Awards

Peso Pluma introduces his band while backstage at his Billboard Music Awards performance at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy. Peso Pluma: Here is the boss, music director, and the double bass and second voice, most bad ass producer. This is Iván Leal also known as “Parka.” On this side, we have […]

T.I. opens up about creating some of his greatest hits, leaving his DNA on tracks, working with Rihanna and Justin Timberlake and more for Hip-Hop Through the Charts at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy.

T.I.:This journey has taught me so much about how to respect your art and remain true to the essence of who you are, you know what I mean?

Dawton Thomas:My man, Tip, back in the building!

T.I.:What’s happening, king?

Dawton Thomas:Good to see you, family.

T.I.:Always a pleasure!

Dawton Thomas:So before we start into the tracks and everything and the accolades, how does it feel to have over 20 years of dope hip-hop success?

T.I.:Man, it feels like a lot of work. You know, what I’m saying? A lot of hard work that paid off. You know what I mean? I’m the proudest of the music that we made then, you know? It inspired so much to happen that has evolved to still be relevant now.

Dawton Thomas:That’s real, man. Three No. 1 albums, nine top 10s, four Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits. We’re gonna get into some of these joints now.

T.I.:OK!

Dawton Thomas:“Bring Em Out” peaked at No. 9.

T.I.:Wow. I met Swizz in the room and remember it was me, him, Craig Kallman, and at first I heard it had Jay [Jay-Z] on there, and when I first heard it the first thing I said, “Hey, do Jay-Z know you’re playing this for me, man? Did he say … did he approve this, bro? I don’t just want to put his voice on my record and not have him OK it.”Watch the full video above!

David Guetta shares the story behind making his hit song “I’m Good (Blue)” with Bebe Rexha at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy. David GuettaThe story of “I’m Good” is actually crazy because we’re just jamming in the studio four years ago and we didn’t want to put it out really. I […]

Ludacris breaks down his biggest hits in Hip-Hop Through the Charts at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Mariott Bonvoy.

Ludacris:Hip-hop is everything to me. It’s how we talk, it’s how we dress, it’s how we walk. Like, everything that I do is to give back to the culture that gave me.

Datwon Thomas:My man Luda, thank you for rocking with us on Billboard Music Awards.

Ludacris:Always a pleasure, man. It’s always great. Let’s talk the hits, man.

Datwon Thomas:Got a lot of them.

Ludacris:Man, appreciate you, bro.

Datwon Thomas:We are going to run the stats real quick.

Ludacris:OK.

Datwon Thomas:You have five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, four No. 1 albums, 56 charted singles.

Ludacris:That’s dope.

Datwon Thomas:That’s crazy, bro.

Ludacris:It is crazy.

Datwon Thomas:That’s crazy.

Ludacris:I never knew that’s love. Wow.

Datwon Thomas:I’m gonna start with “Money Maker” featuring Pharrell. You were on there for 25 weeks.

Ludacris:I remember winning a Grammy for that single, man, and it was like a long time coming. It definitely put the stock up for them shows a little more. You could say that.

Datwon Thomas:“Stand Up.” 2003. Twenty-eight weeks on.

Ludacris:Yeah, man. My best memory of that is Irv Gotti. We were all at Def Jam. I just remember Irv coming up to us like, “That’s how you put out a first single right there.” For soon as he heard it, I was just like, yeah, man, we knew we had one man. It was like, tempo, you know, subject matter, just it was it was everything all balled in one.

Datwon Thomas:And the video?

Ludacris:Yeah, video with the big shoes. Yes. You know what I mean? So we made something that lasted.

Watch the interview above!