BET Announces Hip Hop Awards 2016 Nominees

The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards nominees have been announced and guess who is leading the pack? Drake! The 6 god dominated different categories and is the leading artist with 14 nominations including “Best Live Performer,” “Lyricist of the Year,” “MVP of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and “Hustler of the Year.”

Future scored the second-most with 10 nominations, including “Best Live Performer,” “MVP of the Year,” “Album of the Year,” “Hustler of the Year,” “Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style),” “Best Mixtape,” and “Best Collabo, Duo, or Group.”

DJ Khaled followed with 9 nominations, including “DJ of the Year,” “Best Hip-Hop Video,” “MVP of the Year,” “Track of the Year,” “Album of the Year,” “Hustler of the Year,” “People’s Champ Award,” and two nominations for “Best Collabo, Duo or Group.”

Kanye West tallied 8 nominations for “Album of the Year,” “Best Hip-Hop Video,” “Best Live Performer,” “Lyricist of the Year,” “‘Video Director of the Year,” “MVP of the Year,” “Hustler of the Year,” and “Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style).”

Take a look at the following nominees for the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards below:

Best Hip-Hop Video

2 Chainz – Watch Out
Desiigner – Panda
DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future – I Got the Keys
Drake – Hotline Bling
Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared – All the Way Up
Kanye West F/ Rihanna – Famous

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 F/ Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Drake – Work (Rihanna F/ Drake)
Kendrick Lamar – Freedom (Beyoncé F/ Kendrick Lamar)
Kodak Black – Lockjaw (French Montana F/ Kodak Black)
Nicki Minaj – Down In the DM – Remix (Yo Gotti F/ Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track
J. Cole – Love Yourz
Jay Z – Spiritual
Jidenna – Long Live The Chief
Raury F/ Key – Trap Tears
Sir The Baptist F/ ChurchPeople – Raise Hell

Best Collabo, Duo or Group
DJ Khaled F/ Drake – For Free
DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future – I Got the Keys
Drake & Future – Jumpman
Drake F/ Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared – All the Way Up

Lyricist of the Year
Chance the Rapper
Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar

Track of the Year

All the Way Up – Produced By Cool & Dre and Edsclusive (Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared) Controlla – Produced By BOI-1DA (Drake)
Hotline Bling – Produced By Nineteen85 (Drake)
I Got the Keys – Produced By Southside (DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future)
Panda – Produced By Menace (Desiigner)

Best Live Performer

Drake
Future
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

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

People’s Champ Award
Desiigner – Panda
DJ Khaled F/ Drake – For Free
Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared – All the Way Up
O.T. Genasis F/ Young Dolph – Cut It
Travis Scott – Antidote
Young Thug – Best Friend

The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards will be taped on September 17th in Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centere in Atlanta, GA and premiering on October 4th .

 

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