The US version of the award ceremony, the Urban Music Awards USA was launched on 7 July 2007 at Hammerstein Ballroom hosted by Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz with award winners including Danity Kane, Jay-Z, Grandmaster Flash, Sean Paul, Beyoncé, Bobby V, Enrique Iglesias, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Mary, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and more.
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In 2006 he jointly won the award for 'Songwriter of the Year' with Mariah Carey and Jim Jonsin at the 2006 BMI Urban Music Awards.
The Urban Music Awards 2009 returned bigger and better in 2009 by celebrating the 7th anniversary with US version of the awards show on 17 July 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and returning to London on 1 November for the British version of the show.