The BET Hip Hop Awards is back for another year and that means it’s time to see who the nominees are for the annual event. For the 15th annual “Hip Hop Awards,” the event id honoring the past year in hip hop music across 17 categories. The BET Hip Hop Awards is set to premiere on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 9:00PM ET/PT.
Rising superstar, and winner of the 2019 Hip Hop Awards “Best New Hip Hop Artist,” DaBaby, leads this year’s nominations with an impressive 12 nominations. Roddy Ricch follows close behind with an impressive 11 nominations. Megan the Stallion, who opened the 2019 show, tied with global superstar Drake for third most nominations securing 8 nominations each. Future, who received 6 nominations, Lil Baby, who received 4 nominations, Beyoncé, DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, and DJ Mustard, who each received three nominations, are also part of the star studded event.
A lot of the XXL 2020 freshman class were nominated for ‘Best New Hip Hop Artist’ Award. Nominees include Flo Milli, Jack Harlow, Mulatto, NLE Choppa, Pop Smoke, and Rod Wave.
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at BET will oversee the annual show, with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment, serving as Executive Producer of the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2020 along withand Jeannae Rouzan–Clay, Vice President of Specials, Jesse Collins Entertainment.
“Best International Flow” is a category that will recognize artists from around the world, with nominees from France, South Africa, Kenya, UK, and for the first time ever, a nominee from Brazil.
Internationally, the show will simulcast on BET Africa at 3:00am CAT on October 28th, followed by international broadcasts in France on October 30th at 9:55pm CEST, the UK on October 31st at 9:00pm BST, and in South Korea on October 31st at 9:00pm KST.” Additionally, the show will simulcast on BET Her, VH1, MTV2.
See below for the complete list of BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2020 Official Nominees below:
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
DABABY – “BOP”
DABABY FEAT. RODDY RICCH – “ROCKSTAR”
DRAKE – “TOOSIE SLIDE”
FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE – “LIFE IS GOOD”
LIL BABY – “THE BIGGER PICTURE”
RODDY RICCH – “THE BOX”
BEST COLLABORATION
DABABY FEAT. RODDY RICCH – “ROCKSTAR”
FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE – “LIFE IS GOOD”
JACK HARLOW FEAT. TORY LANEZ, DABABY & LIL WAYNE “WHATS POPPIN (REMIX)”
MEGAN THEE STALLION FEAT. BEYONCÉ – “SAVAGE (REMIX)”
MEGAN THEE STALLION FEAT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN – “HOT GIRL SUMMER”
MUSTARD FEAT. RODDY RICCH – “BALLIN”
BEST DUO OR GROUP
CHRIS BROWN AND YOUNG THUG
CITY GIRLS
EARTHGANG
JACKBOYS
MIGOS
RUN THE JEWELS
BEST LIVE PERFORMER
BIG SEAN
DABABY
DRAKE
MEGAN THEE STALLION
RODDY RICCH
TRAVIS SCOTT
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
BIG SEAN
DABABY
DRAKE
J. COLE
MEGAN THEE STALLION
RAPSODY
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
CACTUS JACK & WHITE TRASH TYLER
COLE BENNETT
COLIN TILLEY
DAVE MEYERS
DIRECTOR X
TEYANA “SPIKE TEE” TAYLOR
DJ OF THE YEAR
CHASE B
D-NICE
DJ DRAMA
DJ ENVY
DJ KHALED
MUSTARD
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
9TH WONDER
DJ KHALED
HIT-BOY
JETSONMADE
MIKE WILL MADE-IT
MUSTARD
HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DABABY
DRAKE
FUTURE
LIL BABY
MEGAN THEE STALLION
RODDY RICCH
SONG OF THE YEAR
“BOP” – Produced By JetsonMade & Starboy (DABABY)
“LIFE IS GOOD” – Produced by Ambezza, D. Hill & OZ (FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE)
“ROCKSTAR” – Produced by SethInTheKitchen (DABABY FEAT. RODDY RICCH)
“SAVAGE (REMIX)” – Produced by J. White Did It (MEGAN THEE STALLION FEAT. BEYONCÉ)
“THE BOX” – Produced by 30 Roc & DatBoiSqueeze (RODDY RICCH)
“TOOSIE SLIDE” – Produced by OZ (DRAKE)
HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
DABABY – BLAME IT ON BABY
DABABY – KIRK
FUTURE – HIGH OFF LIFE
LIL BABY – MY TURN
MEGAN THEE STALLION – SUGA
RODDY RICCH – PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL
BEST NEW HIP HOP ARTIST
FLO MILLI
JACK HARLOW
MULATTO
NLE CHOPPA
POP SMOKE
ROD WAVE
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
CARDI B
DJ KHALED
JAY-Z
MEGAN THEE STALLION
RICK ROSS
TRAVIS SCOTT
BEST HIP HOP PLATFORM
COMPLEX
HIPHOPDX
HOTNEWHIPHOP
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
THE JOE BUDDEN PODCAST
THE SHADE ROOM
XXL
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE
BEYONCÉ – SAVAGE (REMIX) (MEGAN THEE STALLION FEAT. BEYONCÉ)
BIA – BEST ON EARTH (RUSS FEAT. BIA)
CARDI B – WRITING ON THE WALL (FRENCH MONTANA FEAT. POST MALONE, CARDI B & RVSSIAN)
FUTURE – ROSES (REMIX) (SAINT JHN FEAT. FUTURE)
RODDY RICCH – ROCKSTAR (DABABY FEAT. RODDY RICCH)
TRAVIS SCOTT – HOT (REMIX) (YOUNG THUG FEAT. GUNNA & TRAVIS SCOTT)
IMPACT TRACK
ANDERSON .PAAK & JAY ROCK – LOCKDOWN
DABABY FEAT. RODDY RICCH – ROCKSTAR (BLM REMIX)
J. COLE – SNOW ON THA BLUFF
LIL BABY – THE BIGGER PICTURE
RAPSODY FEAT. PJ MORTON – AFENI
WALE FEAT. KELLY PRICE – SUE ME
BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW
DJONGA (BRAZIL)
KAARIS (FRANCE)
KHALIGRAPH JONES (KENYA)
MERYL (FRANCE)
MS BANKS (UK)
NASTY C (SOUTH AFRICA)
STORMZY (UK)