BET awards nominations announced: Drake leads the pack
theGRIO REPORT - Artists Kendrick Lamar and Tamar Braxton announced the nominees for this year’s annual BET Awards earlier today...
Artists Kendrick Lamar and Tamar Braxton announced the nominees for this year’s annual BET Awards earlier today.
Drake leads the pack with a total of 12 nominations of the 20 categories. He is in the running for “Best Male Hip Hop Artist” alongside newcomers Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky.
Meanwhile, the rapper also steals five of the 10 nominations for the “Video of the Year” category. Miguel’s “Adorn,” Rihanna’s “Diamonds” and Justin Timberlake’s “Suit and Tie” music videos round out some of the other nods.
As for the females emcees, Azealia Banks is up for “Best New Artist” and competes against The Weeknd and Trinidad Jame$.
The award show will be hosted by comedic actor Chris Tucker on June 30.
Check out a portion of the list of nominees below:
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Tamar Braxton
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Elle Varner
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Justin Timberlake
Usher
Best Group
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Mary Mary
Mindless Behavior
Slaughterhouse
The Throne (Kanye West & Jay-Z)
Best Collaboration
2 Chainz f/ Drake – No Lie
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar – “Problems”
French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne – “Pop That”
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake – “Poetic Justice”
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz – “Mercy”
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Eve
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Rye Rye
Video of the Year
2 Chainz f/ Drake – “No Lie”
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar – “Problems”
Drake – “Started From The Bottom”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne – “HYFR”
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake – “Poetic Justice”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
Miguel – “Adorn”
Rihanna – “Diamonds”
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz – “Mercy”
Video Director of the Year
A$AP Rocky & Sam Lecca
Benny Boom
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams
Best New Artist
Azealia Banks
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick Lamar
Trinidad Jame$
The Weeknd
Click here to read the full list of nominations.
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