| 2004 Hip-Hop Source Award
Winners
Kanye West and Lil Jon were big winners at
this year’s Source Hip-Hop Awards (Oct. 10, 2004). The rapper-producers
each took home three awards. West, who led the pack with seven
nominations, won for breakthrough artist of the year, album of the year
for “The College Dropout,” and video of the year for “Through The
Wire.”
Lil Jon took home
the award for producer of the year, and won in the R&B/rap collaboration
category, along with Ludacris and Usher for Usher’s club hit “Yeah!”
Lil Jon also won in the single of the year-collaboration category for
his contribution to the Youngbloodz single “Damn.”
Other Source winners
included Ludacris for male solo artist of the year, and the Ying Yang
Twins for group artist of the year. Usher and Alicia Keys took home
awards in the R&B category for male and female artist of the year.
“Right Thurr” won Chingy the solo artist award for single of the year,
while Terror Squad grabbed the single of the year- group award, and the
best female rap collaboration award (with Remy Ma) for “Lean Back.” The
fat tape song of the year award went to Ja Rule for “Clap Back,” and
Jay-Z was honored as lyricist of the year.
Dr. Dre and Ed Lover
gave out the first Source award in 1991 on Yo! MTV Raps, and the first
televised Source Hip-Hop Music Awards show took place in 1994.
|by Kendra Anderson| |
