roman, New Orleans’ own rap royalty Reginae Carter, Atlanta entrepreneur Sierra Glamshop, and Charlotte, NC creator and multi-hyphenate funny girl Lala Milan.
The ladies represented during the cyphers, performances, and took home some awards. Get the complete list of winners here.