Drake’s unstoppable run in music is continuous on the 2023 BET Awards: He’s the highest contender with seven nominations.
The multi-platinum rapper will compete for greatest male hip-hop artist and greatest male R&B/pop artist, whereas “Look forward to U” — his music with Future and Tems — is up for greatest collaboration and the viewer’s selection award. Drake shares three nominations with 21 Savage: album of the 12 months for his or her collaborative launch Her Loss, greatest group and viewer’s selection for the No. 1 hit “Jimmy Cooks.”
The BET Awards will air dwell from Los Angeles on June 25.
Breakthrough rapper GloRilla — who scored her first Grammy nomination this 12 months — is behind Drake with six nominations. She’s going to compete for greatest feminine hip-hop artist, greatest new artist, album of the 12 months together with her EP Anyhow, Life’s Nice and video of the 12 months for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B. She’s a double nominee for greatest collaboration with “Tomorrow 2” and “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” with Hitkidd.
21 Savage and Lizzo earned 5 nominations every, whereas Beyoncé, SZA, Ice Spice, Chris Brown and Burna Boy every scored 4 nods.
Albums battling Drake, 21 Savage and GloRilla for album of the 12 months embrace Beyoncé’s Renaissance, SZA’s SOS, Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Large Steppers, Brown’s Breezy and DJ Khaled’s God Did.
Video of the 12 months nominees are SZA’s “Kill BIll,” Lizzo’s “About Rattling Time,” Brown’s “WE (Heat Embrace),” Steve Lacy’s “Dangerous Behavior,” Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” GloRilla and Cardi B’s “Tomorrow 2” and “2 Million Up” by Jeezy, Peezy, Actual Boston Richey and Rob49.
Acts who scored three nominations embrace Cardi B, Future, Lamar, Tems, Harlow, Coco Jones, FLO, Maverick Metropolis Music and Kirk Franklin. Migos rapper Takeoff, who died in November, earned a nomination for greatest group alongside Quavo.
Performers will probably be introduced at a later date, however the present plans to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop in the course of the telecast.
The BET Awards primarily honors the music trade however has classes in movie and sports activities. Nominees for greatest film are Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally, The Girl King, Until, Creed 3, Emancipation, Nope and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Anyone.
Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Zendaya, Keke Palmer, Janelle James, Janelle Monáe and Coco Jones are up greatest actress, whereas greatest actor nominees embrace Michael B. Jordan, Donald Glover, Damson Idris, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. and Amin Joseph.
Alaya Excessive aka That Lady Lay Lay — present The Hollywood Reporter cowl star — is nominated for the YoungStars award. Different nominees are Marsai Martin, Dylan Gilmer, Genesis Denise, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Akira Akbar and Demi Singleton.
