Drake, Ye and Kendrick Lamar Lead 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees

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America may have invented hip-hop, but thanks to the 6 God, Canada may currently have the edge on it
when it comes to excellence.

The Great White North's greatest rapper, Drake, leads the nominations for the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards announced today with 14, including Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Hip Hop Album of the Year and Hip Hop Artist of the Year.

While the Certified Lover Boy has a chance to take home a lot of trophies at the network's 17th edition of the annual award show, he has plenty of competition from some homegrown stars.

Billionaire fashion mogul and former presidential candidate, Kanye West, garnered 10 nominations for his work on the eponymously named "Donda" album he conceived as a tribute to his late mother and Cardi B's "Hot Shit" featuring Lil Durk, which is in contention for Song of the Year.

Kendrick Lamar's powerful return to form this year with the release of "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers" and the accompanying cutting-edge tour, earned nine nods including Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Hip Hop Album of the Year and Hip Hop Artist of the Year.

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Other notable nominations include Doja Cat, Latto, Lil Durk, Tems, and Young Thug, with three. Benny The Butcher, City Girls, Fivio Foreign, Glorilla, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, Nas, and Usher each received two nominations.

This year's show will be hosted by Fat Joe and a taping will be held at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 30. BET will broadcast the event on Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. ET.

 A complete list of official nominees follows:

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

D.M.B. — A$AP ROCKY
FAMILY TIES — BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR
GOOD LOVE — CITY GIRLS FEAT. USHER
HOT SHIT — CARDI B, KANYE WEST & LIL DURK
LONDON — BIA & J. COLE
WAIT FOR U — FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS
WAY 2 SEXY — DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG

BEST COLLABORATION
FAMILY TIES — BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR

GOOD LOVE — CITY GIRLS FEAT. USHER

HOT SHIT — CARDI B, KANYE WEST & LIL DURK

JIMMY COOKS — DRAKE FEAT. 21 SAVAGE

JOHNNY P’S CADDY — BENNY THE BUTCHER & J. COLE

WAIT FOR U — FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS

WAY 2 SEXY — DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG

BEST DUO OR GROUP
42 DUGG & EST GEE
BIG SEAN & HIT-BOY
BIRDMAN & YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN
BLXST & BINO RIDEAUX
DABABY & YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN
EARTHGANG
STYLES P & 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 & DAVE FREE
TEYANA TAYLOR

SONG OF THE YEAR
BIG ENERGY — LATTO

F.N.F. (LET'S GO) — HITKIDD & GLORILLA

FIRST CLASS — JACK HARLOW

HOT SHIT — CARDI B, KANYE WEST & LIL DURK

SUPER GREMLIN — KODAK BLACK

WAIT FOR U — FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS

WAY 2 SEXY — DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG

HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
777 — LATTO

CERTIFIED LOVER — BOY DRAKE

DONDA — KANYE WEST

I NEVER LIKED YOU — FUTURE

IT'S ALMOST DRY — PUSHA T

KING'S DISEASE II — NAS

MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS — KENDRICK LAMAR

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
SAUCY SANTANA

DJ OF THE YEAR
D-NICE
DJ CASSIDY
DJ DRAMA
DJ KAY SLAY
DJ PREMIER
KAYTRANADA
MUSTARD
NYLA SYMONE
LA LEAKERS: DJ SOURMILK AND JUSTIN INCREDIBLE

BEST HIP HOP PLATFORM
BIG BOY'S NEIGHBORHOOD
BREAKFAST CLUB
CARESHA PLEASE
COMPLEX
DRINK CHAMPS
HIPHOP DX
MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME
NPR TINY DESK
VERZUZ

HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
50 CENT
CARDI B
DJ KHALED
DRAKE
JAY-Z
KANYE WEST
MEGAN THEE 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 & J. COLE)

LIL BABY — GIRLS WANT GIRLS (DRAKE FEAT. LIL BABY)

KANYE WEST — CITY OF GODS (FIVIO FOREIGN, KANYE WEST & ALICIA KEYS)

DRAKE — WAIT FOR U (FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS)

JADAKISS — BLACK ILLUMANTI (FREDDIE GIBBS FEAT. JADAKISS)

IMPACT TRACK
ABOUT DAMN TIME — LIZZO

CITY OF GODS — FIVIO FOREIGN, KANYE WEST & ALICIA KEYS

FAMILY TIES — BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR

NOBODY — NAS FEAT. MS. LAURYN HILL

PXSSY — LATTO

THE HEART PART 5 — KENDRICK LAMAR

WOMAN — DOJA CAT

BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW
BENJAMIN EPPS (FRANCE)
BLACK SHERIF (GHANA)
BLXCKIE (SOUTH AFRICA)
CENTRAL CEE (UK)
HAVIAH MIGHTY (CANADA)
KNUCKS (UK)
LE JUIICE (FRANCE)
NADIA NAKAI (ZIMBABWE)
TASHA & TRACIE (BRAZIL)