At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards last night (May 23) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Meek Mill won big as he took home the trophy for Top Rap Album. Dreams Worth More Than Money beat out Drake’s If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, Drizzy’s joint project with Future What a Time To Be Alive, Dr. Dre’s Compton and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, which was highly regarded by many. HipHopDX named the LP its Top Album of 2015.
Meek Mill took to Instagram to share the news of the victory. His girlfriend, Nicki Minaj, also posted, sharing her excitement. Maybach Music Group boss Rick Ross shared his congratulations for his protege as well.
The Philadelphia rapper was not nominated in any other category, including Top Rap Artist, which went to Drake. He beat out Fetty Wap, Future, Wiz Khalifa and Silentó.
Fetty Wap won Best New Artist.
Wiz Khalifa won Best Rap Song for “See You Again,” with Charlie Puth. Also nominated in that category were two Fetty Wap songs and Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” The Furious 7 track also scored the award for Top Hot 100 song.
The Weeknd took home eight awards including Top R&B Song with “The Hills,” Top Hot 100 Artist and Top R&B Artist.
To read the entire list of winners, visit Billboard.
View Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj’s Instagram posts below:
week mill, that album was awful….you’re trying to tell me they couldn’t come up with a better winner then this shit….wtf…and stop deleting comments THANKS!!
Lol wtf? Ironically there was a drake feature on probably the best track on that album haha still an L
How is this even possible? LOL no one was playing that album like that. Nicki must have promised Billboard an interview or something so they would give him this award out of pity.
How sway? That album still aint gold, LOL Drake sold more in 4 days than both Meek albums combined sold since they been out.
Drake isn’t rap!
Wow this shot doesn’t make sense beat out Drake and Drake and Future joint album must be a joke ! Album didn’t sell shit and billboard all about sales didn’t even have a hit !!!! Nikki must been on her knees for the board at billboard for this award. Weak Mill isn’t running shit period Drake ended him last summer.
The Weekend won big time, he deserved it all
Who the fuck gives a shit about all these “awards” anyway? they don’t mean shit anymore, billboard, grammys, bet, ama, vma… they all lost their credibility a decade ago… if they ever had it lol
Says the Drake fan lol yeah man fuck these awards now lol you right lolol
fuck Drake… and Meek Mill and all these other clowns in the game right now.
Yall drake fans still on here hating on meek, he won drake lost damn get over, drakes been having one of the biggest year for a rapper but when he loses you drake fans get in denial.
Big win for meek drake male fans at home looking in the mirror crying with makeup running down their eyes.
It was about which album sounded better not how many idiots paid money for it
Why is J. Cole or Kendrick always brought up? There is hella better artist that dropped projects recently. Both those dudes are fuckin played out just like Drake. Its societys fault tho puttin dudes on a pedestal they will never reach.
You’re an ignorant pri.ck.
Kendrick and Cole are two of the best rappers in years.
those awards are a joke
Cant call this an L!!!!! Clowns!!! Told yall meek had the best album!!!! It wasn’t 6 fraud it was Meek!!!!
This preposterous!!!
Came here to see and read these drake fans thoughts…y’all mad? Or nah? Lol let me guess since he ain’t win now the awards means nothing right?
Yessss meek cds was the shit. True rap that this fake new shit. I glad a real nigga finally gets recognized.!
Drake fans and drake haters…ur all losers
i remember liking 3 tracks form this album fail but awards are wack minaj probably gave fellatio to the judges
What as they smokin?
Meek mill for life,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, fuck hiphopdx as well as meek haters
f*ck outta here !
Horrible album. Nowhere near Compton, let alone To Pimp a Butterfly.
That album is classic coming from a streets perspective, but the majority of you fucks on here wouldn’t understand that. You gotta understand the streets.
You on hiphopdx talking bout you gotta understand the street to get it. Meek aint talking bout nothing anybody can’t understand, topics are popping shit and he said this about the album when it dropped. You a meek fan u like his shit u dnt have to make an excuse why u like it. This award won seems bought his sales horrible and the only single was all eyes on me,which uses a 2pac title with a Biggie flow, and that was a love song. He a rapper but dnt act like he on some kendrick type subject matter.
Meek’s album was fire! You crazy.
Meeks album was rubbish
Cole, kendrick, dre
3 people off the top of my head who dropped a better body of work
how much did someone get paid for Meek to win this award
Billboard Awards have no credibility.
Oh, but if Drake won, then it would? Stfu!
On a totally unreleated note, Billboard staff are eating for free from now on at any Wingstop owned by a man named William Roberts.
Nicki Minaj had a hand in it,she prolly paid them thousands of dollars to make this nigga win something lol
How do you win best rap album but your not even nominated for best rap artist? Strange
cause only fajjoty fakes win that without a #1 album
Where snitchy cent at?? Thats ritr he hasnt a a hot song in how long???
Irv gotti that you lol
This is pretty random lol I basically forgot about his album lol. Better than drake winning tho
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Meek’s album was dope, and everybody knows it.. before the Drake feud started and after it ended its still a good album for the rap game.
well this the billboard awards are clearly a farce…….not to be taken seriously at all
you should really read more. meek didn’t win this award because of album sales. it is true that billboard tracks album sales, however, he didn’t win the award because of that. read the daily beast – explains it all.
you should really read more. meek didn’t win this award because of album sales. it is true that billboard tracks album sales, however, he didn’t win the award because of that. read the daily beast – explains it all.
Billboard awards are the only awards to be taken seriously because they go by actual sales. Dumb ass
Did this album even top the charts? Has it gone gold. I know for sure it didn’t go platinum. DS2 was better than this shit. How come billboard don’t air the hiphop winners foh
haven’t watched an awards show in 21 years..this stuff is for women and middle schoolers..LOL.. oh and by the way Meek Mill is a horrible rapper
For some reason this doesn’t feel like a W for meek…. We all know the other albums were better… We all know the meek fans will be happy about this but hip hop fans and the pop hip hop fans they like drae will not be on board for this. Shit feels like a set up. Careful meek smh
News from the bizarro dimension
For a Check Check Check Check….Philly all day…let’s get it
Meek who
This was great project. Hate if you want!
Really?? this idiot???
First of all, Meek is a better rapper than this drake clown, but WATTBA was better than all these albums
And this is why I still have playlists from 1996…
How? nobody bought this and heard anything atleast no One I know. This is a surprise.
nikki been sucking some executive dick
so yeah. How the hell did that happen. Huge L for billboard, not even hating, but ALL the other nominated albums were better.
I thought it was gonna go to drake but then again he like to sing
They did that for Meek just because they feel sorry for him lol.. U know damn well that album was nothing close to being greater than Kendrick’s, Drake’s and Future’s albums.
Kendrick Lamar is the only Artist with no trash album on the list! AND DRAKE IS NO RAP ARTIST!!! Nas come back please!!