BET news update

The 2016 BET hip-hop nominations are out, and for the third time in a row, Drake leads the BET nominations. The 6 God was able to get 14 nominations, which include album of the year, Track of the Year, and MVP of the Year.

DJ Khaled and Kanye West follow Drake and Future with nine and eight nominations, respectively.

                   

The BET awards will hold at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on September 17th, but the show will air on October 4.

The host for the event is yet to be announced.

BET HIP-HOP AWARDS 2016 NOMINEES

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO

2 Chainz – “Watch Out”

Desiigner – “Panda”

DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys”

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”

Kanye West feat. Rihanna – “Famous”

 

BEST COLLABO, DUO OR GROUP

DJ Khaled feat. Drake – “For Free”

DJ Khaled feat. Jay Z & Future – “I Got the Keys”

Drake & Future – “Jumpman”

Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance”

Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. 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 feat. French Montana & Infared)

“Controlla” – Produced by Boi-1da (Drake)

“Hotline Bling” – Produced by Nineteen85 (Drake)

“I Got the Keys” – Produced by Southside (DJ Khaled feat. 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 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 feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

Drake – “Work” (Rihanna feat. Drake)

Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom” (Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Kodak Black – “Lockjaw” (French Montana feat. Kodak Black)

Nicki Minaj – “Down in the DM” – Remix (Yo Gotti feat. Nicki Minaj)

 

IMPACT TRACK

J. Cole – “Love Yourz”

Jay Z – “Spiritual”

Jidenna – “Long Live the Chief”

Raury feat. Key – “Trap Tears”

Sir The Baptist feat. ChuchPeople – “Raise Hell”

 

PEOPLE’S CHAMP AWARD

Desiigner – “Panda”

DJ Khaled feat. Drake – “For Free”

Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”

O.T. Genasis feat. Young Dolph – “Cut It”

Travis Scott – “Antidote”

Young Thug – “Best Friend”

The BET nominations are out and Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown have topped the chart of the nominations with six nominations from different categories. Chris Brown was nominated in the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, and the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award while Nicki Minaj got nominated in the Best Collaboration, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Video of the Year, Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award, and Best Group as a member of Young Money.

                  

The BET award will be held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28th. The BET will be celebrating his 15th anniversary.

BET AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2015

 BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

Beyoncé

Ciara

Janelle Monáe

Jhené Aiko

K. Michelle

Rihanna

 

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST

August Alsina

Chris Brown

John Legend

The Weeknd

Trey Songz

Usher

 

BEST GROUP

A$AP Mob

Jodeci

Migos

Rae Sremmurd

Rich Gang

Young Money

 

BEST COLLABORATION

August Alsina feat. Nicki Minaj – “No Love (Remix)”

Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”

Chris Brown feat. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”

Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From the motion picture Selma)

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Maros – “Uptown Funk”

 

BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Big Sean

Common

Drake

J. Cole

Kendrick Lamar

Wale

 

BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Azealia Banks

DeJ Loaf

Iggy Azalea

Nicki Minaj

Tink

Trina

 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé – “7/11?

Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”

Chris Brown feat. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”

Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From the motion picture Selma)

Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”

 

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Benny Boom

Beyoncé, Ed Burke, & Todd Tourso

Chris Robinson

Fatima Robinson

Hype Williams

 

BEST NEW ARTIST

Bobby Shmurda

DeJ Loaf

Fetty Wap

Rae Sremmurd

Sam Smith

Tinashe

 

BEST GOSPEL ARTIST

Deitrick Haddon

Erica Campbell

Fred Hammond

Lecrae

Mali Music

Michelle Williams

 

BEST ACTRESS

Gabrielle Union

Kerry Washington

Taraji P. Henson

Tracee Ellis Ross

Viola Davis

 

BEST ACTOR

Anthony Anderson

Idris Elba

Jussie Smollett

Kevin Hart

Terrence Howard

 

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

Jacob Latimore

Jaden Smith

Mo’ne Davis

Quvenzhané Wallis

Zendaya

 

BEST MOVIE

Annie

Selma

Think Like a Man Too

Tope Five

 

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Brittney Griner

Candace Parker

Serena Williams

Skylar Diggins

Venus Williams

 

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Chris Paul

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Lebron James

Marshawn Lynch

Stephen Curry

 

COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD

Beyoncé – “7/11?

DeJ Loaf – “Try Me”

Kendrick Lamar – “i”

Nicki Minaj fear. Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown – “Only”

Rae Sremmurd feat. Nicki Minaj & Young Thug – “Throw Sum Mo”

The Weeknd – “Earned It” (From the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack)

 

CENTRIC AWARD

Avery Sunshine – “Call My Name”

Jazmine Sullivan feat. Meek Mill – “Dumb”

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”

Sam Smith feat. Mary J. Blige – “Stay With Me”

The Weeknd – “Earned It” (From the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack)

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: AFRICA

AKA (South Africa)

Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)

Sarkodie (Ghana)

Sauti Sol (Kenya)

Stonebwoy (Ghana)

The Soil (South Africa)

Wizkid (Nigeria)

Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: UK

fka Twigs

Fuse ODG

Lethal Bizzle

Little Simz

Mnek

Stormzy

The nominations do not go well with Azealia banks as she took to Twitter to attack both Nicki Minaj and the BET award saying that the BET award is bogus and no longer credible as it keeps nominating Nicki Minaj every year.

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