2018 BET Hip Hop Awards

The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held on October 16, 2018 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. The nominations were announced on September 9, 2018.^[1]

Drake led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2018 with eleven nominations, followed by Cardi B with ten. Under them Childish Gambino received six nomination, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar tied for five nominations, and Jay-Z (credited also as "The Carters" with Beyoncé in Album of the Year, Best Collabo, Duo or Group and Song of the Year categories) with four nominations.^[2]

Cardi B was the biggest winner with four awards, including MVP of the Years and Hustler of the Year. Jay-Z and Beyoncé followed with three awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. XXXTentacion was the winner of Best Hip Hop New Artist. ^[3] XXXTentacion's mother accepted his award on his behalf since he had been murdered months beforehand.

Cyphers[edit]

Beat and mix by DJ Mustard. Mix #3 by Erykah Badu

Nominations and Winners[edit]

Winners highlighted in Bold

Best Hip Hop Video[edit]

• Childish Gambino – "This Is America"
• Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – "I Like It"
• Drake – "God's Plan"
• Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna – "Loyalty"
• Migos featuring Drake – "Walk It Talk It"

Best Collabo, Duo or Group[edit]

• The Carters – "Apeshit"
• 21 Savage featuring Offset and Metro Boomin – "Ric Flair Drip"
• BlocBoy JB featuring Drake – "Look Alive"
• Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – "I Like It"
• Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – "Rockstar"

Hot Ticket Performer[edit]

• Childish Gambino
• Drake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Travis Scott

Lyricist of the Year[edit]

• Childish Gambino
• Drake
• J. Cole
• Kendrick Lamar
• Travis Scott

Video Director of the Year[edit]

• Benny Boom
• Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
• Director X
• Eif Rivera
• Hiro Murai
• Karena Evans

DJ of the Year[edit]

• Calvin Harris
• DJ Drama
• DJ Envy
• DJ Khaled
• DJ Mustard

Producer of the Year[edit]

• Ben Billions
• DJ Mustard
• DJ Esco
• Metro Boomin
• Pharrell Williams

MVP of the Year[edit]

• Cardi B
• Childish Gambino
• Drake
• Travis Scott
• J. Cole

Single of the Year[edit]

• "Apeshit" – Produced by Pharrell Williams (The Carters, Quavo and Offset)
• "God's Plan" – Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da (Drake)
• "I Like It" – Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy (Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin)
• "Nice for What" – Produced by Murda Beatz (Drake)
• "This Is America" – Produced by Childish Gambino & Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)

Album of the Year[edit]

• Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
• Drake – Scorpion
• J. Cole – KOD
• Migos – Culture II
• The Carters - Everything Is Love

Best New Hip Hop Artist[edit]

• Trippie Redd
• BlocBoy JB
• Juice Wrld
• Lil Baby
• Rich the Kid
• XXXTentacion

Hustler of the Year[edit]

• Cardi B
• Drake
• DJ Khaled
• JAY-Z
• Kendrick Lamar
• Travis Scott

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)[edit]

• Nicki Minaj
• Remy Ma
• Migos
• Cardi B
• Travis Scott

Best Mixtape[edit]

• BlocBoy JB– "Simi"
• Juicy J – "Shut Da F* Up"
• Lil Wayne – "Dedication 6: Reloaded"
• Zoey Dollaz – "Sorry Not Sorry"
• Future –" Beast Mode 2"

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse[edit]

• 21 Savage– "Bartier Cardi" (Cardi B featuring 21 Savage )
• Cardi B– "MotorSport" (Migos featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj)
• Drake– "Look Alive" (BlocBoy JB– featuring Drake)
• Kendrick Lamar– "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid featuring Kendrick Lamar)
• Nicki Minaj– "Big Bank" (YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track[edit]

• Childish Gambino – "This Is America"
• Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges – "Liberated"
• Lecrae featuring Tori Kelly– "I'll Find You"
• Meek Mill featuring Miguel – "Stay Woke "
• N.E.R.D featuring Future – "1000"

I Am Hip Hop Icon[edit]

Lil Wayne

References[edit]