April 14, 2000 – Wednesday night, April 12th, the Online Hip-hop Awards 2000 took place at the banquet hall of Cipriani's Restaurant in New York City. The worldwide multimedia webcast was co-hosted by LL Cool J and DJ Angie Martinez of Hot 97 and included presenters such as Grand Master Flash and performances by artists such as Rah Digga, Busta Rhymes, Denton of the Outsidaz, Fifth Platoon, Dead Prez, the Eastsidaz featuring Jayo Felony, Cypress Hill and the Product G&B featuring Wyclef Jean.

Dr. Dre and Eminem were the big winners of the night. All of the winners are listed below. Mos Def of Black Star received the Amadou Diallo Revolutionary Award, presented by the Reverend Al Sharpton, for his embodiment of hip-hop's revolutionary spirit.

The Online Hip-hop Awards is an annual ceremony established in 1996 by the founders of SOHH.com, the web's largest hip-hop community. This year's event was presented in partnership with Yahoo Music, www.twec.com and Hot 97 FM. The event not only recognizes artists at the forefront of the industry, but also web developers and sites taking a leading role in shaping and promoting hip-hop culture today and for the future. Last year's event attracted nearly one-half million votes and was viewed by thousands of online users via webcast. Numbers are still being tabulated for this year's awards, but initial figures indicate a substantial increase.

Each year, the Online Hip-hop Awards seeks to contribute to a worthy cause that will benefit urban communities. In 1999 and once again this year, the Online Hip-hop Awards donated a portion of the proceeds to MOUSE (www.nymouse.org), a NY-based not-for-profit organization providing volunteer manpower and technical support to wire inner-city public schools for the Internet and technology. In conjunction with the Online Hip-hop Awards 2000, students from MOUSE high schools will take part in a special auditorium featuring their favorite rap artists to promote Internet usage with inner-city students.

And the winners are...

Category	Winner	Winner's Website
Best Artist Website	Eminem.com	www.eminem.com
Best Record Label Site	Def Jam	www.defjam.com
Best Magazine/E-zine Website	The Source	www.thesource.com
Best New Website	Okayplayer.com	www.okayplayer.com
Best Website Dedicated to the Art of Graffiti	Hip-hop.com	www.hip-hop.com
Best Website Dedicated to the Art of Emceeing	OHHLA.com	www.ohhla.com
Best Website Dedicated to the Art of Turntablism / Djing	Scratch.dk	www.scratch.dk
Best Website Dedicated to the Art of B-boying / Breakdancing	Hip-hop.com	www.hip-hop.com
Website of the Year	HipHopSite.com	www.hiphopsite.com
Outstanding Graphic Design	Dr. Dre (Interscope Records)	www.interscope.com/drdre
Online Hip-Hop Award of the Year	HipHopSite.com	www.hiphopsite.com
Hottest Music Video	Eminem - Guilty Conscience
Best New Artist (Hot97 Picks)	Eminem
Producer of the Year	Dr. Dre
Artist of the Year (Hot97 Picks)	Jay-Z
Song of the Year - Rap (Hot97 Picks)	Quiet Storm - Mobb Deep
Album of the Year - Rap (Hot97 Picks)	Chronic 2001 - Dr. Dre
Best Fashion Designer / Label	FUBU	www.fubu.com
Album of the Year - R&B (Hot97 Picks)	100% Ginuwine - Ginuwine
Remix of the Year (Hot97 Picks)	Hot Boyz - Missy Elliot/Nas/Q-Tip/Eve
Song of the Year - R&B (Hot97 Picks)	Anywhere - 112

NY Rock's coverage of the 1999 Online Hip-hop Awards