VIBE Awards Photoessay

An audience member holds up a chair shortly after a fight broke out in the audience at the Second Annual Vibe Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Nov. 15, 2004.

Rapper Snoop Dogg, center, watches from the stage shortly after a fight broke out in the audience at the Second Annual Vibe Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Nov. 15, 2004. Snoop Dogg and Quincy Jones were in the process of presenting a special "Vibe Legend Award" to hip hop producer/performer Dr. Dre from the stage when the fight occurred.

Beenie Man performs at the second annual Vibe awards.

Singer Ashanti performs at the Second Annual Vibe Awards.

Elephant Man performs at the second annual Vibe awards.

Rapper Nelly, left, performs during the second annual Vibe awards.

Rappers Olivia, left, and 50 Cent pose together at the arrivals for the second annual Vibe award.

Tyra Banks, co-host of the second annual Vibe awards, arrives on the red carpet at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Nov. 15, 2004.

New Edition arrives on the red carpet for the 2004 Vibe Awards on Monday, November 15, 2004.

LL Cool J, right, host of the Second Annual Vibe Awards, greets Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, at the Second Annual Vibe Awards.