Back in September, BET released the nominees for their 2017 Hip Hop Awards, which was headlined by nine nominations each for Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B and DJ Khaled. Now, almost a month later, we'll be able to see who the winners are when the show airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
If for whatever reason you're unable to view the program, we've got you covered. Just come back to this post throughout the evening in order to keep up with running updates of the show. We'll put the winners' names in bold, along with acceptance speeches when they become available.
Hopefully that makes it easy on those of you with full DVRs. Anyway, best of luck to each of the nominees in these categories:
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- DJ Khaled f/ Rihanna, Bryson Tiller - "Wild Thoughts"
- French Montana f/ Swae Lee - "Unforgettable"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble."
BEST COLLABO, DUO OR GROUP
- DJ Khaled f/ Rihanna, Bryson Tiller - "Wild Thoughts"
- French Montana f/ Swae Lee - "Unforgettable"
- Migos f/ Lil Uzi Vert - "Bad And Boujee"
- Rae Sremmurd f/ Gucci Mane - "Black Beatles"
- Yo Gotti f/ Nicki Minaj - "Rake It Up"
HOT TICKET PERFORMER
- Cardi B
- Chance the Rapper
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Kendrick Lamar
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
- Chance the Rapper
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Jay Z
- Kendrick Lamar
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Benny Boom
- Colin Tilley
- Dave Meyers and Missy Elliott
- Director X
- Hype Williams
DJ OF THE YEAR
- DJ Drama
- DJ Envy
- DJ Esco
- DJ Khaled
- DJ Mustard
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- DJ Khaled and Nasty Beatmakers
- DJ Mustard
- London on Da Track
- Metro Boomin
- Mike Will Made-It
- Pharrell Williams
MVP OF THE YEAR
- Cardi B
- Chance the Rapper
- DJ Khaled
- Jay Z
- Kendrick Lamar
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- "Bad and Boujee"
- "Bodak Yellow"
- "Humble."
- "Mask Off"
- "Wild Thoughts"
BEST NEW HIP-HOP ARTIST
- Cardi B
- Amine
- Kodak Black
- Playboi Carti
- Tee Grizzley
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
- Cardi B
- Chance the Rapper
- Diddy
- DJ Khaled
- Jay Z
- Kendrick Lamar
MADE-YOU-LOOK AWARD
- ASAP Rocky
- CardiB
- Migos
- Future
- Nicki Minaj
BEST MIXTAPE
- Cardi B - Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2
- Gucci Mane - Droptopwop
- Juicy J - Gas Face
- Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
- Tee Grizzley - My Moment
- Yo Gotti, Mike Will Made-It - Gotti Made-It
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE
- Chance the Rapper - "I'm the One"
- Gucci Mane - "Black Beatles"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "Bad and Boujee"
- Nicki Minaj - "Rake It Up"
- Ty Dolla Sign - "Ain't Nothing"
- Wiz Khalifa - "Ain't Nothing"
IMPACT TRACK
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Jay Z - "The Story of O.J."
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble."
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Lecrae f/ Ty Dolla Sign - "Blessings"
- Tyler, the Creator f/ ASAP Rocky - "Who Dat Boy"
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- DJ Khaled - Grateful
- Future - Future
- J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only
- Jay Z - 4:44
- Kendrick Lamar - Damn
- Migos - Culture
Cardi B's Best New Artist Speech
Cardi B's Single of the Year Speech
DJ Khaled's Best Collaboration Speech
Cardi B's Hustler of the Year Speech
Uncle Luke Acceptance Speech
Uncle Luke's Influence Speech
