Drake Up for 12 BET Awards for 2013 Ceremony!
Drake Up for 12 BET Awards for 2013 Ceremony!
The 2013 BET Awards took care to nominate Drake—a lot.
The “HYFR” rapper leads the field from afar with 12 nominations, including five for Video of the Year, four for Best Collaboration and a nod for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, for which he’ll square off against Kendrick Lamar,Future, A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz.
And while the trophies won’t be handed out until June 30 at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre, the night is already shaping up to be interesting…
Drake’s partner in cryptic feuding, Chris Brown, only scored one nomination—for Best Male R&B Artist—but he is already one of the event’s first scheduled performers, along with R. Kelly.
And the damsel they’ve enjoyed verbally sparring over, Rihanna, is the top nomination-getter among the ladies with three: Best Female R&B Artist, Video of the Year and Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award, the latter two both for “Diamonds.
Distant seconds to Drake, meanwhile, are Lamar and 2 Chainz with eight, followed by A$AP Rocky with five and four-timers Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and Miguel.
Grammy darling Frank Ocean came up empty today, though the seeming diss could be because he doesn’t really play to the music-video crowd (and the T in BET does stand for Television).
This past Oscar season also trickled into the movie categories, which saw nominations for Kerry Washington,Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained, Denzel Washington,Quvenzhané Wallis and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Here’s the full list of nominations for the 2013 BET Awards:
Charlie Wilson will receive a lifetime achievement award.
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
- Beyoncé
- Tamar Braxton
- Alicia Keys
- Rihanna
- Elle Varner
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
- Chris Brown
- Bruno Mars
- Miguel
- Justin Timberlake
- Usher
Best Group
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Mary Mary
- Mindless Behavior
- Slaughterhouse
- The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Best Collaboration
- “No Lie,” 2 Chainz feat. Drake
- “F–kin’ Problems,” A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- “Pop That,” French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne
- “Poetic Justice,” Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake
- “Suit & Tie,” Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z
- “Mercy,” Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
- 2 Chainz
- A$AP Rocky
- Drake
- Future
- Kendrick Lamar
- Azealia Banks
- Eve
- Nicki Minaj
- Rasheeda
- Rye Rye
- “No Lie,” 2 Chainz feat. Drake
- “F–kin’ Problems,” A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- “Started From the Botton,” Drake
- “HYFR,” Drake feat. Lil Wayne
- “Poetic Justice,” Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake
- “Thrift Shop,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
- “Adorn,” Miguel
- “Diamonds,” Rihanna
- “Suit & Tie,” Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z
- “Mercy,” Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
- A$AP Rocky & Sam Lecca
- Benny Boom
- Director X
- Dre Films
- Hype Williams
- Azealia Banks
- Joey Bada$$
- Kendrick Lamar
- Trinidad Jame$
- The Weeknd
- Deitrick Haddon
- Lecrae
- Tamela Mann
- Mary Mary
- Marvin Sapp
- Angela Bassett
- Halle Berry
- Taraji P. Henson
- Gabrielle Union
- Kerry Washington
Best Actor
- Don Cheadle
- Common
- Jamie Foxx
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Denzel Washington
Young Stars Award
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Jacob Latimore
- Keke Palmer
- Jaden Smith
- Quvenzhané Wallis
Best Movie
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
- Sparkle
- Think Like a Man
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Brittney Griner
- Candace Parker
- Serena Williams
- Venus Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
- Victor Cruz
- Kevin Durant
- Robert Griffin III
- LeBron James
- Ray Lewis
Coca Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
- “F–kin’ Problems,” A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- “Started From the Bottom,” Drake
- “Swimming Pools (Drank),” Kendrick Lamar
- “Adorn,” Miguel
- “Diamonds,” Rihanna
- “Suit & Tie,” Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z
Centric Award
- Tamar Braxton: “Love and War”
- Fantasia: “Lose To Win”
- Miguel: “Adorn”
- Nas: “Daughters”
- Charlie Wilson: “My Love Is All I Have”
- 2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
- Toya Delazy (South Africa)
- Donald (South Africa)
- Ice Prince (Nigeria)
- R2Bees (Ghana)
- Radio and Weasel (Uganda)
- Marsha Ambrosius
- Estelle
- Labrinth
- Rita Ora
- Emeli Sandé
- Wiley