Nigerian music stars, Tems and Burna boy, bagged nominations in the 17th BET Hip-Hop Awards scheduled to hold on Friday, September 30, 2022 in Atlanta, United States.
The nomination list, released on Monday, honoured the past year in hip hop music across 17 categories and was compiled by a voting academy of esteemed music industry insiders.
Burna Boy got a nomination in the Video Director of the Year category for his self-directed music video, Last Last. At the same time, Tems earned three nominations for her feature in Future’s ‘Wait For U’ in best hip-hop video, song of the year, and best collaboration categories.
Best Hip Hop Video
- D.M.B. – A$ap Rocky
- Family Ties – Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
- Good Love – City Girls Feat. Usher
- Hot Sh*t – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
- London – Bia & J. Cole
- Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
- Way 2 Sexy – Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug
Best Collaboration
- Family Ties – Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
- Good Love – City Girls Feat. Usher
- Hot Shit – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
- Jimmy Cooks -Drake Feat. 21 Savage
- Johnny P’s Caddy Benny – The Butcher & J. Cole
- Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
- Way 2 Sexy – Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug
Video Director of the Year
- Benny Boom
- Burna Boy
- Cole Bennett
- Colin Tilley
- Director X
- Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free
- Teyana Taylor
Song of the Year
- Big Energy – Latto
- F.N.F. (Let’s Go) – Hitkidd & Glorilla
- First Class – Jack Harlow
- Hot Shit – Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk
- Super Gremlin – Kodak Black
- Wait For U – Future Feat. Drake & Tems
- Way 2 Sexy- Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug