MTV News has announced that hip-hop heavyweights Eminem and Kanye West will duke it against each other in four different categories at next month’s ceremony in New York City.

Eminem’s “We Made You” and Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” are both up for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Hip Hop Video. “We Made You” will face Kanye’s “Paranoid” for a Best Special Effects prize.

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Russell Brand, will air live September 13, 2009.