BET Hip-Hop Award Nominations
BET has announced the nominees for their 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Taking place again October 1, 2011 at the Atlanta Civic Center, Lil Wayne leads the pack of contenders with a record-breaking 18 nominations, followed by Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa tied with 9 nods each and Rick Ross with 8 nods.
Maybach Music newcomer, Meek Mill,will also be included in the highly anticipated cypher segments of the show while actor and comedian Mike Epps has been confirmed as the third time host.
The clear front runner for nominations, Lil Wayne, is up for Best Hip Hop Video, Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab), Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, Track of the Year, Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style), Best Club Banger, Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse, Hustler of the Year and two consecutive nominations for Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice) with videos “Look At Me Now” and “6 Foot 7 Foot.”
The Following is the Full List of BET HIP HOP AWARDS ’11 Nominees and Categories: | |
Best Hip Hop Video | |
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown – My Last | |
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now | |
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One | |
Eminem f/ Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie | |
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All Of The Lights | |
Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab) | |
Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – Hustle Hard (Remix) | |
Big K.R.I.T. f/ Ludacris & Bun B – Country Shyte (Remix) | |
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now | |
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One | |
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz – Out Of My Head | |
Best Live Performer | |
Busta Rhymes | |
Cee-Lo Green | |
Jay-Z | |
Lil Wayne | |
Kanye West | |
Lyricist of the Year | |
Jay-Z | |
Lil Wayne | |
Nicki Minaj | |
Rick Ross | |
Kanye West | |
Video Director of the Year | |
Gil Green | |
Anthony Mandler | |
Chris Robinson | |
Kanye West | |
Hype Williams | |
Producer of the Year | |
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League | |
Kane Beatz | |
Lex Luger | |
No I.D. | |
Kanye West, Emile, Jeff Bhasker & Mike Dean | |
MVP of the Year | |
Lil Wayne | |
Nicki Minaj | |
Rick Ross | |
Kanye West | |
Wiz Khalifa | |
Track of the Year | |
6 Foot 7 Foot – Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz) | |
Black and Yellow – Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa) | |
I’m On One – Produced by T-Minus (DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) | |
Look At Me Now – Produced by Diplo & Afrojack (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & | |
Busta Rhymes) | |
My Last – Produced by Lex Luger (Big Sean f/ Chris Brown) | |
CD of the Year | |
Big Sean – Finally Famous | |
Lupe Fiasco – LASERS | |
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday | |
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | |
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers | |
DJ of the Year | |
DJ Drama | |
DJ Enuff | |
DJ Envy | |
DJ Khaled | |
DJ Prostyle | |
Rookie of the Year | |
Big K.R.I.T. | |
Big Sean | |
Frank Ocean | |
Diggy Simmons | |
Tyler the Creator | |
Wiz Khalifa | |
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style) | |
Jay-Z | |
Lil Wayne | |
Nicki Minaj | |
Kanye West | |
Wiz Khalifa | |
Best Hip Hop Online Site | |
All Hip Hop.com | |
Bossip.com | |
Nah Right.com | |
Rap Radar.com | |
World Star Hip Hop.com | |
Best Club Banger | |
Ace Hood – Hustle Hard (Produced by Lex Luger) | |
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One (Produced by T-Minus) | |
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 foot 7 foot (Produced by Bangladesh) | |
Waka Flocka Flame – No Hands (Produced by Lex Luger) | |
Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow (Produced by Stargate) | |
YC Worldwide f/ Future – Racks (Produced by Sonny Digital) | |
Best Mixtape | |
Big K.R.I.T. – Return Of 4Eva | |
B.o.B – No Genre | |
J. Cole – Friday Night Lights | |
Kendrick Lamar – Section .80 | |
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra | |
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | |
Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) | |
Lil Wayne – Motivation (Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne) | |
Nicki Minaj – Monster (Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver) | |
Wiz Khalifa – Bright Lights, Bigger City (Cee-Lo Green f/ Wiz Khalifa) | |
Wiz Khalifa – Till I’m Gone (Tinie Tempah f/ Wiz Khalifa) | |
Hustler of the Year | |
Diddy | |
Jay-Z | |
Lil Wayne | |
Rick Ross | |
Kanye West | |
Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice) | |
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now | |
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 Foot 7 Foot | |
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake – Moment 4 Life | |
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All of The Lights | |
Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow | |
For more on the BET HIP HOP AWARDS ’11, please visit: www.bet.com/hiphopawards.