All the best BET 2018 BET Hip Hop Moments

The annual show featured epic performances by T.I., Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Cardi B, YG and Lil Pump.

The biggest hip-hop awards show was aired Tuesday night, and that's good on BET.

The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards, recorded in Miami for the second year in a row, invited comedian and actor DeRay Davis to host the annual show and present epic performances of TI, Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Cardi B, YG and Lil Pump.

But there were a few moments that stood out all night long. Here are some of our favorites.

The cyphers had metamorphosed us

I mean go, you know why all of us really give yourself for the BET Hip Hop Awards. And this year was not different.

Rappers such as Joe Budden, Eminem, Rapsody, Casanova, Reason, Flawless Real Talk, Phora and Shawn Smith, Vic Mensa, Taylor Bennett, G. Herbo and even Erykah Badu have blessed the microphone. This is certainly one of our favorite reasons to adapt to the show year after year.

Lil Wayne Wins "I Am Hip Hop" Award

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With a career spanning more than 20 years, 100 million albums sold worldwide and five Grammy Awards, Lil Wayne is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed hip hop artists. So it's absolutely fair that BET finally gave Lil Wayne his due, and paid tribute to his role in rap with BET's I Am Hip Hop Award.

Wayne, in a somewhat touching acceptance speech (presented by DJ Khaled), thanked one particular man – and no, he was not a rapper. His name is Uncle Bob, a New Orleans legend who saved Wayne's life after his insane death experience years ago.

In his moving speech, he recalled: "He went into an apartment one day. He passed the door in front of him, weapons in hand, he saw no one. He saw legs on the floor. That was my legs. He saw blood everywhere. A group of policemen jumped on me. He refused to do it. I never knew – I spoke to him the other day – I never knew that EMS was on the scene. He said that EMS had tried twice and they replied, "There is nothing." He refused to let die. "

Weezy added that Uncle Bob had driven Wayne himself to the hospital and was assured that he would survive.

"Not only did he refuse to sit down, not just [didn’t] he gave me to the doctors and left, he refused to leave, he stayed and made sure that I do it, "he said.

Cardi B impresses the crowd

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Although disappointing for the fans present (including myself), Cardi B illuminated the night with a special performance of the LIV Nightclub in Fontainebleau.

She started the performance with her hit song "Get Up 10" (but which one is not a hit?), Then we had an appearance of Pardison Fontaine (aka Pardi) for their "Backin 'It Up" success.

Honestly, this is one of Cardi's best performances we have ever seen. All my greetings, Queen Cardi.

XXXTentacion receives posthumous best new hip hop artist award

It's just because the show was presented at Fillmore Miami Beach in Miami Beach, just minutes from X's hometown, that it would be celebrated for its musical feats after his death.

The rapper was shot dead in June, at the age of 20.

His mother, Cleopatra Bernard, accepted the award on behalf of her son. X's management, Solomon Sounds, and his lawyer, Bob Celestin, joined her.

In an emotional tribute, they thanked the fans who supported the controversial rapper even after his death.