Sure there's another video awards show happening this week, but surely you have room in your heart for today's 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations.
Kendrick Lamar — you know, the rapper who's none too impressed with other rappers — turned out to be onto something: He leads all nominees with 14, beating out Drake and J Cole who were the only others with double-digit nomination totals.
Video categories include:
Best Hip Hop Video
- A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar "Problems" (Sam Lecca & A$AP Rocky, dir.)
- B.o.B, f/ T.I. & Juicy J "We Still in This" (Decatur Dan, dir.)
- J. Cole f/ Miguel "Power Trip" (Mike Piscitelli, dir.)
- Drake "Started From the Bottom" (Director X & Drake, dir.)
- Kendrick Lamar "Don't Kill My Vibe" (Mike Mihail and The Little Homies, dir.)
Best Director
- A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg
- Benny Boom
- Director X
- Dre Films
- Hype Williams
The BET Hip Hop Awards air October 15 with host Snoop (who seems to lost both the Lion and Dogg names).