The BET Awards, which will be held this year June 25 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, released the nominations Monday (May 15). Perhaps one of the biggest storylines of the evening will be the Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma beef.
Although Remy Ma recently claimed that the “dust has settled,” she will go up against the reigning champion for the title of Best Female Hip Hop Artist. Nicki Minaj has won the award every year since 2010. Before her run, the Terror Squad vet did lay claim to the title. Other women included in the category this year are Missy Elliott, Young M.A, and Cardi B.
Beyoncé leads all nominees with seven nods. Queen Bey is up for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist and twice for Best Collaboration with Kendrick Lamar for “Freedom” and DJ Khaled’s “Shining” with her husband Jay Z. She’s also nominated for Video of the Year for “Sorry,” which gave her a nod for Video Director of the Year alongside Kahlil Joseph. Her critically-acclaimed LEMONADE album is up for Album of the Year.
Chance The Rapper is up for four awards, including Album of the Year for HipHopDX’s Best Album of 2016, Coloring Book, and Best New Artist where he’ll compete against Young M.A, 21 Savage, Cardi B and Khalid.
Migos gets, yep, a trio of nominations. Quavo, Takeoff and Offset are up for Best Group and their smash hit “Bad and Boujee” with Lil Uzi Vert is in the running for Best Collaboration and Video of the Year.
Check out the list of 2017 BET Awards Nominations below.
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
BEYONCÉ
KEHLANI
MARY J. BLIGE
RIHANNA
SOLANGE
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
BRUNO MARS
CHRIS BROWN
THE WEEKND
TREY SONGZ
USHER
Best Group
2 CHAINZ AND LIL WAYNE
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
FAT JOE AND REMY MA
MIGOS
RAE SREMMURD
Best Collaboration
BEYONCÉ FEATURING KENDRICK LAMAR — “FREEDOM”
CHANCE THE RAPPER FEATURING 2 CHAINZ AND LIL WAYNE — “NO PROBLEM”
CHRIS BROWN FEATURING GUCCI MANE AND USHER — “PARTY”
DJ KHALED FEATURING BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z — “SHINING”
MIGOS FEATURING LIL UZI VERT — “BAD AND BOUJEE”
RAE SREMMURD FEATURING GUCCI MANE — “BLACK BEATLES”
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
BIG SEAN
CHANCE THE RAPPER
DRAKE
FUTURE
J. COLE
KENDRICK LAMAR
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
CARDI B
MISSY ELLIOTT
NICKI MINAJ
REMY MA
YOUNG M.A
Video of the Year
BEYONCÉ — “SORRY”
BIG SEAN — “BOUNCE BACK”
BRUNO MARS — “24K MAGIC”
MIGOS FEATURING LIL UZI VERT — “BAD AND BOUJEE”
SOLANGE — “CRANES IN THE SKY”
Video Director of the Year
BENNY BOOM – KEHLANI, “CRZY”
BRUNO MARS AND JONATHAN LIA – BRUNO MARS, “THAT’S WHAT I LIKE”
DIRECTOR X – ZAYN MALIK, “LIKE I WOULD”
HYPE WILLIAMS – TYGA, “GUCCI SNAKES” FEATURING DESIIGNER
KAHLIL JOSEPH AND BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER – BEYONCÉ, “SORRY”
Best New Artist
21 SAVAGE
CARDI B
CHANCE THE RAPPER
KHALID
YOUNG M.A.
Album of the Year
24K MAGIC — BRUNO MARS
4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY — J. COLE
A SEAT AT THE TABLE — SOLANGE
COLORING BOOK — CHANCE THE RAPPER
LEMONADE — BEYONCÉ
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
CECE WINANS – “NEVER HAVE TO BE ALONE”
FANTASIA FEATURING TYE TRIBBETT – “I MADE IT”
KIRK FRANKLIN FEATURING SARAH REEVES, TASHA COBBS AND TAMELA MANN – “MY WORLD NEEDS YOU”
LECRAE – “CAN’T STOP ME NOW (DESTINATION)”
TAMELA MANN – “GOD PROVIDES”
What a joke! Lets throw in Erykah Badu too so no skunkd are left out!
