The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
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- The award needs someone who was not in the movie much, and both hosts land on Ja Rule at once: his whole part is a running sexual proposition that never pays off and gets him laughed out of the movie; Johnny Tran was the only other possibility considered.
- Part of the appeal is that it is Ja Rule, a big-time star at the time; he and DMX in the 1998 to 2003 range were way bigger than they get credit for now, and a Ja Rule scene was a genuine thrill in the theater; he wins.