2016 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations
BET has just released the nominations for the 2016 Hip Hop Awards and for the third year in a row Drake is leading the pack for the third year in a row with 14 nominations this year. Drake is followed by fellow rapper and collaborator Future with 10 nominations to his name. Other nominees include Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, DJ Khalid and more. The BET Hip Hop Awards will be filmed in Atlanta on September 17th at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, and they'll air on October 4th at 8 PM ET/PT. The host for this year's event has yet to be announced. Below includes the full list of nominees:
TRACK OF THE YEAR Fat Joe & Remy Ma Ft. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”
Drake – “Controlla” Drake – “Hotline Bling” DJ Khaled Ft. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys” Desiigner – “Panda”
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO 2 Chainz – “Watch Out” Desiigner – “Panda” DJ Khaled Ft. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys” Drake – “Hotline Bling” Fat Joe & Remy Ma Ft. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up” Kanye West Ft. Rihanna – “Famous”
BEST COLLABO, DUO OR GROUP DJ Khaled Ft. Drake – “For Free” DJ Khaled Ft. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys” Drake & Future – “Jumpman” Drake Ft. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance” Fat Joe & Remy Ma Ft. 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
MVP OF THE YEAR DJ Khaled Drake Future Kanye West Kendrick Lamar
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
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Benny Boom Colin Tilley Director X Hype Williams Kanye West
MADE-YOU-LOOK AWARD (BEST HIP-HOP STYLE) A$AP Rocky Drake Future Kanye West Nicki Minaj
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
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 MIXTAPE Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book French Montana – Wave Gods Future – Purple Reign Lil Uzi Vert – Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World Young Thug – Slime Season 3
IMPACT TRACK J. Cole – “Love Yourz” Jay Z – “Spiritual” Jidenna – “Long Live the Chief” Raury Ft. Key – “Trap Tears” Sir The Baptist Ft. ChuchPeople – “Raise Hell”
PEOPLE’S CHAMP AWARD Desiigner – “Panda” DJ Khaled Ft. Drake – “For Free” Fat Joe & Remy Ma Ft. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up” O.T. Genasis Ft. Young Dolph – “Cut It” Travis Scott – “Antidote” Young Thug – “Best Friend”
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE 2 Chainz – “No Problem” (Chance the Rapper Ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) Drake – “Work” (Rihanna Ft. Drake) Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom” (Beyoncé Ft. Kendrick Lamar) Kodak Black – “Lockjaw” (French Montana Ft. Kodak Black) Nicki Minaj – “Down in the DM” – Remix (Yo Gotti Ft. Nicki Minaj)
