Seat Check

Who's getting a special spot at the awards?

From Mic Check to Seat Check: Hip Hop Royalty Sits Close - Hip Hop Awards celebrates hip hop music and the artists that flourish within it. It makes sense that they would congregate with each other in close proximity at a show. In honor of this, we have decided to add colorful lyrics to go along with each picture.     (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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From Mic Check to Seat Check: Hip Hop Royalty Sits Close - Hip Hop Awards celebrates hip hop music and the artists that flourish within it. It makes sense that they would congregate with each other in close proximity at a show. In honor of this, we have decided to add colorful lyrics to go along with each picture.   (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Rodeo Seat - Travis Scott has a funky spot/So he won't get flustered/Not to mention/He's in front of DJ Mustard  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Rodeo Seat - Travis Scott has a funky spot/So he won't get flustered/Not to mention/He's in front of DJ Mustard (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Heavy Is the Head - T.I.P. reporting live from V.I.P./Most rappers get two seats, he got three  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Heavy Is the Head - T.I.P. reporting live from V.I.P./Most rappers get two seats, he got three  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Social Media Socialites - Reality TV's next best look/Are the sisters known as The Westbrooks (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Social Media Socialites - Reality TV's next best look/Are the sisters known as The Westbrooks (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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#Auto-TuneBack - [in T-Pain voice] It's T-Paaaaiiiiiiin/And Hip Hop Awards is his game(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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#Auto-TuneBack - [in T-Pain voice] It's T-Paaaaiiiiiiin/And Hip Hop Awards is his game(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Can You Crank That Seat? - When it comes to the guests/Here ain't no tellin'/So it's up to Soulja Boy/To just plain tell 'em (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Can You Crank That Seat? - When it comes to the guests/Here ain't no tellin'/So it's up to Soulja Boy/To just plain tell 'em (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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[in Rick Ross voice] Uhhhh - Weak rappers out here gets no play/So forget about a seat next to Ricky Rozay  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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[in Rick Ross voice] Uhhhh - Weak rappers out here gets no play/So forget about a seat next to Ricky Rozay (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Red Prime - With DJ Premier in the building/Rappers better come correct, man/And if not, they need to check with Redman (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Red Prime - With DJ Premier in the building/Rappers better come correct, man/And if not, they need to check with Redman (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

For the Seating of Ray J - He's been on TV since your heyday/Brandy's lil brother, you know him as Ray J (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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For the Seating of Ray J - He's been on TV since your heyday/Brandy's lil brother, you know him as Ray J (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Hip Hop A-Raury - This emcee named Raury/Is in the spot ready to share his story  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Hip Hop A-Raury - This emcee named Raury/Is in the spot ready to share his story (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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#AlBeMalone - Mugsy Malone ain't alone in the seat lane/He can say what up to Albe Back/Unless of course their seats change(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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#AlBeMalone - Mugsy Malone ain't alone in the seat lane/He can say what up to Albe Back/Unless of course their seats change(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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The Notorious K-I-to-the-M - You might call the seat Queen Bee's joint/But look who's behind/It might be a Spike Lee joint  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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The Notorious K-I-to-the-M - You might call the seat Queen Bee's joint/But look who's behind/It might be a Spike Lee joint (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Dried Ink - Who else you know can 'Be Real' in the rink?/None, 'cause no one else can be Kid Ink  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Dried Ink - Who else you know can 'Be Real' in the rink?/None, 'cause no one else can be Kid Ink (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Scratch the Record - Who else knows hip hop's past?/Better than, ah, DJ Scratch?  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Scratch the Record - Who else knows hip hop's past?/Better than, ah, DJ Scratch? (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

Another One - DJ Khaled sets himself apart from the rest/Simply because he's THE BEEESSSST (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Another One - DJ Khaled sets himself apart from the rest/Simply because he's THE BEEESSSST (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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A Leader of the New School Seating - Who better to kick some Courvoisier rhymes/Than your man Busta Rhymes? (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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A Leader of the New School Seating - Who better to kick some Courvoisier rhymes/Than your man Busta Rhymes? (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Yeah, He's Different - How many emcees are true to the game?/ And how many emcees are like 2 Chainz?  (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Yeah, He's Different - How many emcees are true to the game?/ And how many emcees are like 2 Chainz? (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)