Drake again leads the pack in nominations at the upcoming 2024 BET Awards, with Nicki Minaj behind him.
The 2024 BET Awards it looks be another interesting affair as the full list of nominees was released by the network on Thursday (May 16) with Drake once again topping the list with seven nominations. This is the second year in a row that he has achieved this feat. Nicki Minaj came in second with six nominations. J. Cole, Sexyy Red, SZA and Victoria Monet tied for third place with five nominations. 21 Savage, Beyoncé, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyla and Usher bring up the rear with four nominations. The nominations came from the BET Voting Academy, which is made up of many music, sports journalism and media personalities.
Among Drake's nominations are those for album of the year with For all dogs, Best Collaboration of the Year for his track “Rich Baby Daddy” with SZA and Sexyy Red. All eyes will be on the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist category, where he will go up against Kendrick Lamar, who has had a highly controversial beef that has dominated the news for the past two weeks. For Nicki Minaj, it's also up for album of the year Pink Friday 2, Video of the Year and two separate nominations for Collaboration of the Year – “Barbie World” featuring Ice Spice and Aqua and “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. Nicki Minaj is also nominated for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist.
The 2024 BET Awards will be held in Los Angeles on June 30 and will air live at 8 p.m. ET on BET. The theme for this year's awards is 'Standing On Culture'. The series will be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, with Collins also executive producing alongside Dionne Harm, Jeannae Rouzan-Clay and Connie Orlando. Orlando is BET's executive vice president of music programming and strategy.