LL Cool J will be honoured with a BET I Am Hip-Hop Icon trophy awards during this year's ceremony in honour of his career achievements.

The legendary rapper has had a successful career in hip-hop for more than 20 years, has recorded 12 studio albums and had several hit singles. LL will be following in the footsteps of Ice Cube, Russell Simmons, Grandmaster Flash and Salt-N-Pepa, who have all been honoured with the achievement award. 

Other nominees for awards include Drake, Eminem and Lil Wayne - the latter of whom has an incredible 18 nominations.

The 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards will take place on October 11 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Georgia. 

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