BET Hip Hop Awards 2016 Nominees

BET Hip Hop Awards show is an annual celebration that pays homage to a culture that changed the world while highlighting the best in hip hop music. Year after year, BET Networks delivers the best in hip-hop for an unforgettable night of performances, cyphers and tributes honoring hip-hop legends that have and continue to make hip-hop culture a global force. The BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2016 will be taped on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at its new venue, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA, and will premiere on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Let’s talk about who’s killing the game this year.

For a third year in a row, Drake dominates the BET Hip Hop Awards with 14 impressive nominations for ‘Best Live Performer,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Album of the Year,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)’ and as a featured artist in the ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse’, ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,’ ‘Track of the Year,’ ‘People’s Champ Award,’ and 3 nods for ‘Best Collabo, Duo or Group.’

Future scores the second-most nominations with 10 nods, 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 follows closely 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 nods for ‘Best Collabo, Duo or Group;’ and Kanye West grabs 8 nods 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)’ at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2016. Additionally, ‘Best New Hip-Hop Artist’ Award includes newcomers Chance the Rapper, Desiigner, Bryson Tiller, Tory Lanez and Anderson .Paak.

See below for the complete list of BET Hip Hop Awards ’16 Official Nominees:

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 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

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 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)

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 Hip Hop Online Site/App

• Allhiphop.Com
• Complex.Com
• Hotnewhiphop.Com
• Worldstarhiphop.Com
• XXLMag.Com

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/ ChuchPeople – Raise Hell

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

We can’t wait to find out who will be this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards host will be. Snoop Dogg did a great job hosting last year, so they might bring him back. I wonder if it will be Kevin Hart since he was recently signed by Capital Records (yes Kevin Hart the comedian). Who would you like to see as this year’s host?

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