The Fifth Annual Detroit Hip Hop Awards celebrated local talent, whom continually tough it out, producing bumpin' grooves. Held at the nightclub Plan B in Detroit, the enthusiastic and diverse crowd, greeted, cheered and enjoyed performances by word-slingers Brilliance, Young Product &YBL, Phat Kat, Stretch Money and K-Deezy.

This year's 18 and up-event was hosted by Mark Da Spark

While it was hoped that the event would start at 9 p.m., the festivities didn't kick-off until 10:45 p.m.

Such is hip hop.

When things did commence, it was all about ladies first as Xplicit Lyric won for Female Artist of the Year. The rapper had just walked into the club when her name was announced. "I just came from work," she said.

Rapper Trick Trick, who was scheduled to perform, instead presented the last award of the night, Male Artist of the Year, which went to one of the big winners of the night K-Deezy, who walked away with three awards, including one that meant the most to him, Live Performer of the Year. "I told everyone that if I were to win any award that this one would be the most important," he said. "When I perform I give you all I got."

The Detroit Hip Hop Awards are a labor of love started by DJs Money Mic and K-Nice.

"We wanted to do more and put on a presentation," Money Mic, (a.k.a. Mike Matkin) 34, said. "We wanted to let the local artists know that what they were doing was right."

The other triplicate-award winner was the late but still great J Dilla (a.k.a. James Yancey) who took Album of the Year National, Artist/Group of the Year National and Producer of the Year National. Rapper Phat Kat accepted the awards.

J Dilla worked with artists such as rappers Common, Kanye West and formed the rap group Slum Village before his death at the age of 32.

"God rest his soul," Matkin said. "It has been a year-and-a-half since his death and he still has a presence."

Eminem, while not present, won for Song of the Year for "No Apologies."

List of winners:

Female Artist of the Year

Xplicit Lyric

Group of the Year

Purple Gang

Male Artist of the Year

K-Deezy

Producer of the Year Local

Black Milk

Producer of the Year National

J Dilla

Mixtape DJ of the Year

DJ Young Mase

Lyricist of the Year

Guilty Simpson

Live Performer of the Year

K-Deezy

Freestyle MC of the Year

Marv Won

Video of the Year

Marquise Porter - "Alone"

Album of the Year

K-Deezy - "Stuck In My Ways"

Song of the Year

Stretch Money - "Takes Money To Make Money"

Song of the Year Group

Black Milk ft Guilty Simpson - "Sound the Alarm"

Artist Mixtape of the Year

Iron Fist Records - "Hand 2 Hand"

Album of the Year National

J Dilla - "The Shining"

Artist/Group of the Year National

J Dilla

Song of the Year National

Eminem - "No Apologies"

Soundscan Retailers Award

Mae West

Detroit Recognition Award

Phat Kat