Kendrick Lamar performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Rick Diamond/Getty Images
It’s Time Machine week on The Message and we’re flashing it back to 2012! Kendrick Lamar, Elle Varner and Miguel are just hitting the scene and Nicki Minaj is steppin on necks with new drops, new visuals, dope wordplay, and a performance that might’ve cost her a relationship with the Grammys!!
Rapper/singer Nicki Minaj accepts the award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album onstage during the 40th American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 18, 2012 in Los Angeles.
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Recording artist Elle Varner attends the BET Awards '12 at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles.
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Miguel attends the BET Awards '12 at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles.
