Future Scores 10 Nominations Including ‘Album of the Year,' ‘Best
Mixtape,' and ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style);' Followed
Closely by DJ Khaled with 9 Nominations and Kanye West with 8 Nods
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The BET
"Hip Hop Awards" 2016 Will Be Taping on Saturday, September
17, 2016 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA and
Premiering October 4, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT
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*Big Host Announcement Coming Soon*
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#HIPHOPAWARDS
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For a third year in a row, Drake dominates the BET
"Hip Hop Awards" 2016 with 14 impressive nominations for
‘Best Live Performer,' ‘Lyricist of the Year,' ‘MVP of the Year,' ‘Album
of the Year,' ‘Hustler of the Year,' ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop
Style)' and as a featured artist in the ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse',
‘Best Hip-Hop Video,' ‘Track of the Year,' ‘People's Champ Award,' and 3
nods for ‘Best Collabo, Duo or Group.' The BET
"Hip Hop Awards" 2016 will be taped on Saturday,
September 17, 2016 at its new venue, Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Centre in Atlanta, GA, and will premiere on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Future scores the second-most nominations with 10 nods, including
‘Best Live Performer,' ‘MVP of the Year,' ‘Album of the Year,' ‘Hustler
of the Year,' ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style),' ‘Best
Mixtape,' and ‘Best Collabo, Duo, or Group.' DJ Khaled follows
closely with 9 nominations, including ‘DJ of the Year,' ‘Best Hip-Hop
Video,' ‘MVP of the Year,' ‘Track of the Year,' ‘Album of the Year,'
‘Hustler of the Year,' ‘People's Champ Award,' and two nods for ‘Best
Collabo, Duo or Group;' and Kanye West grabs 8 nods for ‘Album of
the Year,' ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,' ‘Best Live Performer,' ‘Lyricist of the
Year,' ‘Video Director of the Year,' ‘MVP of the Year,' ‘Hustler of the
Year,' and ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)' at the BET
"Hip Hop Awards" 2016. Additionally, ‘Best New Hip-Hop
Artist' Award includes newcomers Chance the Rapper, Desiigner,
Bryson Tiller, Tory Lanez and Anderson .Paak.
Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment will serve as
Executive Producer of the BET
Hip Hop Awards along with Stephen G. Hill, BET's
President of Programming, Connie Orlando, BET's Senior Vice President of
Music and Specials and Lynne Harris Taylor, BET's Vice President of
Specials.
See below for the complete list of BET
"HIP HOP AWARDS" '16 Official Nominees:
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
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
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