2018 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations Are In and Guess Who Made The List?

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The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations are in, and Drake and Cardi B took the cake this year. Drake is nominated for 11 awards, including MVP and album of the year. Cardi is right behind him on nearly every category. Proving her breakout album to be a caliber of work no one was expecting. Other notable artists on the list are Childish Gambino, who’s nominated for 6 awards, coming in right behind Cardi and Drake. Also, XXXTentacion, who died earlier this year, is up for the best new artist. And Blocboy JB who is also up for the best new artist, and best collab with Drake for “Look Alive.”

The awards ceremony comes back to The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami.

BET will premiere the annual telecast on October 16 at 8 p.m. ET.

The full list of nominations is as follows:

Best Hip Hop Video

Cardi B – “I Like It” f. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Kendrick Lamar – “Loyalty” f. Rihanna
Migos – “Walk It Talk It” f. 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” f. Drake
Cardi B – “I Like It” f. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Post Malone – “Rockstar” f. 21 Savage
The Carters – “Apeshit”

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 f. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj)
Drake – “Look Alive” (Blocboy JB f. Drake)
Kendrick Lamar – “New Freezer” (Rich the Kid f. Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj – “Big Bank” (YG f. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track

Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges – “Liberated”
Lecrae – “I’ll Find You” f. Tori Kelly
Meek Mill – “Stay Woke” f. Miguel
N.E.R.D – “1,000” f. FUTURE

DJ of the Year

DJ Envy
Calvin Harris
DJ Drama
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

ALL HIP HOP
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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