The 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards was a recognition ceremony that was held on October 4, 2022, as the 17th installment of the BET Hip Hop Awards. The nominations were announced on September 12, 2022. ^[1] The awards were hosted by Fat Joe. ^[2]

Kendrick Lamar won the most awards at the ceremony, with six. Drake had the most nominations with 14, followed by Kanye West with 10 and Lamar with nine. ^[3] Trina received the I Am Hip Hop Award. ^[4]

Nominees

Hip Hop Artist of the Year

• Cardi B
• Doja Cat
• Drake
• Future
• Kanye West
• Kendrick Lamar
• Megan Thee Stallion

Hip Hop Album of the Year

• Latto - 777
• Drake – Certified Lover Boy
• Kanye West – Donda
• Future – I Never Liked You
• Pusha T – It's Almost Dry
• Nas – King's Disease II
• Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Best Hip Hop Video

• ASAP Rocky – " D.M.B."
• Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – " Family Ties"
• City Girls featuring Usher – " Good Love"
• Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk – " Hot Shit"
• Bia & J. Cole – " London"
• Future featuring Drake & Tems – " Wait for U"
• Drake featuring Future & Young Thug – " Way 2 Sexy"

Best Collaboration

• Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – " Family Ties"
• City Girls featuring Usher – " Good Love"
• Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk – " Hot Shit"
• Drake featuring 21 Savage – " Jimmy Cooks"
• Benny the Butcher & J. Cole – " Johnny P's Caddy"
• Future featuring Drake & Tems – " Wait for U"
• Drake featuring Future & Young Thug – " Way 2 Sexy"

Best Duo/Group

• 42 Dugg & EST Gee
• Big Sean & Hit-Boy
• Birdman & YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Blxst & Bino Rideaux
• DaBaby & YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• EarthGang
• Styles P & Havoc

Best Live Performer

• Cardi B
• Doja Cat
• Drake
• J. Cole
• Kanye West
• Kendrick Lamar
• Tyler, the Creator

Lyricist of the Year

• Baby Keem
• Benny the Butcher
• Drake
• J. Cole
• Jack Harlow
• Jay-Z
• Kendrick Lamar

Video Director of the Year

• Benny Boom
• Burna Boy
• Cole Bennett
• Colin Tilley
• Director X
• Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free
• Teyana Taylor

DJ of the Year

• D-Nice
• DJ Cassidy
• DJ Drama
• DJ Kay Slay
• DJ Premier
• Kaytranada
• Mustard
• Nyla Symone
• LA Leakers: DJ Sourmilk & Justin Incredible

Producer of the Year

• ATL Jacob
• Baby Keem
• Hit-Boy
• Hitmaka
• Kanye West
• Metro Boomin
• Pharrell Williams

Song of the Year

• " Big Energy" – Produced by Dr. Luke & Vaughn Oliver ( Latto)
• " F.N.F. (Let's Go)" – Produced by Hitkidd (Hitkidd & GloRilla)
• " First Class" – Produced by Rogét Chahayed, Jack Harlow, Jasper Harris, & Charlie Handsome (Jack Harlow)
• " Hot Shit" – Produced by Tay Keith & BanBwoi ( Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk)
• " Super Gremlin" – Produced by ATL Jacob & Jambo ( Kodak Black)
• " Wait for U" – Produced by FnZ & ATL Jacob ( Future featuring Drake & Tems)
• " Way 2 Sexy" – Produced by TM88 & Too Dope ( Drake featuring Future & Young Thug)

Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist

• GloRilla
• Baby Keem
• Blxst
• Doechii
• Fivio Foreign
• Nardo Wick
• Saucy Santana

Hustler of the Year

• 50 Cent
• Cardi B
• DJ Khaled
• Drake
• Jay-Z
• Kanye West
• Megan Thee Stallion

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

• Drake – " Churchill Downs" ( Jack Harlow)
• J. Cole – " Poke It Out" ( Wale)
• J. Cole – " London" ( Bia)
• Lil Baby – " Girls Want Girls" ( Drake)
• Kanye West – " City of Gods" ( Fivio Foreign & Alicia Keys)
• Drake – " Wait for U" ( Future & Tems)
• Jadakiss – "Black Illuminati" ( Freddie Gibbs)

Impact Track

• Lizzo – " About Damn Time"
• Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys – " City of Gods"
• Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – " Family Ties"
• Nas featuring Lauryn Hill – " Nobody"
• Latto – " Pussy"
• Kendrick Lamar – " The Heart Part 5"
• Doja Cat – " Woman"

Best Hip-Hop Platform

• Caresha Please
• Drink Champs
• Big Boy's Neighborhood
• The Breakfast Club
• Complex
• HipHopDX
• Million Dollaz Worth of Game
• NPR Tiny Desk
• WorldStarHipHop
• Verzuz

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 (South Africa)
• Fazari Big Jue SZN (Liberia)
• DMD BIG BABY ( LIBERIA)

I Am Hip-Hop Award

• Trina

Performers

• Kodak Black
• Armani White
• GloRilla
• Fivio foreign

References