ONTV Weekly Recap, Week Of Oct. 26

This week was all about the BET Hip Hop Awards 2009.

 To kick off the week this year’s host, Mike Epps, went on The Mo’Nique Show.

 The Deal went behind the scenes on the red carpet and you can see all the exclusive action now.

 106 & Park presented the pre show before the big event.

 Jay-Z and Young Jeezy kicked off the night performing “Real as it Gets.” Wale took us to D.C. with his Go Go sound. Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, The-Dream and Snoop all had several performances for their own songs and guest spots.

The Hip Hop Awards seem to be building a reputation for breaking new music. Snoop and The-Dream teamed up for a new hit, while Ludacris and new DTP label mate Lil’Scrappy performed their new song.

Who won what award, including CD of the Year? Check The Hip Hop Awards Winners. 

Who had the hottest performance? Did you catch The Cypher? See them now and watch BET.com exclusives not aired on TV, including rehearsal snippets, interviews and more.

Watch Hip Hop Awards Videos!

Speaking of the cipher clips, they had to be one of the hottest parts of the show…you really need to check those out.

Keeping up with the Hip Hop celebration, legendary rapper Chuck D visited The Mo’Nique Show.

Also on Mo’Nique this past week:

Tasha Smith, Rick Ross, New Boyz, Kandi Burress, the Queens of Comedy and more! This week was HILARIOUS! Who else dropped by the Penthouse?

Watch Mo’Nique!

Monica: Still Standing debuted right after the awards. Watch the premiere episode if you haven’t seen it yet. And if you need more Monica, BET.com has you covered with videos, photos and other fun extras.

Wendy Williams featured Mario Lopez and The Pointer Sisters.

BET originals First In and Pay It Off had all new episodes. You can still find out how to be on Pay It Off and start paying those bills.

BET celebrates Halloween with two Blackbuster Movies: The People under the Stairs (Friday) and Frankenhood (Saturday). Check Blackbuster Movies for all movies.

Also, Monica will be on Lift Every Voice this Sunday at 10 A.M. She’ll be talking about one of her biggest tragedies, how she dealt with the suicide of her boyfriend at the age of 19.

There were no big events or scandals this week (and did we really need any?), but this was a SOLID week with plenty of great guests on every show.

With people still talking about last week’s big DIDDY appearance (if you didn’t catch him and Dirty Money throwing money into the audience, you’ve surely heard of it by now…), “106 & Park” continued to bring in the top stars and rising talent.

Drake is the rapper everyone is talking about right now. Aside from appearing on the countdown several times a day for the past several months, he showed up to “106” on Tuesday.

Wednesday was WOW, and Baby dropped by with a new video. Alicia Keys has been riding the airwaves with her latest song, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” and she finally revealed the new video for it on Friday.

Did you VOTE for Rocsi’s Look of the Week?

With the new episode of “Pay It Off,” there are money-saving tips for those of you who seem to put out more than what you can bring in. Check them out now.

Also, you can watch the show here.

“The Mo’Nique Show” was full of comedy and music… literally!
Musiq (told you!)
Kevin Hart and the Ohio Wrestlers (you need to see their story now!)
T-Boz (Wow at her stick up story, revealed for the first time on “Mo’Nique”!)
Bell Biv DeVoe
Chrisette Michele
Rickey Smiley
George Wallace
Nuttin But Stringz
Lil JJ
Ken Brite
K’Jon
Of course you can catch full episodes and see what happened on the show here.

Wendy Williams had:
Rosie Perez
Terrell Owens
BET HIP-HOP AWARDS HOST MIKE EPPS
“Pay It Off” host Kim Coles (new episodes every Friday!!!!)
Mario performed the second single, “Thinking About You,” from his fourth album.

Speaking of the Hip-Hop Awards, “The Deal” highlighted award categories this week with appearances by:
Dorrough
OJ Da Juiceman
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Lil Boosie
Ace Hood

Next week is sure to be another winner with the BET Hip-Hop Awards. Check back next week for highlights of what you missed.

Also, don’t miss Lift Every Voice this Sunday with Smokie Norful and Raheem DeVaughn.

See anything exciting this week on BET? Discuss it now.

Miss anything on BET this week? Primetime Playback has you covered. Here are this week’s ONTV highlights:

Queen Latifah hit up “The Mo’Nique Show” on Tuesday to talk about her new album, “Persona,” and her Cover Girl contest, “Ignite Your Persona.”

The hottest female rappers and MCs may get the chance to win a makeover and rep their city by opening for Queen Latifah during her 25-city tour. Check bet.com/Monique for details.

She also dropped her new joint, “Fast Car,” Friday on “Access Granted.” It’s the first single from “Persona,” and it’s hot!

If you missed “The Mo’Nique Show” this week, you missed a lot! Here’s who stopped by:

Cast of “Black Dynamite”
Corneille
“House of Payne” cast and Lalah Hathaway
Kim Coles from “Pay It Off” (on Fridays at 10PM/9C)
Columbus Short
Mishon
Soledad O’Brien
Sheila E.

Head on over to “The Mo’Nique Show” to see what you missed!

Wendy Williams had Laila Ali, “Ugly Betty’s” Ana Ortiz and “90210” star Sara Foster, as well as all the latest in celebrity gossip and hot topics. Check Wendy’s Weekly Rewind.

Diddy dropped by “106 & Park” on Tuesday to premiere the video “Angels” with his group, Dirty Money.

With the BET HIP-HOP AWARDS right around the corner, “The Deal” spotlighted your favorite nominees this week. Kafani, Yo Gotti and Jay-Z’s newest Roc Nation artist, J. Cole, also stopped by.

Did you miss the new episodes of “First In” and “Pay It Off” this week? Read the recaps and see the photos.

Gospel recording artist J. Moss sat down with Coco Brother on “Lift Every Voice“. Be sure to check out the interview with him and Rasaan Patterson.

Who wouldn’t like to pay off their debt? From credit cards, school loans, energy bills and more, it can get hard, especially in tough economic times.

BET’s new game show, PAY IT OFF, gives contestants the chance to win money toward debt relief. The game is split into five rounds of increasing difficulty. If you make it to the final bonus round, you get to keep what you’ve already won and get the chance to win up to $25,000!

Join host Kim Coles as she becomes the first African-American female game show host on primetime television. You get to meet real people with real stories as Kim delivers the cash to people who need it.

Debt got you down? Want to be on the show? Head on over to BET.com/PayItOff and check out the details. It could be your chance to finally pay off mounting debt and win great prizes!

Tune in Fridays at 10 PM/ 9C.

-JamesP26