Unsurprisingly, Drake nabbed 11 nominations for the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, which were announced on Wednesday (September 12), surpassing Cardi B and her 10 nods.
For the second year in a row, the hip-hop award show will return to The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6 for its annual telecast, which airs October 16 at 8 PM ET. Following the hip-hop titans in the nominations list are Childish Gambino with six titles, and Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar with five nods. Among the fresh crop of rappers up for the Best New Hip Hop Artist honor include BlocBoy JB, Juice WRLD, Lil Baby, Rich the Kid and late rapper XXXTentacion.
No word on performers and cyphers for the upcoming event, but considering last year's affair included Bardi performing her breakthrough hit, "Bodak Yellow," and Eminem dissing Donald Trump, we can only imagine the ways that the network plans on topping the 2017 affair. Scroll on below for the full list of nominations for this year's show!
Best Hip-Hop Video
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
Drake - "God's Plan"
Kendrick Lamar – "Loyalty" feat. Rihanna
Migos - "Walk It Talk It" feat. Drake
Hot Ticket Performer
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Album of the Year
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Drake - Scorpion
J. Cole - KOD
Migos - Culture II
The Carters - Everything Is Love
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans
Lyricist of the Year
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
MVP of the Year
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Travis Scott
Producer of the Year
Ben Billions
DJ Esco
DJ Mustard
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin - "Ric Flair Drip"
Blocboy JB - "Look Alive" feat. Drake
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Post Malone – "Rockstar" feat. 21 Savage
The Carters – "Apes**t"
Single of the Year
"Apesh*t" - Produced by Pharrell (The Carters)
"God's Plan" - Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da (Drake)
"I Like It" - Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy (Cardi B Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
"Nice for What" - Produced by Murda Beatz (Drake)
"This Is America" - Produced by Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)
Best New Hip-Hop Artist
Blocboy JB
Juice Wrld
Lil Baby
Rich the Kid
XXXTentacion
Best Mixtape
BlocBoy JB - Simi
Future - Beast Mode 2
Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up
Lil Wayne - Dedication 6: Reloaded
Zoey Dollaz - Sorry Not Sorry
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
21 Savage - “Bartier Cardi” (Cardi B feat. 21 Savage)
Cardi B - “Motorsport” (Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj)
Drake - “Look Alive” (Blocboy JB feat. Drake)
Kendrick Lamar - “New Freezer” (Rich the Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj - “Big Bank” (YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)
Impact Track
Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges - "Liberated"
Lecrae - "I'll Find You" feat. Tori Kelly
Meek Mill – "Stay Woke" feat. Miguel
N.E.R.D - "1,000" feat. FUTURE
DJ of the Year
Calvin Harris
DJ Envy
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
Cardi B
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Travis Scott
Best Hip-Hop Online Site/App
ALLHIPHOP
Complex
Hot New Hip Hop
Worldstar
XXL
Hustler of the Year
Cardi B
DJ Khaled
Drake
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
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