The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held on October 16, 2018 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. The nominations were announced on September 9, 2018.
Drake led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2018 with eleven nominations, followed by Cardi B with ten. Under them Childish Gambino received six nomination, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar tied for five nominations, and Jay-Z (credited also as "The Carters" with Beyoncé in Album of the Year, Best Collabo, Duo or Group and Song of the Year categories) with four nominations.
Cardi B was the biggest winner with four awards, including MVP of the Years and Hustler of the Year. Jay-Z and Beyoncé followed with three awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. XXXTentacion was the winner of Best Hip Hop New Artist. XXXTentacion's mother accepted his award on his behalf since he had been murdered months beforehand.
Cyphers
Beat and mix by DJ Mustard. Mix #3 by Erykah Badu
Nominations and Winners
Winners highlighted in Bold
Best Hip Hop Video
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – "I Like It" Drake – "God's Plan" Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna – "Loyalty" Migos featuring Drake – "Walk It Talk It"
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
The Carters – "Apeshit" 21 Savage featuring Offset and Metro Boomin – "Ric Flair Drip" BlocBoy JB featuring Drake – "Look Alive" Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – "I Like It" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – "Rockstar"
Hot Ticket Performer
Childish Gambino
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Lyricist of the Year
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans
DJ of the Year
Calvin Harris
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
Producer of the Year
Ben Billions
DJ Mustard
DJ Esco
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams
MVP of the Year
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake
Travis Scott
J. Cole
Single of the Year
"Apeshit" – Produced by Pharrell Williams (The Carters, Quavo and Offset) "God's Plan" – Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da (Drake) "I Like It" – Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy (Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin) "Nice for What" – Produced by Murda Beatz (Drake) "This Is America" – Produced by Childish Gambino & Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)
Album of the Year
Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
Drake – Scorpion
J. Cole – KOD
Migos – Culture II
The Carters - Everything Is Love
Best New Hip Hop Artist
Trippie Redd
BlocBoy JB
Juice Wrld
Lil Baby
Rich the Kid
XXXTentacion
Hustler of the Year
Cardi B
Drake
DJ Khaled
JAY-Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Migos
Cardi B
Travis Scott
Best Mixtape
BlocBoy JB– "Simi" Juicy J – "Shut Da F* Up" Lil Wayne – "Dedication 6: Reloaded" Zoey Dollaz – "Sorry Not Sorry" Future –" Beast Mode 2"
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
21 Savage– "Bartier Cardi" (Cardi B featuring 21 Savage ) Cardi B– "MotorSport" (Migos featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj) Drake– "Look Alive" (BlocBoy JB– featuring Drake) Kendrick Lamar– "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid featuring Kendrick Lamar) Nicki Minaj– "Big Bank" (YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)
Impact Track
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges – "Liberated" Lecrae featuring Tori Kelly– "I'll Find You" Meek Mill featuring Miguel – "Stay Woke " N.E.R.D featuring Future – "1000"