The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards will air at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, on BET.
The awards honor hip hop artists, producers and music video directors.
The I Am Hip Hop Award will go to Nelly “a diamond-selling, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rap superstar, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor.”
The Rock the Bells Cultural Influence Award will go to Tyler, The Creator. He is an “award-winning artist, producer, director, fashion designer, filmmaker and entrepreneur who cofounded the hip-hop group and record label Odd Future in 2007.”
Performers will include Baby Keem, Bia, Gunna, Isaiah Rashad, Lil Jon, Tobe Nwigwe and Young Thug.
Nominations include:
- DJ of the year – Chase B, D Nice, DJ Cassidy, DJ Drama, DJ Envy, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Scheme and Kaytranada.
- Best hip hop video – Cardi B, “Up;” Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “Wap;” Chris Brown & Young Thug, “Go Crazy;” Drake featuring Lil Durk, “Laugh Now Cry Later;” Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name);” and Saweetie featuring Doja Cat, “Best Friend.”
- Song of the year: Pooh Shiesty featuring Lil Durk, “Back in Blood;” Roddy Ricch, “Late at Night;” Drake featuring Lil Durk, “Laugh Now Cry Later;” Cardi B, “Up;” Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “Wap;” and Bia featuring Nicki Minaj, “Whole Lotta Money (Remix).”
- Best new hip hop artist: Blxst, Coi Leray, Don Toliver, Morray, Pooh Shiesty and Young Bleu.
- Best live performer: Busta Rhymes, Cardi B, Dababy, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion and Tyler, The Creator.
- Hip hop artist of the year – Cardi B, Drake, J. Cole, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion and Tyler, The Creator.
You can see all of the nominations here.
Rapper Cardi B attends the Road to “Fast & Furious 9” Concert at Maurice A. Ferré Park on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Miami, Fla. She is one of six artists nominated for hip hop artist of the year in the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)Scott Roth/Invision/AP
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