This yr’s version of the BET Hip-Hop Awards showcased the style’s greatest, with Kendrick Lamar exhibiting out as the highest winner.
On Tuesday (October 15), the 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards was aired on the community, with Fats Joe serving because the host. The occasion happened at Drai’s Las Vegas, and it was the scene for a few of Hip-Hop’s notable stars to stroll away with coveted awards together with the night time’s prime winners, Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion. Kendrick Lamar, who wasn’t in attendance, snagged eight awards together with Hip-Hop Artist of The 12 months, Track of The 12 months, and Greatest Hip-Hop Video of The 12 months for his smash hit “Not Like Us”. His 12 nominations have been tied solely by Megan Thee Stallion.
Travis Scott acquired the “I Am Hip-Hop” Award and was available to simply accept his trophy. “I all the time had this imaginative and prescient, to today, to take the sound to the subsequent stage,” he stated in his speech, emphasizing how a lot the award meant to him and his profession.
The award for Album of The 12 months went to Nicki Minaj for Pink Friday 2, making her the primary feminine artist to safe that victory. She wasn’t current on the occasion, partially because of her contentious historical past with the community over a since-deleted submit mocking her after a Grammy win by her rival Cardi B on X, previously Twitter again in 2019. Nicki Minaj did share a meme after her win was introduced, exhibiting Chucky from the Baby’s Play motion pictures biting on a girl’s arm.
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Different winners of the night time included Future and Metro Boomin, who received Greatest Duo or Group and in addition for Greatest Collaboration for the “Like That” observe that includes Kendrick Lamar. The Alchemist took residence the honors for Producer of The 12 months and DJ of The 12 months, whereas the legendary Missy Elliott received the award for Greatest Dwell Performer. Sexxy Crimson received the award for Greatest Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist and Shannon Sharpe’s Membership Shay Shay snagged the Greatest Podcast Award.