So they’re not battling at all…
I heard that Chance song Last Night yesterday on XM, it was so fucking horrible. Seriously how is this kid a musician??
Minaj will win unfortunately. BET award shows hold NO credibility. It’s all based on sales. How will Remy win? When it comes to hip hop, record sales should NEVER be equated to being a dope rhymer.
stop lying record sales DO MATTER. 50 cent sold records biggie sold records tupac ice cube kanye west. Name a great rapper that everyone loves and they have a platinum records
I want Nicki Minaj to win ????
I want Nicki Minaj to win????
Young M.A. is a dude. Why is he in the “best female hip hop artist” category?
Really?
how come yall have a comment section if you just delete opinions you disagree with?
Why is Drake in the best rapper category? Shouldn’t he be up there in the best male r&b pop artist category?? Im confused….
Record sales don’t have anything to do with who the best rapper is?? If so go do your research and you will find that Ja Rule has sold more albums than 90 percent of rappers….does that make him a better rapper???? It took ILLMATIC 10 years to go platinum, that don’t mean Illmatic was a flop its one of the best ALBUMS of any genre ever made??? SALES show who is MORE POPULAR and what is hot BUT SALES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO IS A BETTER RAPPER!!! LOOK UP SEAN PRICE AND LISTEN TO any one of his solo albums and I challenge you to tell me that somebody that has sold more in there first week than he has in his whole career as a solo artist is a better MC than him….you cant!!!!
There is an award show for artist who don’t care about “record sales”, its called The Underground Music Awards…. But when it comes to industry awards buddy, NUMBERS DO COUNT.
We all know BET will give it to Nicki. she is a corporate slave. They will make it look like she is winning but 3 flop singles featuring drake and Wayne is very telling. She is a has been:)
Name another female rapper being nominating who’s managed to outsell her in the past year and who has charted higher than her??? YOU CAN’T….. Not even Remy who had a little buzz sold or charted anything higher than Nicki. This shit is about numbers. And if Nicki is a “slave” she must be the highest paid slave in history. A bitch banking about $100 Million dollars…. “$20 Mill on her off…. season of course” lol
HATER!
the bet awards are more stupid than victoria hernandez, fuck all this fake bullshit
These awards mean nothing but uhm, did Nicki even put anything out to be nominated this year?
hasn’t put anything out?? you live under a rock? pay attention to the charts
Piss poor nominations.
Where is ScHoolboy Q? Blank Face LP was easily best rap album of the year. Even nominated for a Grammy…
If you are reading this, it’s not too late to go fuck yourself..
Why is Missy Elliot on the list how has only drop ONE record in 6 years…..
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I see no difference between BET and the Grammys. Like my gurl Dreezy said “it ain’t abt the music no more”
Judges know what it is to be nominated. Everyone have his/her best. Everyone can have opinions. All the best – PrinceO – Always in ONE LOVE worldwide.
BET is being messy and trying to get viewership because likely, Beyonce will not be there for ratings. Nicki didn’t put out anything worth listening to in 2016 but Remy, Young MA, and Dreezy all had bangers. Cardi B. will have her chance next year, i’m sure of it. A BET nomination is a popularity contest, has nothing to do with record sales. BET is not the Grammys, remember the show was created to highlight those who don’t necessarily get a Grammy nod but still made a major impact on the black music scene. Nicki will win because not giving it to Nicki would ruin the relationship with BET for future performances which bring in ratings. Pissing Nicki off by giving it to Young MA or Remy doesn’t benefit BET.
Shut up you dumb bitch. I will school you but theres no time for that. scroll down and read why Nicki DESERVES to win
don’t y’all agree ‘French Montana needs to be nominated.
he’s video featuring Swae Lee (unforgettable) was a fucking hit