The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards were held on September 17, 2016 and aired on October 4, 2016 at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The nominations were announced on August 18, 2016. For a third consecutive year, Drake heads the list of nominations for the BET Hip-Hop Awards. His 14 nods include Album of the Year, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video and three in the Best Collabo, Duo or Group category.

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Drake will be going up against other top nominees Future (with 10 nods), DJ Khaled (nine) and Kanye West (eight) in several of those categories. One of the most closely watched races will be Best New Hip-Hop Artist, whose nominees including Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller (who won that award and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist at June’s BET Awards), Chance the Rapper, Desiigner and Tory Lanez.^[1]

• Gucci Mane - "First Day Out" and "First Day Out Tha Feds" plus "Last Time" featuring Travis Scott and "Pick up the Phone featuring Young Thug & Quavo
• Dae Dae – "Wat U Mean (Aye, Aye, Aye)"
• DRAM featuring Lil Yachty – "One Night" and "Broccoli"
• O.T. Genasis – "Push It" and "Cut It"
• Young M.A – "OOOUUU"
• Lil Uzi Vert – "Money Longer"
• 21 Savage – "X"
• Isaiah Rashad – "Tity and Dolla"
• T.I. – "We Will Not"
• Desiigner – "Tiimmy Turner"
• Jalen Jackson - "Panda"

• Cypher 1 – Peedi Crakk, Neef, Omillio Sparks, Freeway & Beanie Sigel of State Property
• Cypher 2 – Don Q, Russ, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Kent Jones & Nick Grant
• Cypher 3 – Sam Black, Ms. Jade, Kur, Dave East & Young M.A
• Live Cypher – Oswin Benjamin, Locksmith & M-1 & Stic of Dead Prez
• Cypher 4 – Mike Biv, Bre-Z, Yazz The Greatest & Big Ron DeVoe
• Cypher 5 – Aaron Cook$, 3D Na'Tee, Rain 910, Consequence & Jidenna
• Cypher 6 – Lil Wayne & Chocolate Droppa (aka Kevin Hart)