Best Rap Performance for Soccer Moms

If any local act was ever going to blow up the bubblegum balladry of 93.3's annual Red White and Boom popfest with a little hometown cookin', it was going to be Tech N9ne, who has inspired rabid regional fanaticism. Sharing the bill with the likes of Liz Phair, Richard Marx and Maroon 5 was a tall -- and surreal -- order for Tech, but he responded by stealing the show. Not even Hulk Hogan (who made an appearance to support his wannabe-singer daughter) could compete with the roar when Tech took the stage. The sight of an amphitheater full of pasty suburbanites bobbing their heads and waving their arms in homage to the city's favorite redheaded stepchild was enough to bring a tear of joy to the eyes of even the most stoic of Tech's loyal psycho bitches.