Nicki Minaj Gets Six Nominations for 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards

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The 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations have been announced and Trinidad’s own Nicki Minaj has been given the nod six times. Young Moolah rapper Lil Wayne leads the pack with 18 nominations (dayum is that a record??), including one for Lyricist of the Year. Not far behind is Kanye West with 10, Wiz Khalifa with 9, and rap heavyweight Rick Ross garnered 8 nominations of his own.

Lil Wayne

Among the awards Weezy is nominated for are MVP of the Year, Hustler of the Year, and Best Live Performer. Meanwhile, one of the many awards Pittsburgh spitta Khalifa is vying is the “Rookie of The Year” award, as well as “CD of the Year” for his debut album, Rolling Papers. Mr. West will be in competition for a variety of honors thanks to his unique fashion acumen (Made-You-Look Award [Best Hip Hop Style]), genre-bending hits (Verizon Peoples Champ Award [Viewers Choice]), and avant-garde videos (Video Director of the Year). Ross who had a monster year in 2010 will hear his name when nominees are called for Best Club Banger (“I’m One One”) and Lyricist of the Year among others.

Watch the premiere of the 2011 Hip Hop Awards, hosted by Mike Epps on Tuesday, October 11 at 8P/7 C on BET to see who won. Now, check out the full list of nominees.


Best Hip Hop Video

Big Sean f/ Chris Brown My Last

Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes Look At Me Now

DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne I’m On One

Eminem f/ Rihanna Love The Way You Lie

Kanye West f/ Rihanna All Of The Lights

Reeses Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab)

Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Lil Wayne Hustle Hard (Remix)

Big K.R.I.T. f/ Ludacris & Bun B Country Sh*t (Remix)

Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes Look At Me Now

DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne Im On One

Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz Out Of My Head

Best Live Performer

Busta Rhymes

Cee-Lo Green

Jay-Z

Lil Wayne

Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year

Jay-Z

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Rick Ross

Kanye West

Video Director of the Year

Gil Green

Anthony Mandler

Chris Robinson

Kanye West

Hype Williams

Producer of the Year

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

Kane Beatz

Lex Luger

No I.D.

Kanye West, Emile, Jeff Bhasker & Mike Dean

MVP of the Year

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Rick Ross

Kanye West

Wiz Khalifa

Track of the Year

6 Foot 7 Foot Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz)

Black and Yellow Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa)

I’m On One Produced by T-Minus (DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)

Look At Me Now Produced by Diplo & Afrojack (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne &

Busta Rhymes)

My Last Produced by No I.D. (Big Sean f/ Chris Brown)

CD of the Year

Big Sean Finally Famous

Lupe Fiasco LASERS

Nicki Minaj Pink Friday

Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Wiz Khalifa Rolling Papers

DJ of the Year

DJ Drama

DJ Enuff

DJ Envy

DJ Khaled

DJ Prostyle

Rookie of the Year

Big K.R.I.T.

Big Sean

Frank Ocean

Diggy Simmons

Tyler the Creator

Wiz Khalifa

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)

Jay-Z

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Kanye West

Wiz Khalifa

Best Hip Hop Online Site

All Hip Hop.com

Bossip.com

Nah Right.com

Rap Radar.com

World Star Hip Hop.com

Best Club Banger

Ace Hood Hustle Hard (Produced by Lex Luger)

DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne I’m On One (Produced by T-Minus)

Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz 6 foot 7 foot (Produced by Bangladesh)

Waka Flocka Flame No Hands (Produced by Lex Luger)

Wiz Khalifa Black And Yellow (Produced by Stargate)

YC Worldwide f/ Future Racks (Produced by Sonny Digital)

Best Mixtape

Big K.R.I.T. Return Of 4Eva

B.o.B No Genre

J. Cole Friday Night Lights

Kendrick Lamar Section .80

Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

Busta Rhymes Look At Me Now (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)

Lil Wayne Motivation (Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne)

Nicki Minaj Monster (Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)

Wiz Khalifa Bright Lights, Bigger City (Cee-Lo Green f/ Wiz Khalifa)

Wiz Khalifa Till I’m Gone (Tinie Tempah f/ Wiz Khalifa)

Hustler of the Year

Diddy

Jay-Z

Lil Wayne

Rick Ross

Kanye West

Verizon Peoples Champ Award

Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes Look At Me Now

Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz 6 Foot 7 Foot

Nicki Minaj f/ Drake Moment 4 Life

Kanye West f/ Rihanna All of The Lights

Wiz Khalifa Black And Yellow

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