The 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired Tuesday night with plenty of celebrities as usual in the house, Mike Epps as host and quite a few impressive performances. But even with all of that, we can’t go without mentioning one of our favorite parts of the show…the Cyphers. As expected, the heat was on and fire was spit throughout. Talib Kweli spit the hardest lyrics cypher-wise overall period…IJS. Unexpectedly, quite a few of the unsigned artists came just as hard if not harder than some of the signed artists. The artists of the West Coast Cypher went all in. The Grand Hustle artists were a bit mild mannered, but stood their ground nonetheless. Eve and DMX came hard reminding us of why they called themselves the Ruff Ryders in the first place.

 

Check out some our favorite cypher from this year’s show below…

 

The True School Cypher

 

The Grand Hustle Cypher

 

The West Coast Cypher

 

The Ruff Ryders Cypher

 

 

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