The Big Apple got a taste of the Dirty South as VH1 celebrated the genre’s Southern region at the “2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors” taped at Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday (June 3). Artists including Keri Hilson, Drake, T.I., Rick Ross, Diddy, Brandy, Nelly, Kid Rock, and Kelly Rowland helped honor Jermaine Dupri, Luther Campbell and 2 Live Crew, Master P, and others with musical tributes at the seventh annual event.