Our Hip Hop Awards 2012 Host: Mike Epps

Funny man Mike Epps is back for HHA 2012!

Our Host: Mike Epps - Consummate funnyman Mike Epps is BACK in action as the host of the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards! We can’t wait to see what parodies he’ll pull and folks he'll make fun of!(Photo: Doug Benc/Getty Images)

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Our Host: Mike Epps - Consummate funnyman Mike Epps is BACK in action as the host of the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards! We can’t wait to see what parodies he’ll pull and folks he'll make fun of!(Photo: Doug Benc/Getty Images)

A Def Beginning - Indianapolis, IN-born comedian and actor Mike Epps got his career start on the hit HBO show Def Comedy Jam in the mid '90s and Hollywood soon came calling.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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A Def Beginning - Indianapolis, IN-born comedian and actor Mike Epps got his career start on the hit HBO show Def Comedy Jam in the mid '90s and Hollywood soon came calling.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

A Funny Film Debut - Mike Epps unique brand of funny saw his talent take him from the stage and silver screen to the big screen. Epps made his film debut in the 1997 Vin Diesel-directed Stray.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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A Funny Film Debut - Mike Epps unique brand of funny saw his talent take him from the stage and silver screen to the big screen. Epps made his film debut in the 1997 Vin Diesel-directed Stray.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Friday Funnyman - Mike Epps big break came when he was cast as Ice Cube's sidekick in the next installment of the Friday movie franchise, Next Friday. (Photo: New Line Productions)

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Friday Funnyman - Mike Epps big break came when he was cast as Ice Cube's sidekick in the next installment of the Friday movie franchise, Next Friday. (Photo: New Line Productions)

Hip Hop Awards Host - Mike Epps made his BET Hip Hop Awards hosting debut in 2009. We knew once he hit the stage, we could never have another.(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

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Hip Hop Awards Host - Mike Epps made his BET Hip Hop Awards hosting debut in 2009. We knew once he hit the stage, we could never have another.(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

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Mike Epps on recently cursing out his daughter, Bria, over the phone: - “I love my daughter, but sometimes fathers and daughters have disagreements. It’s hard being a dad, especially a dad of a teenager…I still love her though. Love you, Bria.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Super Bowl Ambassador - In 2012, Mike Epps served as the official Super Bowl XLVI ambassador in his hometown, Indianapolis, IN. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

Epps Philanthropy - When he's not producing films, acting or doing stand-up comedy, Epps devotes much of his time and money to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts in Georgia. (Photo: Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

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Epps Philanthropy - When he's not producing films, acting or doing stand-up comedy, Epps devotes much of his time and money to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts in Georgia. (Photo: Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

Smooth as Satin - Comedian Mike Epps takes on the role of Satin, a Detroit gangster who begins dating Sister Williams and takes her down a destructive path. (Photo: TriStar Pictures)

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Mike Epps Sparkles - Mike Epps returned to the big screen in Sparkle as Satin, a Detroit gangster who begins dating Sister Williams and takes her down a destructive path.(Photo: TriStar Pictures)