Drake Leads 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards With 14 Nominations: See Who Else Received Major Nods

Rapper leads the show for the third year in a row

By Kendall Fisher Aug 18, 2016 6:30 PMTags
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Drake is giving the world even more proof as to why he's the best rapper in the business right now.

BET just announced the nominees for the 2016 Hip Hop Awards and the 29-year-old rapper received 14 nods, taking the lead in nominations for the third year in a row.

Drizzy will go against rappers like Kanye West and Future in categories like Album of the Year, Best Performer, Hustler of the Year and more.

Check out all of this year's nominations below:

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Best Hip-Hop Video

2 Chainz - "Watch Out"

Desiigner - "Panda"

DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future - "I Got the Keys"

Drake - "Hotline Bling"

Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared - "All the Way Up"

Kanye West F/ Rihanna - "Famous"

Best Collabo, Duo or Group

DJ Khaled F/ Drake - "For Free"

DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future - "I Got the Keys"

Drake & Future - "Jumpman"

Drake F/ Wizkid & Kyla - "One Dance"

Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ 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 F/ French Montana & Infared)

"Controlla" - Produced By BOI-1DA (Drake)

"Hotline Bling" - Produced By Nineteen85 (Drake)

"I Got the Keys" - Produced By Southside (DJ Khaled F/ 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

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Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)

A$AP Rocky

Drake

Future

Kanye West

Nicki Minaj

Best Hip Hop Online Site/App

Allhiphop.Com

Complex.Com

Hotnewhiphop.Com

Worldstarhiphop.Com

XXLMag.Com

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 F/ Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

Drake - "Work" (Rihanna F/ Drake)

Kendrick Lamar - "Freedom" (Beyoncé F/ Kendrick Lamar)

Kodak Black - "Lockjaw" (French Montana F/ Kodak Black)

Nicki Minaj - "Down In the DM Remix" (Yo Gotti F/ Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track

J. Cole - "Love Yourz"

Jay Z - "Spiritual"

Jidenna - "Long Live The Chief"

Raury F/ Key - "Trap Tears"

Sir The Baptist F/ ChuchPeople - "Raise Hell"

People's Champ Award

Desiigner - "Panda"

DJ Khaled F/ Drake - "For Free"

Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared - "All the Way Up"

O.T. Genasis F/ Young Dolph - "Cut It"

Travis Scott - "Antidote"

Young Thug - "Best Friend"

The BET Hip Hop Awards will be filmed on September 17 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta and will air onTuesday, October 4, at 8:00 p.m. on BET.

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