Celebrating 15 years of keeping it a buck fifty — and then some — HipHopDX’s annual Turkey Awards are back. In the midst of preparing to give thanks, buy cheap TVs and gorge on good food, our staff took the time to (once again) shine a light on some of the year’s rockiest moments. That’s the nice way to say roasting fuck shit.
From god-tier tattling to cringe-worthy parenting choices, it’s almost as if 2019 took offense to 2018’s rock bottom and exclaimed, “Hold my beer.”
Enough talking, let’s get into the proceedings.
THE GOLDEN SNITCH AWARD
TEKASHI 6IX9INE
— If loose lips sink ships, every vessel in the New York Harbor would be at the bottom of the ocean thanks to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s confessionals.
Read full story here.
THE HIDE YA KIDS AWARD
R. KELLY
— The Boondocks was right about everything.
Read full story here.
THE “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?” AWARD
NAV BEING SALTY WHEN THE PAPARAZZI DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIM
— Hip Hop fans barely know what NAV looks like… Cut the paparazzi some slack!
See NAV finally get his TMZ glory here.
WE THE SECOND BEST AWARD
DJ KHALED’S TYLER THE CREATOR TEMPER TANTRUM
— Father of Asahd, son of Tyler.
Read full story here.
THE VLADTV COUCH POTATO AWARD (CLOUT CHASER PART I)
LORD JAMAR FOR EMINEM HATE
— Does Lord Jamar actually live at DJ Vlad’s office? This is becoming a lifetime achievement award for the devout nonrapper.
Read full story here.
THE KEEPING IT TOO REAL AWARD
TAY-K SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS + CHARGED WITH CHICK FIL A MURDER
— The prison shower remix of “The Race” will not be televised.
Read full story here.
WHEN YOUR #TBT GOES WRONG AWARD
IRV GOTTI ON RELATIONSHIP WITH ASHANTI
— What you do when your failed label only comes up in conversation via 50 Cent’s Instagram?
Read full story here.
MOST DETERMINED STAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
JAPANESE RAPPER AND BONE THUGS SUPER FAN RYO MURANAKA
— There’s fandom — and then there’s “I’ll take a plane 6,000 miles from Japan, get dropped off in the Cleveland projects and get robbed” fandom. He at least deserves a discounted Bone Thugs feature for going to those lengths.
Read full story here.
THE “SOMEHOW NOT THE WORST THING I’VE DONE” AWARD
KODAK BLACK GETTING AT LAUREN LONDON
— To be safe, let’s permanently ban Kodak Black from funerals.
Read full story here.
THE WAY TOO SOON AWARD (CLOUT CHASER PART II)
BRADLEY DAVIS’ NIPSEY HUSSLE LAWSUIT
— He must have been taking notes from Kodak Black, which is never a good decision.
Read full story here.
THE 50 CENT TROLL OF THE YEAR AWARD
50 CENT AND THE POWER THEME SONG SWITCH
— 50 Cent once again winning his own award … and with 6ix9ine locked up, he’s only competing with himself at this point. To be fair though, Banks did tell him to go’head and switch the style up.
Read full story here.
THE LIVE UP TO YOUR NAME AWARD
WACK 100 FAKES FIGHT WITH MIKE TYSON AND COMMENTS ON NIPSEY HUSSLE
— After his Nipsey comments, I’m sure there are some people who want to fight Wack for real… Both of these incidents are also proof there are too many podcasts.
Read full story here.
THE “I DON’T WANT TO GET PAID” AWARD
NAS RETIRING ILLMATIC
— Maybe he should have retired Nastradamus instead.
Read full story here.
THE “WHAT WAS THE POINT AGAIN” AWARD (CLOUT CHASER PART III)
KEY GLOCK’S WINDSHIELD PUBLICITY STUNT ON YOUNG DOLPH
— To be fair, he thought he was paying tribute to Beyonce’s Lemonade.
Read full story here.
THE MOST INEFFECTIVE HIT OF THE YEAR AWARD
SLIM 400’s SHOOTERS
— Whatever doesn’t kill you, gets you more IG followers.
Read full story here.
Honorable mentions:
Lil Reese’s shooters
THE ANY PRESS ISN’T GOOD PRESS AWARD
RAPPERS WITH NUDE LEAKS (DAVE EAST, SWAE LEE, IGGY AZALEA)
— Artists need to take notes from Safaree because he was the only one who came out with a W from a nudes leak.
Read full story here.
THE “I’M YOUR CO-WORKER NOT YOUR FRIEND” AWARD
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD DURING GUCCI MANE SOLO INTERVIEW
— If this was Charlamagne Tha God’s exit strategy from The Breakfast Club, it was one helluva way to blow up the place on the way out. It was also proof that Gucci Mane is definitely NOT a clone … that was the same old Wop.
Read full story here.
Honorable mentions:
Willie D not attending Bushwick Bill’s funeral
THE K.C.G.B.W AWARD (Kanye, Christian, Genius, Billionaire, West)
KANYE CHANGING HIS NAME TO KANYE CHRISTIAN GENIUS BILLIONAIRE WEST
— Sorry ‘Ye, but the founder of Chick-Fil-A took that title already … and he didn’t EVEN have to work on Sundays!!!!
Read full story here.
THE LIE OF THE YEAR AWARD (CLOUT CHASER PART IV)
MAN WHO “JOKED” ABOUT BEING ASSAULTED BY CARDI B
— Cardi might not need no press, but this man definitely did.
