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Drake tops awards with 14 nominations, see full list

He was nominated in the "Album of the Year", "Best Live Performer", "Lyricist of the Year", "Best Hip-Hop Video" and three in the "Best Collabo, Duo or Group" category.

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Drake will be going up against other top nominees Future (with 10 nods), DJ Khaled (9) and Kanye West (e8) in several of those categories. One of the most closely watched races will be Best New Hip-Hop Artist, whose nominees including Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller (who won that award and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist at June’s BET Awards), Chance the Rapper, Desiigner and Tory Lanez.

The 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards will be held on September 17 at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

See below for the complete list of BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” ’16 Official Nominees:

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Best Hip-Hop Video

2 Chainz - Watch Out

Desiigner - Panda

DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future - I Got the Keys

Drake - Hotline Bling

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Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared - All the Way Up

Kanye West F/ Rihanna - Famous

Best Collabo, Duo or Group

DJ Khaled F/ Drake - For Free

DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future - I Got the Keys

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Drake & Future - Jumpman

Drake F/ Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared - All the Way Up

Best Live Performer

Drake

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Future

J. Cole

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Lyricist of the Year

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Chance the Rapper

Drake

J. Cole

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

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Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom

Colin Tilley

Director X

Hype Williams

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Kanye West

DJ of the Year

DJ Drama

DJ Envy

DJ Esco

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DJ Khaled

DJ Mustard

Producer of the Year

DJ Mustard

Dr. Dre

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Metro Boomin

Mike WiLL Made-It

Pharrell Williams

MVP of the Year

DJ Khaled

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Drake

Future

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Track of the Year

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All the Way Up - Produced By Cool & Dre and Edsclusive (Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared)

Controlla - Produced By BOI-1DA (Drake)

Hotline Bling - Produced By Nineteen85 (Drake)

I Got the Keys - Produced By Southside (DJ Khaled F/ Jay Z & Future)

Panda - Produced By Menace (Desiigner)

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Album of the Year

DJ Khaled - I Changed A Lot

Dr. Dre - Compton

Drake - Views

Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap

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Future -DS2

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

Best New Hip-Hop Artist

Anderson .Paak

Bryson Tiller

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Chance the Rapper

Desiigner

Tory Lanez

Hustler of the Year

DJ Khaled

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Drake

Future

Jay Z

Kanye West

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)

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A$AP Rocky

Drake

Future

Kanye West

Nicki Minaj

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Best Hip Hop Online Site/App

Allhiphop.Com

Complex.Com

Hotnewhiphop.Com

Worldstarhiphop.Com

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XXLMag.Com

Best Mixtape

Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

French Montana - Wave Gods (Hosted By Max B)

Future - Purple Reign

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Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vert VS. The World

Young Thug - Slime Season 3

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

2 Chainz - No Problem (Chance the Rapper F/ Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

Drake - Work (Rihanna F/ Drake)

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Kendrick Lamar - Freedom (Beyoncé F/ Kendrick Lamar)

Kodak Black - Lockjaw (French Montana F/ Kodak Black)

Nicki Minaj - Down In the DM - Remix (Yo Gotti F/ Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track

J. Cole - Love Yourz

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Jay Z - Spiritual

Jidenna - Long Live The Chief

Raury F/ Key - Trap Tears

Sir The Baptist F/ ChuchPeople - Raise Hell

People’s Champ Award

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Desiigner - Panda

DJ Khaled F/ Drake - For Free

Fat Joe & Remy Ma F/ French Montana & Infared - All the Way Up

O.T. Genasis F/ Young Dolph - Cut It

Travis Scott - Antidote

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Young Thug - Best Friend

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