The nominees for the BET Awards 2011 have been announced ahead of the 11th annual event, broadcasting live from Los Angeles on June 26th. Hosted by comedian Kevin Hart, this year’s ceremony honors nominees from top dogs like Kanye West and Lil Wayne to newcomers including Cymphonique and Cali Swag District.
In the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist category, nominees include B.o.B, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Drake. For Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, only four artists were honored including Nicki Minaj, Cymphonique, Diamond and LoLa Monroe.
Cali Swag District, which lost its member M-Bone yesterday, was honored in the Best Group category, where they’re up against New Boyz, N.E.R.D, Diddy-Dirty Money and Travis Porter. On the R&B tip, Best Male R&B Artist nods go to Chris Brown, Usher, Trey Songz, Cee Lo Green and Bruno Mars, while Best Female R&B Artist nominees include Beyonce, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Keri Hilson and Marsha Ambrosius.
Best New Artist nominees include J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars, Willow Smith and Miguel. Chris Brown scores two nominations in Best Collaboration for “Deuces” featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall and “Look At Me Now” featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne. Breezy is up against B.o.B and Hayley Williams’ “Airplanes,” Rihanna and Drake’s “What’s My Name?” Waka Flock Flame, Roscoe Dash and Wale’s “No Hands” and Kanye West and Rihanna’s “All of the Lights.”
Video of the Year nominees are Kanye West’s “Runaway,” B.o.B’s “Airplanes,” Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock,” Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair,” Marsha Ambrosius’ “Far Away” and Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now.” Video Director honorees are Benny Boom, Hype Williams, Kanye West, Chris Robinson and Mr. Boomtown.
That’s a lot of nominees in each category.
Why do they even announce whos nominated anymore? Its the same 10 artists every year for the past 5 years.
bet always has the worst nominees even worst than the grammys…
video of the year nominees are terrible with the exclusion of kanye
People still watch this shit?!? Next.
I don’t know one nigga that watches BET.
Ha ha, BET sucks!!!!!! Dirty Money???????
so nas and damian marley wont get any recognition what so ever
so sad.
who the fuck watches BET these days? i got better things to do
Lil Wayne is a cunt.
Nuff said.
Your mother has 1 tit left from breast cancer.
LOL @ that bitch
Jason, take Wayne’s dick out your mind, then you could think for yourself.
Swiss Beats, Fabolous, Kanye West, Lloyd Banks, Start It Up AINT ON THE BEST COLLABORATION YOU FUKING KIDDIN ME?
fucking haters dont give banks no respect fuck em all dudes all over there radio come back kid mother fuck rick floss
Lil Wayne is Top 5 dead or alive.
1. Eminem
2. Biggie
3. Pac
4. Nas
5. Lil Wayne
6. Ice Cube
7. Jay-Z
8. Rakim
9. Andre 3000
10.DMX
^^^ Top 10 rappers to ever do it.
That is a dick-riders list if ever I have seen one.
Nice of you to throw in Rakim to show that you have old skool appeal.
Cunt…
ice cube and dmx great at rapping? i dont think they’re as capable as Lupe, Joe Budden, Pharaoh Monch, Elzhi, Royce to name a few
KRS-One: “I told Wayne to his face, he’s the dopest MC out. Wayne is NICE! Wayne is BANANAS with his lyrics, his delivery, with his whole thing! Lil Wayne is the MAN!
Eminem: “I have always respected what Wayne does, and Wayne to me is definitely one of the greatest in the game. Wayne is fuckin dope”
Jay-Z: “I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented, one of the most talented rappers out there.”
Andre 3000: “I cannot save the rap game. People like Lil Wayne is saving it”
Kanye West: “Bow in the presence of a true living legend in hip-hop. Lil Wayne the God!”
Busta Rhymes: “Wayne, we salute you, general. We salute you, king. We salute you, God MC”.
glad you posted this again. It’s called Mass Appeal.
BET Awards has always been shit. I’m surprised BET is still surviving after they took Rap City out. That was the only shit I looked forward to.
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Lil’ wayne gonna win everything.. BET sucks his balls so much hes gonna win best group best newcomer and best female artist too watch. im hoping Kanye wins
hahahhahahahahahhaha best group, newcomer, and female artist he;s a shoe in
Nasir Jones
how the fuck is beyonce nominated???
all of the lights should win
nicki should win
wiz should win
best hiphop hmmm gotta give to drake he sold the most records
wtf?! no odd future? you have to give the guys props, starting a fucking riot which police got involved in, ironically at the center of hipster-central boston, just from a simple book signing is a definite sign that you’ve gotten big.
a riots not music stupid. their energy doesn’t make them good artist or a catchy song. mostly they don’t have a catchy song.
who chooses the nominees?
American Real N.I.G.G.A…YouTube!!!
Wayne = one of the GOATs. Top 5 dead or alive.
were The Game at?