Drake Leads BET Hip-Hop Awards 2016 Nominations
The 6 God reigns again. For the third year in a row, Drake leads nominations for the BET Hip-Hop Awards. This time around, Drizzy nabs 14 nods, including Album of the Year, Track of the Year, and MVP of the Year.
The BET Hip-Hop Awards are set to go down Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, but won’t air on television until Oct. 4.
A “big host” for the event will reportedly be announced soon.
A full list of nominees can be seen below.
BET HIP-HOP AWARDS 2016 NOMINEES
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO 2 Chainz – “Watch Out” Desiigner – “Panda” DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys” Drake – “Hotline Bling” Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up” Kanye West feat. Rihanna – “Famous”
BEST COLLABO, DUO OR GROUP DJ Khaled feat. Drake – “For Free” DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys” Drake & Future – “Jumpman” Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance” Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”
BEST LIVE PERFORMER Drake Future J. Cole Kanye West Kendrick Lamar
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR Chance the Rapper Drake J. Cole Kanye West Kendrick Lamar
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Benny Boom Colin Tilley Director X Hype Williams Kanye West
DJ OF THE YEAR DJ Drama DJ Envy DJ Esco DJ Khaled DJ Mustard
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR DJ Mustard Dr. Dre Metro Boomin Mike WiLL Made-It Pharrell Williams
MVP OF THE YEAR DJ Khaled Drake Future Kanye West Kendrick Lamar
TRACK OF THE YEAR “All the Way Up” – Produced by Cool & Dre and Edsclusive (Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared) “Controlla” – Produced by Boi-1da (Drake) “Hotline Bling” – Produced by Nineteen85 (Drake) “I Got the Keys” – Produced by Southside (DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z & Future) “Panda” – Produced by Menace (Desiigner)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR DJ Khaled – I Changed A Lot Dr. Dre – Compton Drake – Views Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap Future –DS2 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
BEST NEW HIP-HOP ARTIST Anderson .Paak Bryson Tiller Chance the Rapper Desiigner Tory Lanez
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR DJ Khaled Drake Future Jay Z Kanye West
MADE-YOU-LOOK AWARD (BEST HIP-HOP STYLE) A$AP Rocky Drake Future Kanye West Nicki Minaj
BEST MIXTAPE Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book French Montana – Wave Gods (Hosted By Max B) Future – Purple Reign Lil Uzi Vert – Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World Young Thug – Slime Season 3
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE 2 Chainz – “No Problem” (Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) Drake – “Work” (Rihanna F/ Drake) Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom” (Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar) Kodak Black – “Lockjaw” (French Montana feat. Kodak Black) Nicki Minaj – “Down in the DM” – Remix (Yo Gotti feat. Nicki Minaj)
IMPACT TRACK J. Cole – “Love Yourz” Jay Z – “Spiritual” Jidenna – “Long Live the Chief” Raury feat. Key – “Trap Tears” Sir The Baptist feat. ChuchPeople – “Raise Hell”
PEOPLE’S CHAMP AWARD Desiigner – “Panda” DJ Khaled feat. Drake – “For Free” Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up” O.T. Genasis feat. Young Dolph – “Cut It” Travis Scott – “Antidote” Young Thug – “Best Friend”
