Not only did Kendrick ruffle some feathers with his verse on Big Sean’s ‘Control‘, but he also leads all artists with 14 BET Hip Hop Award Nominations. Drake follows K.Dot with a cool 13 nominations, while J. Cole comes through with 10. Snoop Dogg will be hosting this years show that tapes in the ATL on September 28th. You can catch the full show on October 15th at 8pm EST on BET. Hit the jump for the list of nominations.
BET Hip-Hop Awards 2013 Nominations
Best Hip-Hop Video
A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – ‘Problems’
B.o.B feat. T.I. & Juicy J – ‘We Still in This’
J. Cole feat. Miguel – ‘Power Trip’
Drake – ‘Started From the Bottom’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’
Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group)
Ace Hood feat. Rick Ross & Future – ‘Bugatti’
A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – ‘Problems’
J. Cole feat. Miguel – ‘Power Trip’
French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – ‘Pop That’
Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake – ‘Poetic Justice’
Wale feat. Tiara Thomas – ‘Bad’
Best Live Performer
2 Chainz
J. Cole
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
Kanye West
Lyricist of the Year
J. Cole
Drake
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
Wale
Video Director of the Year
A$AP Rocky & A$AP Ferg
Benny Boom
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams
DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Funkmaster Flex
DJ Khaled
DJ Scream
Producer of the Year
J. Cole
Hit-Boy
DJ Mustard
Mike WiLL Made It
Pharrell Williams
MVP of the Year
2 Chainz
J. Cole
Drake
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
Track of the Year
‘Power Trip’ – Produced by J. Cole (J. Cole f/ Miguel)
‘Problems’ – Produced by Noah “40″ Shebib (A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ – Produced by Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)
‘Bugatti’ – Produced by Mike WiLL Made It (Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Future)
‘Started From the Bottom’ – Produced by Mike Zombie & Noah “40″ Shebib (Drake)
Album of the Year
J. Cole – Born Sinner
JAY Z – Magna Carta… Holy Grail
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
Nas – Life Is Good
Wale – The Gifted
Who New? Rookie of the Year
Action Bronson
A$AP Ferg
Earl Sweatshirt
Joey Bada$$
Trinidad Jame$
Hustler of the Year
Diddy
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
T.I.
Kanye West
Made-You-Look Award
2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West
Best Club Banger
Ace Hood feat. Rick Ross & Future – ‘Bugatti’ (Produced by Mike WiLL Made It)
A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – ‘Problems’ (Produced by Noah “40″ Shebib)
Drake – ‘Started From the Bottom’ (Produced by Mike Zombie & Noah “40″ Shebib)
French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – ‘Pop That’ (Produced by Lee on the Beats)
Trinidad Jame$ – ‘All Gold Everything’ (Produced by Devon Gallaspy)
Best Mixtape
Big Sean – Detroit
Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
Travi$ Scott – Owl Pharaoh
Stalley – Honest Cowboy
Trinidad Jame$ – Don’t Be S.A.F.E.
Sweet 16 (Best Featured Verse)
Diddy – ‘Same Damn Time (Remix)’ (Future feat. Diddy & Ludacris)
Drake – ‘Versace (Remix)’ (Migos feat. Drake)
Future – ‘Bugatti’ (Ace Hood feat. Rick Ross & Future)
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Problems’ (A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
Wiz Khalifa – ‘U.O.E.N.O. (Remix)’ (Rocko feat. Future & Wiz Khalifa)
Impact Track
J. Cole feat. TLC – ‘Crooked Smile’
JAY Z feat. Justin Timberlake – ‘Holy Grail’
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Same Love’
Wale feat. Sam Dew – ‘LoveHate Thing’
Kanye West – ‘BLKKK SKKKNHEAD’
People’s Champ Award
A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – ‘Problems’
J. Cole feat. Miguel – ‘Power Trip’
Drake – ‘Started From the Bottom’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton – ‘Can’t Hold Us’
Props: Rap-Up
Discussion about this post