The fifth annual Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Action Awards went down without a hitch last night (February 25th) at Capitale, in New York City. The award show honored hip-hop luminaries for their dedication and commitment to community empowerment. This year’s honorees were Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones, Ciara Harris, Doug E. Fresh, Chris Lighy, and Mellody Hobson. Also on hand were LL Cool J, Damon Dash, radio personality Egypt, Juelz Santana, Chrisette Michelle, producer Bryan Michael Cox, and even George Lucas. Asked on the red carpet before the event how he felt to be honored, Snoop Dogg said:
“I make music every day. But as far as the positive things that I do, I never have a camera with me when I’m doing that because I don’t want no attention for it. So for them to finally give me some love and to say that, ‘We appreciate what you do with the kids in the community,’ its very humbling. Because I always get cameras on me when I go to jail or when I do something negative. But when I do something right, they don’t know how to just surround me. And right now they’re surrounding me with love, so it feels good.”
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Angie Martinez
George Lucas
Bryan Michael Cox
Jim Jones
Ciara
Damon Dash
Chris Lighty
