Back when the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations were announced last month, it was revealed that Drake, Cardi B, and Childish Gambino led the pack, with each artist scoring 11, 10, and 6 nods, respectively. The event airs this evening, and while we do know the late rapper XXXTentacion wins Best New Artist, there are several other awards up for grabs.
We'll be refreshing this list as the winners are announced, so check back for the updates.
Best Hip Hop Video
- Cardi B f/ Bad Bunny & J Balvin – “I Like It”
- Childish Gambino – “This Is America” - WINNER
- Drake – “God’s Plan”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Loyalty” f/ Rihanna
- Migos f/ Drake – “Walk It Talk It”
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
- 21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin – “Ric Flair Drip”
- Blocboy JB f/ Drake – “Look Alive”
- Cardi B f/ Bad Bunny & J Balvin – “I Like It”
- Post Malone f/ 21 Savage – “Rockstar”
- The Carters – “Apeshit” - WINNER
Hot Ticket Performer
- Cardi B
- Childish Gambino
- Drake - WINNER
- Kendrick Lamar
- Travis Scott
Lyricist of the Year
- Childish Gambino
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
- Travis Scott
Video Director of the Year
- Benny Boom
- Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
- Director X
- Eif Rivera
- Hiro Murai
- Karena Evans - WINNER
DJ of the Year
- Calvin Harris
- DJ Envy
- DJ Drama
- DJ Khaled - WINNER
- DJ Mustard
Producer of the Year
- Ben Billions
- DJ Esco
- DJ Mustard
- Metro Boomin
- Pharrell Williams - WINNER
MVP of the Year
- Cardi B - WINNER
- Childish Gambino
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Travis Scott
Single of the Year
- “Apesh*t” - WINNER
- “God’s Plan”
- “I Like It”
- “Nice for What”
- “This Is America”
Best New Hip Hop Artist
- Blocboy JB
- Juice Wrld
- Lil Baby
- Rich the Kid
- XXXTentacion - WINNER
Hustler of the Year
- Cardi B - WINNER
- DJ Khaled
- Drake
- JAY-Z
- Kendrick Lamar
- Travis Scott
Made-You-Look Award
- Cardi B - WINNER
- Migos
- Nicki Minaj
- Remy Ma
- Travis Scott
Best Mixtape
- BlocBoy JB – Simi - WINNER
- Future – Beast Mode 2
- Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up
- Lil Wayne – Dedication 6: Reloaded
- Zoey Dollaz – Sorry Not Sorry
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
- 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi”
- Cardi B – “Motorsport” - WINNER
- Drake – “Look Alive”
- Kendrick Lamar – “New Freezer”
- Nicki Minaj – “Big Bank”
Impact Track
- Childish Gambino – “This Is America” - WINNER
- Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges – “Liberated”
- Lecrae f/ Tori Kelly – “I’ll Find You”
- Meek Mill f/ Miguel – “Stay Woke”
- N.E.R.D f/ Future – “1,000”
Best Hip-Hop Online Site/App
- Worldstar - WINNER
- Complex
- AllHipHop
- XXL
- Hot New Hip Hop
Album of the Year
- Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
- Drake – Scorpion
- J. Cole – KOD
- Migos – Culture II
- The Carters – Everything Is Love - WINNER
