Drake leads the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 nominations with 14.
The 35-year-old rapper will go up against Kanye West, who has 10 nods, in several categories, including the coveted Hip Hop Artist Of The Year.
Drake and Kanye will face stiff competition in the category from Cardi B, Doja Cat, Future, Kendrick Lamar, and Megan Thee Stallion.
Kanye’s collaboration with Cardi and Lil Durk, ‘Hot S***’, has a nod for Best Hip Hop Video, but Drake has two chances for success in the category.
The video for his song ‘Way 2 Sexy’, featuring Future and Young Thug, has a nod, as does Future’s ‘Wait For U’, which features Drake and Tems.
Elsewhere, Drake and Kanye will do battle in the Best Live Performer and Hustler Of The Year categories, as well as for Hip Hop Album Of The Year.
Drake has a nod for ‘Certified Lover Boy’, while Kanye is up for ‘Donda’, and they will go up against Latto’s ‘777′, Future’s ‘I Never Liked You’, Pusha T record ‘It’s Almost Dry’, Nas album ‘King’s Disease II’, and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers’.
Aside from Kanye and Drake dominating the nods, the Best Duo or Group category will see 42 Dugg and Est Gee, Big Sean and Hit-Boy, Birdman and Youngboy Never Broke Again, Blxst and Bino Rideaux, DaBaby and Youngboy Never Broke Again, Erthgang, and Styles P and Havoc battle it out.
What’s more, ATL Jacob, Baby Keem, Hit-Boy, Hitmaka, Kanye, Metro Boomin, and Pharrell Williams are up against one another for Producer of The Year.
Fat Joe will host this year’s ceremony on September 30th at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and the event will be televised on October 4th.
BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 nominations:
Best Hip Hop Video
A$ap Rocky – ‘D.M.B’
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
City Girls – ‘Good Love (feat. Usher)’
Cardi B, Kanye West and Lil Durk – ‘Hot S***’
Bia and J. Cole – ‘London’
Future – ‘Wait For U (feat. Drake and Tems)’
Drake – ‘Way 2 Sexy (feat. Future and Young Thug)’
Best Collaboration
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
City Girls – ‘Good Love (feat. Usher)’
Cardi B, Kanye West and Lil Durk – ‘Hot S***’
Drake – ’21 (feat. 21 Savage)’
Benny The Buthcher and J. Cole – ‘Johnny P’s Caddy’
Future – ‘Wait For U (feat. Drake and Tems)’
Drake – ‘Way 2 Sexy (feat. Future and Young Thug)’
Best Duo Or Group
42 Dugg and Est Gee
Big Sean and Hit-Boy
Birdman and Youngboy Never Broke Again
Blxst and Bino Rideaux
DaBaby and Youngboy Never Broke Again
Erthgang
Styles P and Havoc
Best Live Performer
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Tyler, The Creator
Lyricist Of The Year
Baby Keem
Benny The Butcher
Drake
J. Cole
Jack Harlow
Jay-Z
Kendrick Lamar
Video Director Of The Year
Benny Boom
Burna Boy
Cole Bennett
Colin Tilley
Director X
Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free
Teyana Taylor
Song Of The Year
Latto – ‘Big Energy’
Hitkidd and Glorilla – ‘F.N.F (Let’s Go)’
Jack Harlow – ‘First Class’
Cardi B, Kanye West and Lil Durk – ‘Hot S***’
Kodak Black – ‘Super Gremlin’
Future – ‘Wait For U (feat. Drake and Tems)’
Drake – ‘Way 2 Sexy (feat. Future and Young Thug)’
Hip Hop Album Of The Year
Latto – ‘777’
Drake – ‘Certified Lover Boy’
Kanye West – ‘Donda’
Future – ‘I Never Liked You’
Pusha T – ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Nas – ‘King’s Disease II’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers’
Hip Hop Artist Of The Year
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Drake
Future
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Megan Thee Stallion
Producer Of The Year
ATL Jacob
Baby Keem
Hit-Boy
Hitmaka
Kanye West
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams
Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist
Baby Keem
BLXST
Doechii
Fivio Foreign
Glorilla
Nardo Wick
Sauch Santana
DJ Of The Year
D-Nice
DJ Cassidy
DJ Drama
DJ Kay Slay
DJ Premiere
Kaytranada
Musturd
Nyla Simone
LA Leakers: DJ Sourmilk and Justin Incredible
Best Hip Hop Platform Big Boy’s Neighbourhood
Breakfast Club
Caresha Please
Complex
Drink Champs
Hiphop DX
Milion Dollaz Worth Of Game
NPR Tiny Desk
Verzuz
Hustler Of The Year
50 Cent
Cardi B
DJ Khaled
Drake
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Megan The Stallion
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Drake – ‘Churchill Downs’ (Jack Harlow feat. Drake)
J. Cole – ‘Poke It Out Wale (feat. J. Cole)’
J. Cole – ‘London’ (Bia and J. Cole)
Lil Baby – ‘Girls Want Girls’ (Drake feat. Lil Baby)
Kanye West – ‘City Of Gods’ (Fivio Foreign, Kanye West and Alicia Keys)
Drake – ‘Wait For U’ (Future feat. Drake and Tems)
Jadakiss – ‘Black Illumanti’ (Freddie Gibbs feat. Jadakiss)
Impact Track
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Fivio Foreign, Kany West and Alicia Keys – ‘City Of Gods’
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
Nas – ‘Nobody (feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill)’