BET Awards 2024: Kendrick Lamar sweeps up at ceremony
Compton superstar Kendrick Lamar had an amazing night at this year’s BET Awards on October 15th as he took home eight awards, including ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Artist of the Year’. Much to the anger of Drake, his diss Drizzy track ‘Not Like Us’ was nominated for eleven awards while not one of Drake’s disses was considered for a gong.
The 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards were hosted by the iconic Terror Squad founder Fat Joe, making this his third consecutive time on this duty. The show took place in the Nevada city of Las Vegas. Female MCs had notable success this year, with Nicki Minaj landing ‘Album of the Year’ with her popular Pink Friday 2. Astoundingly, Sexyy Red was awarded the honour of ‘Best Breakthrough Artist’, while BET awarded Missy Elliott for being the ‘Best Live Performer’.
The highest honour of the night went to Houston native Travis Scott, who was the recipient of the ‘I Am Hip-Hop’ award, which recognised his work as a producer, artist and hitmaker for over a decade. During his speech, the ten-time Grammy Award nominee declared, “I’ve always had this idea and vision still to this day to take the sound and take things to the next level.”
He continued, “I’m just so glad that we made it this far. I want to let everybody know where you come from doesn’t really matter, what goes on in your brain can take you to the next level and beyond.”
The title of ‘Hustler of the Year’ went to the businessman, actor and rapper 50 Cent who recently announced a residency in Las Vegas There were also live performances from Miami MCs Trina and Yung Miami as well as Memphis legend Juicy J, and 2 Chainz. Despite the performances and big-name winners, some fans took to social media to criticise the awards. Unsurprisingly, many weren’t happy that the lyrically poor, gimmick emcee Sexyy Red was chosen as the ‘Best Breakthrough Rapper when other, potentially more deserving nominees were snubbed.
That said, for the most part, fans and critics alike agreed with the results of this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards and there wasn’t any controversy surrounding the ceremony. The Alchemist also had a good night taking home awards for his DJing and beatmaking skills. Shannon Sharpe was also rewarded for his Katt Williams interview, taing home the BET honour of best hip-hop platform.
Here is the complete list of nominees and winners from 2024’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.
2024 BET Winners:
‘Hip-Hop Artist of the Year’
- 21 Savage
- Cardi B
- Drake
- Future
- GloRilla
- Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
‘Song of the year’
- Doja Cat, ‘Agora Hills’
- 41 (Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter, Tata), ‘Bent’
- Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti, ‘Fe!N’
- Nicki Minaj, ‘FTCU’
- Sexyy Red, ‘Get It Sexyy’
- Metro Boomin, Future, Kendrick Lamar, ‘Like That’
- Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba, ‘Mamushi’
- Kendrick Lamar, ‘Not Like Us’ — WINNER
- GloRilla, ‘Yeah Glo!’
‘Hip-hop Album of the year’
- 21 Savage, American Dream
- GloRilla, Ehhthang Ehhthang
- Drake, For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition
- Sexyy Red, In Sexyy We Trust
- Megan Thee Stallion, Megan
- Gunna, One of Wun
- Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2 — WINNER
- Travis Scott, Utopia
- Future & Metro Boomin’, We Don’t Trust You
‘Best Hip-Hop Video’
- Drake, ‘8 AM in Charlotte’
- Central Cee feat. Lil Baby, ‘Band4band’
- 41 (Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter, Tata), ‘Bent’
- Latto, ‘Big Mama’
- Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Boa’
- Cardi B, ‘Enough (Miami)’
- Kendrick Lamar, ‘Not Like Us’ — WINNER
- Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti, ‘Type Shit’
‘Best Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist’
- 41
- 310babii
- Bossman Dlow
- Cash Cobain
- Lady London
- Sexyy Red — WINNER
- Skilla Baby
- Tommy Richman
‘Best Collaboration’
- Kid Cudi feat. Pharrell Williams & Travis Scott, ‘At The Party’
- Central Cee feat. Lil Baby, ‘Band4Band’
- Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Bongos’
- Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Uzi Vert, ‘Everybody’
- Drake feat. J.Cole, ‘First Person Shooter
- Metro Boomin, Future & Kendrick Lamar, ‘Like That’ — WINNER
- Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba, ‘Mamushi’
- GloRilla feat. Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Wanna Be’
‘Best Duo or Group’
- 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
- 41 (Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter, Tata)
- Common & Pete Rock
- Earthgang
- Flyana Boss
- Future & Metro Boomin — WINNER
- Rick Ross & Meek Mill
‘Best Live Performer’
- Burna Boy
- Busta Rhymes
- Cardi B
- Drake
- GloRilla
- Kendrick Lamar
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Missy Elliott — WINNER
- Nicki Minaj
- Travis Scott
‘Lyricist of the Year’
- 21 Savage
- Cardi B
- Common
- Drake
- Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
- Lil Wayne
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
‘Video Director of the Year’
- 20k Visuals
- A$AP Rocky
- Cactus Jack
- Cole Bennett
- Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
- Dave Meyers & Travis Scott
- Doja Cat & Nina McNeely
- Offset
‘Producer of the Year’
- Atl Jacob
- Cash Cobain
- Hit-Boy
- Hitmaka
- Metro Boomin
- Pete Rock
- Q-Tip
- The Alchemist — WINNER
‘DJ of the Year’
- Big Von
- DJ D-Nice
- DJ Drama
- DJ Khaled
- Kaytranada
- Metro Boomin
- Mustard
- The Alchemist — WINNER
‘Best Hip-Hop Platform’
- Bootleg Kev
- Club Shay Shay — WINNER
- Complex
- Drink Champs
- Million Dollaz Worth of Game
- On the Radar
- The Breakfast Club
- The Joe Budden Podcast
- The Shade Room
- XXL
‘Hustler of the Year’
- 50 Cent — WINNER
- A$AP Rocky
- Cam’Ron & Ma$e
- Cardi B
- Drake
- Fat Joe
- GloRilla
- Kendrick Lamar
- Megan Thee Stallion
‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse’
- 21 Savage, ‘Good Good’ (Usher, 21 Savage & Summer Walker)
- A$AP Rocky, ‘Gangsta’ (Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky & Anderson .Paak)
- Cardi B, ‘Wanna Be’ remix (Glorilla, Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B)
- Drake, ‘Meltdown’ (Travis Scott feat. Drake)
- J.Cole, ‘First Person Shooter’ (Drake feat. J. Cole)
- Kendrick Lamar, ‘Like That’ (Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar) — WINNER
- Lil Wayne, ‘Brand New’ (Tyga, YG & Lil Wayne)
- Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Wanna Be’ (Glorilla, Megan Thee Stallion)
‘Impact Track’
- Nicki Minaj feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard, ‘Blessings’
- Common & Pete Rock, ‘Fortunate’
- Bossman Dlow, ‘Get In With Me’
- Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Hiss’
- Killer Mike, ‘Humble Me’
- Kendrick Lamar, ‘Not Like Us’ — WINNER
- Big Sean, ‘Precision’
- GloRilla, ‘Yeah Glo!’
‘Best International Flow’
- SDM, France
- Leys Mc, France
- Racionais Mcs, Brazil
- Budah, Brazil
- Ghetts, UK — WINNER
- Bashy, UK
- Stefflon Don, UK
- Maglera Doe Boy, South Africa
- Blxckie, South Africa
- Odumodublvck, Nigeria