LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ VH1) - VH1 Soul is teaming up with VIBE Magazine to recognize the greatest in hip hop and R&B in 2007. Not your typical awards ceremony, the VH1 Soul Presents: VIBE Awards Special is a one-hour taped program that will honor the music artists and trend-setters that have inspired us through their artistic contributions. The show is jam-packed with special dedications and tributes from some of the biggest names in hip hop and R&B, celebrating excellence and innovation in urban music, lifestyle and culture.
Hosted by Grammy Award-winning rapper and actress Eve, the VH1 Soul Presents: VIBE Awards Special, premieres on VH1 Soul on Wednesday, November 14 at 9PM* and on VH1 on Monday, November 19 at 10PM*. The special includes appearances by Wyclef Jean, Rodney Jerkins, Dallas Austin, Farnsworth Bentley, DJ Clue, Andre Harrell, Kay Slay, VIBE Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Danyel Smith and many more.
The special will also feature special appearances from celebrity presenters including Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, Nelly, Common, Snoop Dogg, Big Boi, and Q Tip.
This year's winners of the VH1 Soul/VIBE award are:
Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Lil Wayne
R&B Artist of the Year
Beyonce
Best Collabo
Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo "Make Me Better"
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Robin Thicke
Producer of the Year
Timbaland
Song of the Year
"Buy U A Drank" by T-Pain featuring Yung Joc
Video of the Year
"Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
VStyle (celebrates Hip Hop and R & B's most cutting-edge, influential and innovative style and fashion trendsetter)
Beyonce
VIBE Props
Jay-Z
Mixtape of the Year
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" by Kanye West
Ringtone of the Year
"Party Like a Rockstar" by Shop Boyz
VHollywood (celebrates artists who have demonstrated that their talents truly do excel beyond stage)
Will Smith
VH1 Soul Presents: VIBE Awards Special is executive produced by Jac Benson II for blacjac Entertainment Group. Keshia Williams and Lee Rolontz are executive producers for VH1.
VH1 Soul Presents: VIBE Awards Special is sponsored by the debut fragrance M by Mariah Carey and Chevrolet, a division of General Motors.
Launched in 1997, VH1 Soul is the 24-hour network that brings music lovers the hottest, soul, neo-soul an R&B hits from the 90s and today featuring core artists such as Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Outkast, Mary J. Blige and Usher. VH1 Soul, the premier source for all R&B and soul music, is now seen in the Top 20 U.S. markets for African-Americans and is available in nearly 20 million U.S. households.
VIBE Media Group, an affiliate of The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C., is a leading music/lifestyle media company that publishes the award-winning VIBE magazine, the preeminent brand in urban and music culture, which was founded by Quincy Jones in 1993. Additional VIBE Media Group properties include Vibe.com; Comcast's VIBE video-on-demand channel; The VIBE Awards; the wireless content service mVibe; and VIBE Books, which published The New York Times bestseller, Tupac Shakur.
