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Well, T.I. has a good excuse -- he's serving a year-long sentence in an Arkansas prison on a federal weapons conviction, but still managed to win two awards at Saturday's Hip-Hop awards for best collaboration with Rhianna for "Live Your Life" and the album of the year award for "Paper Trail."

But Kanye, whose last appearance on an awards show did major damage to his diva reputation, decided, wisely, to sit this one out. West was nominated, but didn't win any awards, so perhaps he was too worried he'd have another uncontrollable urge to storm the stage!

Other award winners include Jay-Z ("MVP of the Year"), Drake ("Rookie of the Year"), and a posthumous award to DJ AM for "DJ of the Year."

The awards air on BET October 27th.