BET announced the nominees for its first ever BET Hip-Hop Awards show, to be taped at Atlanta’s Atlanta's Fox Theatre on Nov. 12 and then aired on Nov. 15. Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Young Jeezy and T.I. are confirmed to perform, while Grandmaster Flash will be honored with the Icon Award.
Video Nominees are as follows:
HIP-HOP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Busta Rhymes "Touch It Remix"
- Common - "Testify"
- Lupe Fiasco "Kick, Push"
- T.I. "What You Know"
- Yung Joc "Goin' Down"
ELEMENT AWARD: VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Benny Boom for the following:
- Bow Wow f/ Mike Jones "Fresh Azimiz Remix"
- Busta Rhymes "Touch It Remix"
- Busta Rhymes "Touch It"
- David Banner f/Jazze Pha "Touchin"
- Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik/Money On My Mind"
- Lil Wayne f/ Robin Thicke" Shooter"
- Mack 10 f/ Nate Dogg "Like This"
- Mobb Deep f/ 50 Cent & Nate Dogg "Have A Party"
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Dr. Teeth for the following:
- Juvenile "Way I Be Leanin"
- Lil KeKe f/ Paul Wall & Bun B "Chunk Up The Deuce"
- Paul Wall f/ Mike Jones & Bun B "They Don’t Know"
- Pitbull f/ Pretty Ricky "Everybody Get Up"
- Slim Thug f/ Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla & Killa "Diamonds Remix"
- T.I. f/ UGK "Front Back"
- Tango Redd f/ Lloyd "Let’s Cheat"
- The Notorious B.I.G. "Spit Ya Game"
- Hype Williams for the following:
- Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
- Kanye West" Drive Slow"
- Lil Jon "Snap Yo Fingers"
- LL Cool J f/ Jennifer Lopez "Control Myself"
- LL Cool J f/ Lyfe Jennings "Freeze"
- Smitty "Diamonds On My Neck"
- Young Jeezy "My Hood"
- Little X for the following:
- Beenie Man f/ Akon "Girls"
- Young Dro f/ T.I. "Shoulder Lean"
- Sean Paul "Temperature"
- E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi "U And Dat"
- Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole Give It Up To Me"
- Shaggy f/ Olivia "Wild 2 Nite"
- Sanaa Hamri for the following:
- Cham f/ Alicia Keys "Ghetto Story Chapter 2"
- The Notorious B.I.G "Nasty Girl"
The rest of the nominees can be found after the jump...
HIP-HOP TRACK OF THE YEAR
"Goin' Down" - Yung Joc, Produced by Nitti
"Ridin'"- Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone, Produced by Play-N-Skillz
"Stay Fly" - Three 6 Mafia f/Young Buck, 8 Ball & MJG, Produced by DJ Paul & Juicy J
"Touch It" - Busta Rhymes, Produced by Swizz Beatz
"What You Know" - T.I., Produced by DJ Toomp
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Cham
Chamillionaire
Lupe Fiasco
Rick Ross
Yung Joc
ELEMENT AWARD: PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Jermaine Dupri
Kanye West
Lil Jon
Nitti
Swizz Beatz
HIP-HOP MVP OF THE YEAR
Chamillionaire
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Young Jeezy
Yung Joc
ELEMENT AWARD: LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
Busta Rhymes
Common
Lil Wayne
Lupe Fiasco
T.I.
ELEMENT AWARD: BEST HIP-HOP DANCE OF THE YEAR
Chicken Noodle Soup
Hyphy (Go Dumb)
Motorcycle
Shoulder Lean
Snap
BEST HIP-HOP MOVIE
ATL - Chris Robinson, director
Beef: 3 - Peter Spirer, director
Boss'n Up - Dylan C. Brown, director
Get Rich or Die Tryin' - Jim Sheridan, director
Waist Deep - Vondie Curtis-Hall, director
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE
Busta Rhymes
Kanye West
Missy Elliott
T.I.
Yung Joc
BEST COLLABO
Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX "Touch It Remix"
Cham f/ Alicia Keys "Ghetto Story Chapter 2"
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone "Ridin"
Nelly f/ Paul Wall, Ali & Big Gipp "Grillz"
Young Dro f/ T.I. "Shoulder Lean"
HIP-HOP CD OF THE YEAR
T.I. - King
Kanye West - Late Registration
Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
HIP-HOP HUSTLER AWARD
Diddy
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Nelly
T.I.
ALLTEL WIRELESS PEOPLE'S CHAMP AWARD
Busta Rhymes "Touch It Remix"
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone "Ridin'"
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay "Lean With It, Rock With It"
Lil Jon f/ E-40 & Sean Paul (YoungBloodZ) "Snap Yo Fingers"
Rick Ross "Hustlin"
Young Jeezy "Trap Star/Go Crazy"
