BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist explained

BET Awards for Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Presenter:	BET Awards
Year:	2001
Holder:	Kendrick Lamar (2024)
Most Wins:	Kendrick Lamar (7)
Most Nominations:	Drake (15)
Country:	United States
Website:	https://web.archive.org/web/20130307093921/http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards.html

The BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of male artists in hip hop every year. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. Kendrick Lamar is the all-time winner in this category with six wins. Drake has the most nominations with fifteen.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2001
	Jay-Z
	Ja Rule
	Mystikal
	Nelly
	Snoop Dogg
2002
	Ja Rule
	Busta Rhymes
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
	Nas
2003
	50 Cent
	Birdman
	Eminem
	Jay-Z
	Nelly
	Snoop Dogg
2004
	Jay-Z
	50 Cent
	Chingy
	Ludacris
	Kanye West
2005
	Kanye West	^[1]
	50 Cent
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
	Snoop Dogg
	T.I.
2006
	T.I.
	50 Cent
	Common
	Busta Rhymes
	Kanye West
2007
	T.I.
	Diddy
	Jay-Z
	Lil Wayne
	Ludacris
2008
	Kanye West
	Common
	Jay-Z
	Lil Wayne
	Snoop Dogg
2009
	Lil Wayne
	Kanye West
	Rick Ross
	T.I.
	Young Jeezy

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Drake
	B.o.B
	Fabolous
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
2011
	Kanye West
	B.o.B
	Drake
	Lil Wayne
	Rick Ross
2012
	Drake
	Big Sean
	J. Cole
	Lil Wayne
	Rick Ross
	Young Jeezy
2013
	Kendrick Lamar	^[2]
	2 Chainz
	ASAP Rocky
	Drake
	Future
2014
	Drake	^[3]
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jay-Z
	Kendrick Lamar
2015
	Kendrick Lamar	^[4]
	Big Sean
	Common
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Wale
2016
	Drake	^[5]
	Fetty Wap
	Future
	J. Cole
	Kendrick Lamar
	Kanye West
2017
	Kendrick Lamar	^[6]
	Chance the Rapper
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Big Sean
2018
	Kendrick Lamar	^[7]
	DJ Khaled
	Drake
	Jay-Z
	J. Cole
2019
	Nipsey Hussle	^[8]
	21 Savage
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Meek Mill
	Travis Scott

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	DaBaby	^[9]
	Drake
	Future
	Lil Baby
	Roddy Ricch
	Travis Scott
2021
	Lil Baby	^[10]
	DaBaby
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Pop Smoke
2022
	Kendrick Lamar	^[11]
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Kanye West
	Lil Baby
2023
	Kendrick Lamar	^[12]
	21 Savage
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Lil Baby
2024
	Kendrick Lamar	^[13]
	21 Savage
	Burna Boy
	Drake
	Future
	Gunna
	J. Cole
	Lil Wayne

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

7 wins

• Kendrick Lamar

4 wins

• Drake

3 wins

• Kanye West

2 wins

• Jay-Z
• T.I.

Nominations

15 nominations

• Drake

11 nominations

• J. Cole

10 nominations

• Jay-Z

9 nominations

• Kendrick Lamar

8 nominations

• Future
• Kanye West

6 nominations

• Lil Wayne

5 nominations

• Ludacris

4 nominations

• 50 Cent
• Lil Baby
• Snoop Dogg
• T.I.

3 nominations

• 21 Savage
• Big Sean
• Common
• Jack Harlow
• Rick Ross

2 nominations

• B.o.B
• Busta Rhymes
• DaBaby
• Ja Rule
• Nelly
• Travis Scott
• Young Jeezy

See also

• BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Notes and References

1. 2005 BET Awards Nominees. Billboard. May 16, 2017.
2. Web site: BET Awards Nominees 2013 – Full List Of Hip-Hop Nominations. Andy Swift. Hollywood Life. May 18, 2015. February 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220170608/http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/05/14/bet-awards-nominees-2013-list-nominations/. dead.
3. Web site: BET Award 2014 Nominations Announced. Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. nokiatheatrelalive.com. May 18, 2015. July 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140721031422/http://www.nokiatheatrelalive.com/news/detail/bet-award-2014-nominations-announced. dead.
4. Web site: Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Lead BET Awards Nominations. Rap-Up. May 18, 2015.
5. Web site: Drake Leads BET Awards with 9 Nominations. Jennifer. Konerman. Hollywood Reporter. May 20, 2016. May 16, 2017.
6. Beyoncé and Bruno Mars Top 2017 BET Awards Nominees Slate. Billboard. May 15, 2017. May 16, 2017.
7. DJ Khaled Leads 2018 BET Awards Nominations: See the Full List. May 16, 2018. Billboard. May 16, 2018.
8. Web site: Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517202445/https://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2019/best-male-hip-hop-artist.html. dead. May 17, 2019. BET.
9. Web site: 2020 BET Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616025853/https://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2020/nominees/best-male-hip-hop-artist.html. dead. June 16, 2020. Nominees. June 15, 2020.
10. Web site: 2021 BET Awards. Nominees. May 28, 2021.
11. Web site: 2022 BET Awards. Nominees. June 2, 2022.
12. Web site: 2023 BET Awards. Nominees. June 9, 2023.
13. Web site: Drake Tops the List of Nominees for BET Awards 2024 With Seven Nods. Nominees. May 18, 2024.