Who would have thought that BET’s annual Hip Hop Awards would have lasted a decade? That’s twice as long as the VIBE Awards, and more than that as the Ozone Awards, and those didn’t have nearly the violence as the former. Seriously, it feels that at every rap award someone is either getting arrested, robbed, stabbed, beat up, or worse. Nonetheless, the tenth annual installment of BET’s annual Atlanta Fry Fest will go down on October 13th, but they’ve unveiled all of the nominees.
With Drake, once again, leading all the nominees with a total of 12 nods, Big Sean is right behind with 10 nominations. Other multiple nominees include Kendrick Lamar (with nine), J. Cole (seven) and Future (five, with three mixtapes nominated in one category alone). Check out the full list below.
Best Hip Hop Video
Big Sean featuring Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $Ign – “Play No Games”
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Big Sean featuring E-40 – “IDFWU”
Fetty Wap featuring Monty – “My Way”
Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”
Best Live Performer
Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Lyricist of the Year
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Video Director of the Year
Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson/Lil Chris
Colin Tilley
Director X
DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Esco
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
Producer of the Year
DJ Mustard
J. Cole
Kanye West
Mike WiLL Made-It
Pharrell Williams
Timbaland
MVP of the Year
Big Sean
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Track Of The Year
“Alright” – Produced By Pharrell Williams & Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blessings” – Produced By Boi-1da & Vinylz (Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West)
“Commas” – Produced By DJ Spinz & Southside (Future)
“IDFWU” – Produced By DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane (Big Sean featuring E-40)
“Trap Queen” – Produced By Tony Fadd (Fetty Wap)
Album Of The Year
Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise
Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
Wale – The Album About Nothing
Who Blew Up Award
Bobby Shmurda
Dej Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Tink
Hustler Of The Year
Dr. Dre
Drake
J. Cole
JAY Z
Nicki Minaj
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
A$AP Rocky
DeJ Loaf
Drake
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj
Best Hip Hop Online Site
Allhiphop.Com
Complex.Com
Hotnewhiphop.Com
Rapradar.Com
Worldstarhiphop.Com
Best Club Banger
Big Sean featuring E-40 – “DIFWU” (Produced By DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane)
DeJ Loaf – “Try Me” (Produced By DDS)
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” (Produced By Tony Fadd)
Future – “Commas” (Produced By DJ Spinz & Southside)
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex” (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) (Produced By DJ Spinz & Nitti Beatz)
Best Mixtape
Future – 56 Nights
Future – Beast Mode
Future – Monster
Lil Wayne – Sorry 4 The Wait 2
Travi$ Scott – Days Before Rodeo
(Really, guys? Just make it the “Best Future Mixtape of 2014” and call it a day)
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Drake – “Blessings” (Big Sean Featuring Drake & Kanye West)
Drake – “My Way Remix” (Fetty Wap Featuring Drake)
E-40 – “IDFWU” (Big Sean Featuring E-40)
Kendrick Lamar – “Classic Man Remix” (Jidenna featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter” (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne)
Impact Track
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From The Motion Picture “Selma”)
J. Cole – “Apparently”
J. Cole – “Be Free”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
People’s Champ Award
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Future – “Commas”
Kendrick Lamar – “I”
Rae Sremmurd – “No Type”
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”
