With six wins, including artist of the year, Kendrick Lamar dominated the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards.
The show, which was taped last Friday in Atlanta, aired on Tuesday night.
Lamar was also named lyricist of the year for the eighth time – more than any other artist since the awards were introduced in 2006. Lamar won album of the year (for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers) for the third time, putting him in a tie with Jay-Z and T.I. for the most wins in this category.
Canada’s Drake, who went into the show with 10 nominations, earned three. Future’s “Wait for You,” on which Drake is featured with Tems, was named best collaboration. The Toronto rap star also tied with himself for best featured verse for his contributions to “Wait for You” and Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs.”
Toronto’s Director X lost video director of the year to Lamar and Dave Free.
Other winners include Latto, whose hit “Big Energy” was crowned song of the year, and Lizzo, whose “About Damn Time” was named the year’s impact track.
Check out the winners below:
SONG OF THE YEAR
Latto - “Big Energy” * WINNERHitkidd & 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 * WINNER
HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cardi BDoja CatDrakeFutureKanye WestKendrick Lamar * WINNERMegan Thee Stallion
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
A$AP Rocky - “D.M.B.”Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “Family Ties” * WINNERCity 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” * WINNERDrake 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 AgainEARTHGANG * WINNERStyles P & Havoc
BEST LIVE PERFORMER
Cardi BDoja CatDrakeJ. ColeKanye WestKendrick Lamar * WINNERTyler, the Creator
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
Baby KeemBenny The ButcherDrakeJ. ColeJack HarlowJay-ZKendrick Lamar * WINNER
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Benny BoomBurna BoyCole BennettColin TilleyDirector XKendrick Lamar & Dave Free * WINNERTeyana Taylor
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
ATL JacobBaby KeemHit-BoyHitmaka * WINNERKanye WestMetro BoominPharrell Williams
BEST BREAKTHROUGH HIP HOP ARTIST
Baby KeemBlxstDoechiiFivio ForeignGloRilla * WINNERNardo WickSaucy Santana
DJ OF THE YEAR
D-NiceDJ CassidyDJ Drama * WINNERDJ Kay SlayDJ PremierKaytranadaMustardNyla SymoneL.A. Leakers: DJ sourMILK & Justin Credible
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
50 Cent * WINNERCardi BDJ KhaledDrakeJay-ZKanye WestMegan Thee Stallion
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE
Drake - “Churchill Downs” (Jack Harlow ft. Drake) * WINNERJ. 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) * WINNERJadakiss - “Black Illuminati” (Freddie Gibbs ft. Jadakiss)
IMPACT TRACK
Lizzo - “About Damn Time” * WINNERFivio 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) * WINNERBlack Sherif (Ghana)Blxckie (South Africa)Central Cee (UK)Haviah Mighty (Canada)Knucks (UK)Le Juiice (France)Nadia Nakai (Zimbabwe)Tasha & Tracie (Brazil)