BET awards nominations announced: Drake leads the pack

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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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