“VH1 Hip Hop Honors has come to represent the pinnacle of innovation and achievement in hip hop music,” Tom Calderone, Executive Vice President and General Manager of VH1 said in a press release. “This year’s five honorees are no different and are being recognized for their significant contributions to hip hop culture and for helping to elevate hip hop into a truly global phenomenon.

I, for one, am happy about this year’s line up of honorees. Now all I need to see is EPMD get in there!

The show will be premiering on VH1 and VH1 Soul on October 7 at 10 p.m.

SOHH.com is reporting that while on New York radio station Hot 97 recently, N.E.R.D. front man Pharrell Williams revealed to host Angie Martinez that the band is gearing for the release of their first film, directed by legendary hip-hop video director and filmmaker, Hype Williams. The movie, which is not yet titled, will depict the trio’s musical journey from the recording process to tours.

“[The movie] is going to be like The Beatles’ Hard Day’s Night,” Pharrell revealed. “[It's a] full length film. It’s for our fans.”

This can be a boost to there music if done well. Not a lot of people who are familiar with the Neptunes sound are even aware that they have a group called N.E.R.D. (that makes some dope music too). I have a feeling that this won’t be as huge as similar film like Jay-Z’s Fade to Black, just because of artist recognition. But hopefully it will be interesting enough to garner some interest.

Also be on the lookout for N.E.R.D.’s new disc, Seeing Sounds, which is slated for release on June 10.

So Diddy is keeping the hollywood/hip hop legacy going strong.  According to an Allhiphop.com article Sean Combs became the first male rapper (Will Smith received a star in 2007) to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 2, during a ceremony that drew the largest crowd in the event’s history. Fans wearing Sean John “Harlem to Hollywood” t-shirts packed Hollywood Boulevard, while fans with posters screamed “Diddy” and “Bad Boy” as they welcomed Combs.

Queen Latifah won another award for her performance in HBO’s Life Support which aired on the network last March.  This time it was a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries.  She also won a Golden Globe earlier this month for the same role.

She was not in attendance to receive her award but presenter Mickey Rooney graciously accepted the award for “Miss Latifah.”

Congratulations goes out to the Queen once again.

Congratulations go to Queen Latifah who won a Golden Globe for Best Perfomance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her starring rolein HBO’s Life Support.

Latifah can also be seen in her new comedy Mad Money which opens January 18.

Blackfilm.com is reporting that the following have been cast for various roles in the upcoming film about 1980s era rappers, the Juice Crew, called The Vapors. 

Rapper-actor David Banner will play the part of Biz Markie, Cuba Gooding Jr. will be playing Marley Marl, Evan Ross will play MC Shan, Jackie Long as Big Daddy Kane, and Idris Elba as Tyrone Williams aka Fly Ty.  This is on the heels of the announcement that Keke Palmerhas been cast as rapper Roxanne Shante.  Clifton Powell was previous announced as playing the part of hip hop DJ and radio host Mr. Magic.

The Juice Crew, founded by Mr. Magic’s on-air assistant, DJ and Marley Marl, was named after one of Magic’s aliases, “Sir Juice. Crew members included Marley Marl, Mr. Magic, MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Masta Ace, Roxanne Shanté, TJ Swan, and Cool V.

David Banner has also recently starred in the films This Christmas and Black Snake Moan.

It’s reported that The Vapors will begin filming in January 2008. Furqaan Clover (Queen of Media: The Wendy Williams Story) is set to direct. Questionmark Entertainment and Marley Marl, Roxanne Shante and Big Daddy Kane are executive producers on the film while Indiefilmx.com will produce the film.

The 2nd Annual BET Hip Hop Awards, hosted by Katt Williams, airs tonight on BET (of course) at 8 pm EST.

Catch performances by Kanye West, Nelly, Common, and many others.  So if you can bare it, watch tonight.  It’ll be interesting to see how they handle the whole T.I. fiasco.

T.I. was among the top winners at the 2nd Annual BET Hip hop Awards, which will air on Wednesday, October 17 at 8 p.m. EST. The rapper was arrested by Federal ATF agents on weapons charges just hours before the ceremony. He won two awards including CD of the Year for T.I. vs. T.I.P., but due to being behind bars could not accept them. The website Baller Status reports: