The nominations for the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards are out, and our very own Tems and Burna Boy make the list of nominees alongside Drake, Lizzo, Kanye West, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar and others in various categories.
Tems & Burna Boy Nominated For 2022 Bet Hip Hop Awards
Nigerian superstar Tems received three nominations for her contribution to Future‘s single ‘Wait For U’, while the African Giant, Burna Boy was nominated for video director of the year for his work on the smash hit single ‘Last Last.’
Drake had fourteen nominations in categories such as Lyricist of the Year, Hip Hop Album of the Year, and Best Live Performer, while Kanye West earned ten nominations, including Hip Hop Artist of the Year, while Kendrick Lamar received nine nominations overall.
Other nominees this year include Future, who received eight nominations, as well as Baby Keem, Cardi B, and J. Cole having six nods respectively.
The 17th edition of the BET Hip Hop Awards which will be hosted by veteran rapper Fat Joe is scheduled to hold on Friday, September 30 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, U.S.A and will premiere on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, on BET.
See full nomination below!
Best Hip Hop Video
D.M.B. – A$Ap Rocky
Family Ties – Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
Good Love – City Girls Feat. Usher
Hot Shit – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
London – Bia & J. Cole
Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
Way 2 Sexy – Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug
Best Collaboration
Family Ties – Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
Good Love – City Girls Feat. Usher
Hot Shit – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
Jimmy Cooks -Drake Feat. 21 Savage
Johnny P’s Caddy Benny – The Butcher & J. Cole
Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
Way 2 Sexy – Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug
Best Duo Or Group
42 Dugg & Est Gee
Big Sean & Hit-Boy
Birdman & Youngboy Never Broke Again
Blxst & Bino Rideaux
Dababy & Youngboy Never Broke Again
Earthgang
Styles P & Havoc
Best Live Performer
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Drake
Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Tyler, The Creator
Lyricist Of The Year
Baby Keem
Benny The Butcher
Drake
J. Cole
Jack Harlow
Jay-Z
Kendrick Lamar
Video Director Of The Year
Benny Boom
Burna Boy
Cole Bennett
Colin Tilley
Director X
Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free
Teyana Taylor
Song Of The Year
Big Energy – Latto
F.N.F. (Let’s Go) – Hitkidd & Glorilla
First Class – Jack Harlow
Hot Shit – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
Super Gremlin – Kodak Black
Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
Way 2 Sexy- Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug
Hip Hop Album Of The Year
777 – Latto
Certified Lover Boy- Drake
Donda – Kanye West
I Never Liked You – Future
It’s Almost Dry – Pusha T
King’s Disease – Lil Nas
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Hip Hop Artist Of The Year
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Drake
Future
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Megan Thee Stallion
Producer Of The Year
Atl Jacob
Baby Keem
Hit-Boy
Hitmaka
Kanye West
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams
Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist
Baby Keem
Blxst
Doechii
Fivio Foreign
Glorilla
Nardo Wick
Saucy Santana
Dj Of The Year
D-Nice
Dj Cassidy
Dj Drama
Dj Kay Slay
Dj Premier
Kaytranada
Mustard
Nyla Symone
La Leakers: Dj Sourmilk And Justin Incredible
Best Hip Hop Platform
Big Boy’s Neighborhood
Breakfast Club
Caresha Please
Complex
Drink Champs
Hiphop Dx
Million Dollaz Worth Of Game
Npr Tiny Desk
Verzuz
Hustler Of The Year
50 Cent
Cardi B
Dj Khaled
Drake
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Megan Thee Stallion
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Drake: Churchill Downs (Jack Harlow Feat. Drake)
J.Cole: Poke It Out (Wale Feat. J. Cole)
J.Cole: London (Bia & J. Cole)
Lil Baby: Girls Want Girls (Drake Feat. Lil Baby)
Kanye West: City Of Gods (Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys)
Drake: Wait For U (Future Feat. Drake & Tems)
Jadakiss: Black Illumanti (Freddie Gibbs Feat. Jadakiss)
Impact Track
About Damn Time: Lizzo
City Of Gods :Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys
Family Ties: Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
Nobody: Nas Feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill
Pxssy: Latto
The Heart Part 5: Kendrick Lamar
Woman: Doja Cat
Best International Flow
Benjamin Epps (France)
Black Sherif (Ghana)
Blxckie (South Africa)
Central Cee (Uk)
Haviah Mighty (Canada)
Knucks (Uk)
Le Juiice (France)
Nadia Nakai (Zimbabwe)
Tasha & Tracie (Brazil)
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