BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist

BET Awards for Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Kendrick Lamar is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2001
Currently held by	Kendrick Lamar (2025)
Most wins	Kendrick Lamar (7)
Most nominations	Drake (16)
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The BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of male artists in hip hop every year. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. Kendrick Lamar is the all-time winner in this category with six wins. Drake has the most nominations with sixteen.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2001
	Jay-Z	[ citation needed ]
	Ja Rule
	Mystikal
	Nelly
	Snoop Dogg
2002
	Ja Rule	[ citation needed ]
	Busta Rhymes
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
	Nas
2003
	50 Cent	[ citation needed ]
	Birdman
	Eminem
	Jay-Z
	Nelly
	Snoop Dogg
2004
	Jay-Z	[ citation needed ]
	50 Cent
	Chingy
	Ludacris
	Kanye West
2005
	Kanye West	[1]
	50 Cent
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
	Snoop Dogg
	T.I.
2006
	T.I.	[ citation needed ]
	50 Cent
	Common
	Busta Rhymes
	Kanye West
2007
	T.I.	[ citation needed ]
	Diddy
	Jay-Z
	Lil Wayne
	Ludacris
2008
	Kanye West	[ citation needed ]
	Common
	Jay-Z
	Lil Wayne
	Snoop Dogg
2009
	Lil Wayne	[ citation needed ]
	Kanye West
	Rick Ross
	T.I.
	Young Jeezy

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Drake	[ citation needed ]
	B.o.B
	Fabolous
	Jay-Z
	Ludacris
2011
	Kanye West	[ citation needed ]
	B.o.B
	Drake
	Lil Wayne
	Rick Ross
2012
	Drake	[ citation needed ]
	Big Sean
	J. Cole
	Lil Wayne
	Rick Ross
	Young Jeezy
2013
	Kendrick Lamar	[2]
	2 Chainz
	ASAP Rocky
	Drake
	Future
2014
	Drake	[3]
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jay-Z
	Kendrick Lamar
2015
	Kendrick Lamar	[4]
	Big Sean
	Common
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Wale
2016
	Drake	[5]
	Fetty Wap
	Future
	J. Cole
	Kendrick Lamar
	Kanye West
2017
	Kendrick Lamar	[6]
	Chance the Rapper
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Big Sean
2018
	Kendrick Lamar	[7]
	DJ Khaled
	Drake
	Jay-Z
	J. Cole
2019
	Nipsey Hussle	[8]
	21 Savage
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Meek Mill
	Travis Scott

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	DaBaby	[9]
	Drake
	Future
	Lil Baby
	Roddy Ricch
	Travis Scott
2021
	Lil Baby	[10]
	DaBaby
	Drake
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Pop Smoke
2022
	Kendrick Lamar	[11]
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Kanye West
	Lil Baby
2023
	Kendrick Lamar	[12]
	21 Savage
	Drake
	Future
	J. Cole
	Jack Harlow
	Lil Baby
2024
	Kendrick Lamar	[13]
	21 Savage
	Burna Boy
	Drake
	Future
	Gunna
	J. Cole
	Lil Wayne
2025
	Kendrick Lamar	[14]
	BigXthaPlug
	Bossman Dlow
	Burna Boy
	Drake
	Future
	Key Glock
	Lil Wayne
	Tyler, the Creator

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

7 wins Kendrick Lamar 4 wins Drake 3 wins Kanye West

2 wins Jay-Z T.I.

Nominations

16 nominations Drake 11 nominations J. Cole 10 nominations Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar 9 nominations Future 8 nominations Kanye West 7 nominations Lil Wayne 5 nominations Ludacris 4 nominations 50 Cent Lil Baby Snoop Dogg T.I.

3 nominations 21 Savage Big Sean Common Jack Harlow Rick Ross 2 nominations B.o.B Burna Boy Busta Rhymes DaBaby Ja Rule Nelly Travis Scott Young Jeezy

See also

• BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist

References

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