Drake earned 10 nominations at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards, it was announced Monday, including artist and album of the year.
The Toronto rap star has three nominations in the Best Collaboration category – for his Certified Lover Boy tracks “Jimmy Cooks” ft. 21 Savage and “Way 2 Sexy” ft. Future & Young Thug” as well as for his contribution to Future’s “Wait for You” (also featuring Tems).
At the BET Awards, which were handed out in June, Drake had four nominations but came up empty.
Also repping Canada at the BET Hip Hop Awards this year are Montreal’s Kaytranada, who’s up for DJ of the Year; Toronto’s Director X, who is nominated for Video Director of the Year; and Brampton, Ont. native Haviah Mighty, vying for the International Flow award.
Overall, Ye leads the way with 14 nominations. The show, hosted by Fat Joe, will be taped in Atlanta on Sept. 30 for broadcast a few days later.
Check out the nominations:
SONG OF THE YEAR
Latto - “Big Energy”Hitkidd & Glorilla - “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”Jack Harlow - “First Class”Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk - “Hot Shit”Kodak Black - “Super Gremlin”Future ft. Drake & Tems - “Wait for You”Drake ft. Future & Young Thug - “Way 2 Sexy”
HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Latto - 777Drake - Certified Lover BoyKanye West - DondaFuture - I Never Liked You Pusha T - It’s Almost DryNas - King’s Disease II Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cardi BDoja CatDrakeFutureKanye WestKendrick LamarMegan Thee Stallion
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
A$AP Rocky - “D.M.B.”Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “Family Ties”City Girls ft. Usher - “Good Love”Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk - “Hot S**t”BIA & J. Cole - “London”Future ft. Drake & Tems - “Wait for You”Drake ft. Future & Young Thug - “Way 2 Sexy”
BEST COLLABORATION
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “Family Ties”City Girls ft. Usher - “Good Love”Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk - “Hot Shit”Drake ft. 21 Savage - “Jimmy Cooks”Benny The Butcher & J. Cole - “Johnny P’s Caddy”Future ft. Drake & Tems - “Wait for You”Drake ft. Future & Young Thug - “Way 2 Sexy”
BEST DUO OR GROUP
42 Dugg & EST GeeBig Sean & Hit-BoyBirdman & Youngboy Never Broke AgainBlxst & Bino RideauxDaBaby & Youngboy Never Broke AgainEARTHGANGStyles P & Havoc
BEST LIVE PERFORMER
Cardi BDoja CatDrakeJ. ColeKanye WestKendrick LamarTyler, the Creator
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
Baby KeemBenny The ButcherDrakeJ. ColeJack HarlowJay-ZKendrick Lamar
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Benny BoomBurna BoyCole BennettColin TilleyDirector XKendrick Lamar & Dave FreeTeyana Taylor
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
ATL JacobBaby KeemHit-BoyHitmakaKanye WestMetro BoominPharrell Williams
BEST BREAKTHROUGH HIP HOP ARTIST
Baby KeemBlxstDoechiiFivio ForeignGlorillaNardo WickSaucy Santana
DJ OF THE YEAR
D-NiceDJ CassidyDJ DramaDJ Kay SlayDJ PremierKaytranadaMustardNyla SymoneL.A. Leakers: DJ sourMILK & Justin Credible
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
50 CentCardi BDJ KhaledDrakeJay-ZKanye WestMegan Thee Stallion
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE
Drake - “Churchill Downs” (Jack Harlow ft. Drake)J. Cole - “Poke It Out” (Wale ft. J. Cole)J. Cole - “London” (BIA & J. Cole)Lil Baby - “Girls Want Girls” (Drake ft. Lil Baby)Kanye West - “City of Gods” (Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys)Drake - “Wait for You” (Future ft. Drake & Tems)Jadakiss - “Black Illuminati” (Freddie Gibbs ft. Jadakiss)
IMPACT TRACK
Lizzo - “About Damn Time”Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys - “City of Gods”Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “Family Ties”Nas ft. Ms. Lauryn Hill - “Nobody”Latto - “Pxssy”Kendrick Lamar - “The Heart Part 5”Doja Cat - “Woman”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW
Benjamin Epps (France)Black Sherif (Ghana)Blxckie (South Africa)Central Cee (UK)Haviah Mighty (Canada)Knucks (UK)Le Juiice (France)Nadia Nakai (Zimbabwe)Tasha & Tracie (Brazil)