BET has announced the participants for the 2015 Hip Hop Cyphers, 2 Dope Boyz reports.
The rappers are not split into categories, only listed. BET will not be releasing the cyphers prior to the show, but instead will be showing them throughout the program, which airs tomorrow (October 13).
The full list of participants is below:
Albe Back
Black Thought
Casey Veggies
Charles Hamilton
Daveed Diggs
DJ Premier
Doug E. Fresh
Erick Sermon
J-Doe
Jackie Spade
Joyner Lucas
Keith Murray
King Mez
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Muggsy Malone
Nicole Paris
Rahzel
Raury
Redman
Renee Elise Goldsberry
Tink
Tripz
Vince Staples
(This article was first published on September 15, 2015 and is as follows.)
The nominees for the 10th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards have been announced. The show is scheduled to air October 13 at 8 pm EST and will be hosted by Snoop Dogg.
Drake received 12 nominations, including Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and Made-You-Look Award.
Big Sean is nominated for 10 awards, including Best Video, Lyricist of the Year and People’s Champ Award.
Kendrick Lamar is up for nine nods, including Best Live Performer and MVP of the Year.
J. Cole is nominated seven times. Among his nominations are the Producer of the Year and Hustler of the Year Awards.
Future is nominated for five awards and has three mixtapes in the Best Mixtape category.
The Album of the Year award is a matchup between Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradise, Drake’s If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, Nicki Minaj’s Pinkprint and Wale’s The Album About Nothing.
Last year, Drake won album of the year for Nothing Was The Same, best live performer, People’s Champ and Best Hip Hop Video for “Worst Behavior”
The full list of nominations for the BET Hip Hop Awards 2015 is as follows:
Best Hip Hop Video
Big Sean featuring Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $Ign – “Play No Games”
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
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Best Collabo, Duo or Group
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Big Sean featuring E-40 – “Idfwu”
Fetty Wap featuring Monty – “My Way”
Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”
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Best Live Performer
Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
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Lyricist of the Year
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
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Video Director of the Year
Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson/Lil Chris
Colin Tilley
Director X
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DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Esco
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
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Producer of the Year
DJ Mustard
J. Cole
Kanye West
Mike Will Made-It
Pharrell Williams
Timbaland
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MVP of the Year
Big Sean
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
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Track Of The Year
“Alright” – Produced By Pharrell Williams & Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blessings” – Produced By Boi-1da & Vinylz (Big Sean FEATURING Drake & Kanye West)
“Commas” – Produced By Dj Spinz & Southside (Future)
“Idfwu” – Produced By Dj Dahi, Dj Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane (Big Sean FEATURING E-40)
“Trap Queen” – Produced By Tony Fadd (Fetty Wap)
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Album Of The Year
Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise
Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
Wale – The Album About Nothing
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Who Blew Up Award
Bobby Shmurda
Dej Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Tink
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Hustler Of The Year
Dr. Dre
Drake
J. Cole
Jay Z
Nicki Minaj
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Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
A$Ap Rocky
Dej Loaf
Drake
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj
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Best Hip Hop Online Site
Allhiphop.Com
Complex.Com
Hotnewhiphop.Com
Rapradar.Com
Worldstarhiphop.Com
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Best Club Banger
Big Sean featuring E-40 – “Idfwu” (Produced By Dj Dahi, Dj Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane)
Dej Loaf – “Try Me” (Produced By Dds)
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” (Produced By Tony Fadd)
Future – “Commas” (Produced By Dj Spinz & Southside)
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex” (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) (Produced By Dj Spinz & Nitti Beatz)
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Best Mixtape
Future – 56 Nights
Future – Beast Mode
Future – Monster
Lil Wayne – Sorry 4 The Wait 2
Travis Scott – Days Before Rodeo
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Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Drake – “Blessings” (Big Sean Featuring Drake & Kanye West)
Drake – “My Way Remix” (Fetty Wap Featuring Drake)
E-40 – “Idfwu” (Big Sean Featuring E-40)
Kendrick Lamar – “Classic Man Remix” (Jidenna featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter” (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne)
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Impact Track
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From The Motion Picture “Selma”)
J. Cole – “Apparently”
J. Cole – “Be Free”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
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People’s Champ Award
Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Future – “Commas”
Kendrick Lamar – “I”
Rae Sremmurd – “No Type”
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”
Yeah DX wasn’t even nominated. Yo should have given us those Total Album Sales!!!
I LOL’d so bad when you said this.
This^
no lupe, instant trash
weak shits!!ovo got such a innumerable nomination!Mitzah??
Wtf? Wheres young thug, rich homie quan, and migos!!???
I luv Keith murray but you better come more correct than last week son
Drizzaveli got all those nominations and he ain’t even gonna rap in the cyphers? What the fuck are they thinking? #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
the cyphers are known to have real mc’s participating, not beat biters or those who jack others verses and try & pass them off as their own without giving recognition to the original artist. where’s the ghostwriter of the year award? [quentin miller] #drakeisfakedrakeiswack
I’m very sure the others participating in the cyphers have bitten beats or verses before. It’s nothing new in hip hop. Get off your high horse. #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
Do BET knows what a lyricists is, they got few people right and the rest are saying sh*t just to be saying sh*t. I don’t think I’ll be watching, BET hip hop awards usually is worst than MTV awards.
quentin miller for lyricist of the year
Lin-Manuel Miranda???? I mean he’s sorta dope (haven’t heard him as a raw hip hop artist tho), but how/why did they add him to the circle?
And joey badass is snubbed completely despite having the best album released this year
Stop dreaming