The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards were held on September 17, 2016 and aired on October 4, 2016 at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The nominations were announced on August 18, 2016. For a third consecutive year, Drake heads the list of nominations for the BET Hip-Hop Awards. His 14 nods include Album of the Year, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video and three in the Best Collabo, Duo or Group category.
Drake will be going up against other top nominees Future (with 10 nods), DJ Khaled (nine) and Kanye West (eight) in several of those categories. One of the most closely watched races will be Best New Hip-Hop Artist, whose nominees including Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller (who won that award and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist at June's BET Awards), Chance the Rapper, Desiigner and Tory Lanez.
Performances
- Gucci Mane - "First Day Out" and "1st Day Out tha Feds" plus "Last Time" featuring Travis Scott and "Pick up the Phone featuring Young Thug & Quavo
- Dae Dae – "Wat U Mean (Aye, Aye, Aye)"
- DRAM featuring Lil Yachty – "One Night" and "Broccoli"
- O.T. Genasis – "Push It" and "Cut It"
- Young M.A – "OOOUUU"
- Lil Uzi Vert – "Money Longer"
- 21 Savage – "X"
- Isaiah Rashad – "Tity and Dolla"
- T.I. – "We Will Not"
- Desiigner – "Tiimmy Turner"
- Jalen Jackson - "Panda"
Cyphers
- Cypher 1 – Peedi Crakk, Neef, Omillio Sparks, Freeway & Beanie Sigel of State Property
- Cypher 2 – Don Q, Russ, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Kent Jones & Nick Grant
- Cypher 3 – Sam Black, Ms. Jade, Kur, Dave East & Young M.A
- Live Cypher – Oswin Benjamin, Locksmith & M-1 & Stic of Dead Prez
- Cypher 4 – Mike Biv, Bre-Z, Yazz The Greatest & Big Ron DeVoe
- Cypher 5 – Aaron Cook$, 3D Na'Tee, Rain 910, Consequence & Jidenna
- Cypher 6 – Lil Wayne & Chocolate Droppa (aka Kevin Hart)
Winners and nominations
Best Hip Hop Video
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
- 2 Chainz – "Watch Out"
- Desiigner – "Panda"
- DJ Khaled featuring Jay Z & Future – "I Got the Keys"
- Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared – "All the Way Up"
- Kanye West featuring Rihanna – "Famous"
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared – "All the Way Up"
- Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla – "One Dance"
- Drake & Future – "Jumpman"
- DJ Khaled featuring Jay Z & Future – "I Got the Keys"
- DJ Khaled featuring Drake – "For Free"
Best Live Performer
Kendrick Lamar
- Drake
- Future
- J. Cole
- Kanye West
Lyricist of the Year
Kendrick Lamar
- Chance the Rapper
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Kanye West
Video Director of the Year
Director X
- Benny Boom
- Colin Tilley
- Hype Williams
- Kanye West
DJ of the Year
DJ Khaled
- DJ Drama
- DJ Envy
- DJ Esco
- DJ Mustard
Producer of the Year
Metro Boomin
- DJ Mustard
- Dr. Dre
- Mike WiLL Made It
- Pharrell
- Mario Judah
MVP of the Year
DJ Khaled
- Drake
- Future
- Kanye West
- Kendrick Lamar
Track of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.
"All the Way Up" – Produced by Cool & Dre and Edsclusive (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
- "Controlla" – Produced by Boi-1da (Drake)
- "Hotline Bling" – Produced by Nineteen85 (Drake)
- "I Got the Keys" – Produced by Southside (DJ Khaled featuring Jay Z & Future)
- "Panda" – Produced by Menace (Desiigner)
Album of the Year
Drake – Views
- DJ Khaled – I Changed a Lot
- Dr. Dre – Compton
- Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap
- Future – DS2
- Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Best New Hip Hop Artist
Chance the Rapper
- Anderson .Paak
- Bryson Tiller
- Desiigner
- Tory Lanez
Hustler of the Year
DJ Khaled
- Drake
- Future
- Jay Z
- Kanye West
Made-You-Look Award
Kanye West
- A$AP Rocky
- Drake
- Future
- Nicki Minaj
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
Kendrick Lamar – "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar)
- 2 Chainz – "No Problem" (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
- Drake – "Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)
- Kodak Black – "Lockjaw" (French Montana featuring Kodak Black)
- Nicki Minaj – "Down in the DM (Remix)" (Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj)
Impact Track
J. Cole – "Love Yourz"
- Jay Z – "Spiritual"
- Jidenna – "Long Live the Chief"
- Raury – "Trap Tears"
- Sir the Baptist featuring ChurchPeople – "Raise Hell"
People's Champ Award
Travis Scott – "Antidote"
- Desiigner – "Panda"
- DJ Khaled featuring Drake – "For Free"
- Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared – "All the Way Up"
- O.T. Genasis featuring Young Dolph – "Cut It"
- Young Thug – "Best Friend"
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