2016 BET Hip Hop Awards

2016 BET Hip Hop Awards
Date	October 4, 2016
Location	Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Hosted by	DJ Khaled
Television/Radio coverage
Network	BET, MTV, MTV2

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.^[1]

Performances

Gucci Mane - featuring Travis Scott - "Last Time" and "Pick up the Phone featuring Young Thug & Quavo
Dae Dae – "Wat U Mean (Aye, Aye, Aye)"
D.R.A.M. 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

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

Best New Hip Hop Artist

Chance the Rapper

Hustler of the Year

DJ Khaled

Made-You-Look Award

Kanye West

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 ChuchPeople – "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"

References

↑ http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2016/photos/show/and-the-nominees-are.html#!HHA-PageProperties-1x1-HipHopVideo

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2016 BET Hip Hop Awards

Performances

Cyphers

Winners and nominations

Best Hip Hop Video

Best Collabo, Duo or Group

Best Live Performer

Lyricist of the Year

Video Director of the Year

DJ of the Year

Producer of the Year

MVP of the Year