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Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B lead nominations for 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
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The 16th annual BET Hip Hop Awards will take place on Oct. 5 at 9 PM ET.

The nominations for the 16th annual BET Hip Hop Awards have been announced. On Thursday (Sept. 9), BET unveiled the list of nominees for the show, which will take place early next month.

Leading the pack are Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The women emcees have both received nine nods, including Best Hip Hop Video and Best Collaboration for their racy hit single, “WAP.” Coming in with the second-most nominations is Drake, who was nominated a total of eight times. The Toronto star — who recently dropped his Certified Lover Boy project — is in the running to win Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and more.

None of his nominations, however, are for the recently-released project, which missed the cut-off date to be considered for this year’s award show.

Tyler. the Creator — who earned four nominations — is among the contenders for Hip Hop Album of the Year. His Call Me If You Get Lost album is up against A Gangsta’s Pain by MoneyBagg Yo; Culture III by Migos; Megan’s Good News; Khaled Khaled by DJ Khaled; J. Cole’s The Off-Season; and 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s joint project, Savage Mode II.

The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards, which typically includes performances and cyphers, is scheduled to go down on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 9 PM ET/PT. In addition to the aforementioned honors, awards will also be given out to artists who reign supreme in the categories of Song of the Year; Best New Hip Hop Artist; Best Duo or Group; Best Live Performer; Best International Flow; Video Director of the Year; DJ of the Year; Producer of the Year; Best Hip Hop Platform; Best Featured Song and Impact Track.

See the full list of this year’s nominees below.

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

CARDI B, “UP”

CARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION, “WAP”

CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG GO, “CRAZY”

DRAKE FEAT. LIL DURK, “LAUGH NOW CRY LATER”

LIL NAS X, “MONTERO” (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)

SAWEETIE FEAT. DOJA CAT, “BEST FRIEND”

BEST COLLABORATION

21 SAVAGE & METRO BOOMIN FEAT. DRAKE, “MR. RIGHT NOW”

BIA FEAT. NICKI MINAJ, “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY” (REMIX)

CARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION, “WAP”

DJ KHALED FEAT. LIL BABY & LIL DURK, “EVERY CHANCE I GET”

DRAKE FEAT. LIL DURK, “LAUGH NOW CRY LATER”

POOH SHIESTY FEAT. LIL DURK, “BACK IN BLOOD”

SONG OF THE YEAR

“BACK IN BLOOD” – Produced by YC (POOH SHIESTY FEAT. LIL DURK)

“LATE AT NIGHT” – Produced by Mustard (RODDY RICCH)

“LAUGH NOW CRY LATER” – Produced by G. Ry, CardoGotWings, Roget Chahayed & Yung Exclusive (DRAKE FEAT. LIL DURK)

“UP” – Produced by Yung Dza, Sean Island, DJ SwanQo (CARDI B)

“WAP” – Produced by Ayo & Keyz (CARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION)

“WHOLE LOTTA MONEY” (REMIX) – Produced by London Jae, BeatGodz, Tee Romano (BIA FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)

SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE

CARDI B, “TYPE SHIT” (MIGOS FEAT. CARDI B)

DRAKE, “HAVIN’ OUR WAY” (MIGOS FEAT. DRAKE)

JAY-Z, “WHAT IT FEELS LIKE” (NIPSEY HUSSLE FEAT. JAY-Z)

LIL DURK, “BACK IN BLOOD” (POOH SHIESTY FT. LIL DURK)

MEGAN THE STALLION, “ON ME” (REMIX) (LIL BABY FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION)

RODDY RICCH, “LEMONADE” (REMIX) (INTERNET MONEY FEAT. DON TOLIVER & RODDY RICCH)

IMPACT TRACK

BLACK THOUGHT, “THOUGHT VS EVERYBODY”

LIL NAS X, “MONTERO” (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)

LIL BABY FEAT. KIRK FRANKLIN, “WE WIN”

MEEK MILL FEAT. LIL DURK, “PAIN AWAY”

NIPSEY HUSSLE FEAT. JAY-Z, “WHAT IT FEELS LIKE”

BEST NEW HIP HOP ARTIST

BLXST

COI LERAY

DON TOLIVER

MORRAY

POOH SHIESTY

YUNG BLEU

BEST DUO OR GROUP

21 SAVAGE & METRO BOOMIN

CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG

CITY GIRLS

FUTURE & LIL UZI VERT

LIL BABY & LIL DURK

MIGOS

BEST LIVE PERFORMER

BUSTA RHYMES

CARDI B

DABABY

DOJA CAT

MEGAN THEE STALLION

TYLER, THE CREATOR

LYRICIST OF THE YEAR

BENNY THE BUTCHER

DRAKE

J. COLE

LIL BABY

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NAS

HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR

CARDI B

DRAKE

J. COLE

LIL BABY

MEGAN THEE STALLION

TYLER, THE CREATOR

HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A GANGSTA’S PAIN MONEYBAGG YO

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST TYLER, THE CREATOR

CULTURE III MIGOS

GOOD NEWS MEGAN THEE STALLION

KHALED KHALED DJ KHALED

SAVAGE MODE II 21 SAVAGE X METRO BOOMIN

THE OFF-SEASON J. COLE

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

COLE BENNETT

COLIN TILLEY

DAVE MEYERS

DIRECTOR X

HYPE WILLIAMS

MISSY ELLIOTT

DJ OF THE YEAR

CHASE B

D NICE

DJ CASSIDY

DJ DRAMA

DJ ENVY

DJ JAZZY JEFF

DJ SCHEME

KAYTRANADA

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

DJ KHALED

HIT-BOY

METRO BOOMIN

MUSTARD

THE ALCHEMIST

TYLER, THE CREATOR

HUSTLER OF THE YEAR

CARDI B

DRAKE

LIL BABY

MEGAN THEE STALLION

SAWEETIE

YUNG BLEU

BEST HIP-HOP PLATFORM

COMPLEX

GENIUS

HIPHOPDX

HOTNEWHIPHOP

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

THE SHADE ROOM

WORLDSTARHIPHOP

XXL

BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW

LADIPOE (NIGERIA)

NASTY C. (SOUTH AFRICA)

XAMÃ (BRAZIL)

LAYLOW (FRANCE)

GAZO (FRANCE)

LITTLE SIMZ (UK)

DAVE (UK)