Read full story here.
THE FAKE IT ‘TIL YOU DON’T MAKE IT AWARD
BALTIMORE RAPPER CHAD FOCUS’S $4.1 MILLION DOLLAR AMEX SCAM
— This guy is the music industry’s biggest hero. He’s proof payola DOESN’T work!
Read full story here.
THE SO SO DEFINITELY MISOGYNISTIC AWARD
JERMAINE DUPRI’S COMMENTS ON FEMALE RAP
— Jermaine Dupri, whose discography includes the songs “Money, Hoes & Power” and “Jazzy Hoes,” should probably take a seat on this topic.
Read full story here.
THE UNNECESSARY SUSPENSE AWARD
KANYE WEST’S TARDINESS OVER A 3.4-RATED ALBUM
— Kirk Franklin’s gospel throne is still intact.
Read full story here.
THE WOMB TO THE TOMB AWARD
EX-YOUNG MONEY RAPPER FLOW’S OWN MOTHER TESTIFIES AGAINST HIM IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
— When your own mother testifies against you in a trial, you’ve got to regret the choices you’ve made in life.
Read full story here.
THE OBEY YOUR THIRST AWARD (CLOUT CHASER PART V)
APRYL JONES INSTAGRAM RANT MENTIONING EVERYONE FROM SHAQ TO THE GAME
— Still waiting to hear back from Sprite on this award’s sponsorship. Plus with Apryl dating Fizz now, the pun possibilities are endless.
Watch her full rant here.
THE KEEPING IT TOO FRANK AWARD
THE CAMP FLOG GNAW CROWD FOR BOOING DRAKE
— Sometimes the biggest artist in the world … just isn’t big enough.
Read full story here.
THE CREEPY PARENT AWARD
T.I.’s DOCTOR VISIT
— Being overly concerned with whom your daughter is dating one thing but taking her to the gynaecologist to confirm her virginity annually is a whole other level of cringe parenting.
Read full story here.
THE SELF PROCLAIMED GOAT AWARD
JACQUEES CALLING HIMSELF THE KING OF R&B
— Jacquees, you are the king of R&B — if Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, Chris Brown, D’Angelo, Charlie Wilson, Miguel, Anthony Hamilton, Bobby Brown, Lionel Richie, Trey Songz, Curtis Mayfield, PartyNextDoor, Babyface, Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross, Smokey Robinson, Frank Ocean, Drake’s B Side album on Scorpion, Ne-Yo, Jodeci, Jagged Edge, Tank, The Weeknd, Pretty Ricky, Ginuine, New Edition and Ray J never existed.
Read full story here.
Tell us who you’re giving a Turkey Award to this year in the comments below!
“The Boondocks was right about everything.”
imagine promoting violence and the distribution of poison to the disenfranchised by calling 6ix9ine a golden snitch. if anything he helped his community by snitching on a whole gang. but hey keep saying everyone holds the black man down right?
The whole no-snitching rhetoric is laughably hypocritical.
Agreed. Tekashi, who sold out his people to avoid 32 years in prison is a pariah, but jayz, who sold out his business partners for roc a fella, his race for NFL money and his wife for meaningless sex, is worshipped. Ask yourselves what such a man would do if he were put in tekashi situation.
“Selling out his race”, it’s sad that the world is still full of people such as yourself still focused on the divide in race. Jay-Z is a business man you ingrate. Bet you would suck a white man’s dick for that NFL money, hell, I would even go so far as to say you would be willing to rat out your whole squad with a tattoo on your face like 69 for that money. Get real you fucking twit and grow up. The only color that runs shit is money young buck, and you’ll never transcend past this point in your life without realizing it. EVERYONE COULD BE THE SAME COLOR AND HATE WOULD STILL FOSTER, STFU, GET MONEY AND FUCK BITCHES GOD DAMN…..okay…I’m done…happy Thanksgiving dipshits
Thanks for the personal attacks. Shows your lack of social development. You seem to be obsessed with money and how it is more important than race or staying true to your own and you justify that by saying I would do the same, yet you know nothing about me. For the record, no I don’t live that way and what jayz did was unequivocally wrong. Furthermore, even if I were to concede to to your point that the love of money absolves jayz, how does that factor into the fact that he sold out his family? Any which way you look at it, he is a scumbag.
PERIOD
The boondocks were right about everything with r kelly? No white people were actualy right who have been calling him a fucking chomo since before 00’s and being called racist for it fuck you clowns
Was this an attempt at humor?
Definitely mate, utter wank, Debbie does not approve
I’d like to give the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” Award to whoever wrote this for thinking this sh*t was funny!!!
Man this is terrible!
No mention of Jussie?
Happy ThanksTaken day!
This is America bitch. We take what we want, and run the world. If that offends you, the go live somewhere else. We are proud of our history here.
Thanks for the personal attack. It shows your lack of social development. Pay for me to live somewhere else and I’ll gladly go. If your proud to be in a land founded by murders, rapist and thieves you lack a soul
I love this country..Rome was founded by genocidal homos but so what. Go there…or come to IN so I can pull a Caligula and fist u to death. Lol
ok paul
Ar-Ab should definitely get The Self-incriminater award
The Pants On The Ground Award (Clout Chaser Part VI): Cam Coldheart. (Remember him? He was the dude DaBaby beat up in the mall? Me either.)