When BET revealed the nominees for the 2022 Hip-Hop Awards, it was clear that there were no easy categories. For each and every award, there were multiple nominees worthy of walking away with hardware. However, there could only be one winner in each category…sort of. Caresha, Please and Drink Champs did tie in the “Best Hip-Hop Platform” category, but other awards did go to a single recipient. By the end of the night, Kendrick Lamar and pgLang seemingly cleaned up by winning six awards. Drake also took home two awards of his own while Trina received the “I Am Hip-Hop” award. Check out the complete list of winner’s from the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Best Hip-Hop Video
- “D.M.B” by A$AP Rocky
- WINNER: “Family Ties” by Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
- “Good Love” by City Girls featuring Usher
- “Hot Sh*t” by Cardi B featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk
- “London” by BIA featuring J. Cole
- “Wait for You” by Future featuring Drake and Tems
- “Way 2 Sexy” by Drake featuring Young Thug and Future
Best Collaboration
- “Family Ties” by Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
- “Good Love” by City Girls featuring Usher
- “Hot Sh*t” by Cardi B featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk
- “Jimmy Cooks” by Drake featuring 21 Savage
- “Johnny P’s Caddy” by Benny The Butcher featuring J. Cole
- WINNER: “Wait for You” by Future featuring Drake and Tems
- “Way 2 Sexy” by Drake featuring Young Thug and Future
Best Duo or Group
- 42 Dugg & EST Gee
- Big Sean & Hit-Boy
- Birdman & Youngboy Never Broke Again
- Blxst & Bino Rideaux
- DaBaby & Youngboy Never Broke Again
- WINNER: EARTHGANG
- Styles P & Havoc
Best Live Performer
- Cardi B
- Doja Cat
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Kanye West
- WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
- Tyler, the Creator
Lyricist of the Year
- Baby Keem
- Benny The Butcher
- Drake
- J. Cole
- Jack Harlow
- Jay-Z
- WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
Video Director of the Year
- Benny Boom
- Burna Boy
- Cole Bennett
- Colin Tilley
- Director X
- WINNER: Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free
- Teyana Taylor
Song of the Year
- WINNER: “Big Energy” by Latto
- “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” by Glorilla
- “First Class” by Jack Harlow
- “Hot Sh*t” by Cardi B featuring Kanye West and Lil’ Druk
- “Super Gremlin” by Kodak Black
- “Wait for You” by Future featuring Drake and Tems
- “Way 2 Sexy” by Drake featuring Young Thug and Future
Hip-Hop Album of the Year
- 777 by Latto
- Certified Lover Boy by Drake
- Donda by Kanye West
- I Never Liked You by Future
- It’s Almost Dry by Pusha T
- King’s Disease II by Nas
- WINNER: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
- Cardi B
- Doja Cat
- Drake
- Future
- Kanye West
- WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
- Megan Thee Stallion
Producer of the Year
- ATL Jacob
- Baby Keem
- Hit-Boy
- WINNER: Hitmaka
- Kanye West
- Metro Boomin
- Pharrell Williams
Best Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist
- Baby Keem
- Blxst
- Doechii
- Fivio Foreign
- WINNER: Glorilla
- Nardo Wick
- Saucy Santana
DJ of the Year
- D-Nice
- DJ Cassidy
- WINNER: DJ Drama
- DJ Kay Slay
- DJ Premier
- Kaytranada
- Mustard
- Nyla Symone
- DJ sourMILK & Justin Credible
Best Hip-Hop Platform
- Big Boy’s Neighborhood
- Breakfast Club
- WINNER: Caresha Please
- Complex
- WINNER: Drink Champs
- HipHopDX
- Million Dollaz Worth of Game
- NPR Tiny Desk
- Verzuz
Hustler of the Year
- WINNER: 50 Cent
- Cardi B
- DJ Khaled
- Drake
- Jay-Z
- Kanye West
- Megan Thee Stallion
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
- WINNER: “Churchill Downs” by Jack Harlow featuring Drake
- “Poke It Out” by Wale featuring J. Cole
- “London” by BIA featuring J. Cole
- “Girls Want Girls” by Drake featuring Lil’ Baby
- WINNER: “Wait For You” by Future featuring Drake and Tems
- “Black Illuminati” by Freddie Gibbs featuring Jadakiss
Impact Track
- WINNER: “About Damn Time” by Lizzo
- “City of Gods” by Fivio Foreign featuring Kanye West & Alicia Keys
- “Family Ties” by Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar
- “P*ssy” by Latto
- “Woman” by Doja Cat
- “The Heart Part V” by Kendrick Lamar
Best International Flow
- WINNER: Benjamin Epps (France)
- Black Sherif (Ghana)
- Blxckie (South Africa)
- Central Cee (UK)
- Haviah Mighty (Canada)
- Knucks (UK)
- Le Juiice (France)
- Nadia Nakai (Zimbabwe)
- Tasha & Tracie (Brazil)
