Taking place at the Cobb Theater in Atlanta, the 17th annual awards ceremony was hosted by Fat Joe, and a number of musicians put on showstopping performances such as GloRilla and Lil’ Kim.
Newsweek has everything you need to know about who the big winners of the night were.
Complete BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 Winners List From Drake to Kendrick Lamar
Drake led the nominees with a total of 14 nominations to his name, with the artist winning two for Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse award and Best Collaboration award alongside Future and Tems.
Kanye “Ye” West, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Baby Keem, Cardi B and J. Cole also dominated the list of nominees. Ye had 10 nominations, while Cardi B was nominated six times and Lamar received eight nods.
Lamar was one of the biggest winners of the night, as the musician earned six awards at the event, including Hip Hop Artist of the Year and Hip Hop Album of the Year for his release Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
Other big names to win at the BET Hip Hop Awards show included 50 Cent, who took home the Hustler of the Year award, and Lizzo, who won the Impact Track award for “About Damn Time.”
Latto won the award for Song of the Year for his track “Big Energy,” while GloRilla won Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist award and Hitmaka was named the Producer of the Year.
Here Is the Full List of Winners for the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022:
Best Hip Hop Video
A$AP Rocky, “D.M.B.” Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, “Family Ties” City Girls feat. Usher, “Good Love” Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk, “Hot S***” BIA & J. Cole, “London” Future feat. Drake & Tems, “Wait for You” Drake feat. Future & Young Thug, “Way 2 Sexy”
Best Collaboration
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, “Family Ties” City Girls feat. Usher, “Good Love” Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk, “Hot S***” Drake feat. 21 Savage, “Jimmy Cooks” Benny the Butcher & J. Cole, “Johnny P’s Caddy” Future feat. Drake & Tems, “Wait for You” Drake feat. Future & Young Thug, “Way 2 Sexy”
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 EARTHGANG Styles P & Havoc
Best Live Performer
Cardi B Doja Cat Drake J. Cole Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Tyler, the Creator
Lyricist of the Year
Baby Keem Benny the Butcher Drake J. Cole Jack Harlow Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom Burna Boy Cole Bennett Colin Tilley Director X Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free Teyana Taylor
Song of the Year
Latto, “Big Energy” Hitkidd & Glorilla, “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” Jack Harlow, “First Class” Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk, “Hot S***” Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin” Future feat. Drake & Tems, “Wait for You” Drake feat. Future & Young Thug, “Way 2 Sexy”
Hip Hop Album Of The Year
Latto, 777 Drake, Certified Lover Boy Kanye West, Donda Future, I Never Liked You Pusha T, It’s Almost Dry Nas, King’s Disease II Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Hip Hop Artist Of The Year
Cardi B Doja Cat Drake Future Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Megan Thee Stallion
Producer of the Year
ATL Jacob Baby Keem Hit-Boy Hitmaka Kanye West Metro Boomin Pharrell Williams
Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist
Baby Keem Blxst Doechii Fivio Foreign GloRilla Nardo Wick Saucy Santana
DJ of the Year
D-Nice DJ Cassidy DJ Drama DJ Kay Slay DJ Premier Kaytranada Mustard Nyla Symone L.A. Leakers: DJ sourMILK & Justin Credible
Best Hip Hop Platform
Big Boy’s Neighborhood Breakfast Club Caresha Please Complex Drink Champs HipHopDX Million Dollaz Worth of Game NPR Tiny Desk Verzuz
Hustler of the Year
50 Cent Cardi B DJ Khaled Drake Jay-Z Kanye West Megan Thee Stallion
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Drake, “Churchill Downs” (Jack Harlow feat. Drake) J. Cole, “Poke It Out” (Wale feat. J. Cole) J. Cole, “London” (BIA & J. Cole) Lil Baby, “Girls Want Girls” (Drake feat. Lil Baby) Kanye West, “City of Gods” (Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys) Drake, “Wait for You” (Future feat. Drake & Tems) Jadakiss, “Black Illuminati” (Freddie Gibbs feat. Jadakiss)
Impact Track
Lizzo, “About Damn Time” Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys, “City of Gods” Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, “Family Ties” Nas feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill, “Nobody” Latto, “Pxssy” Kendrick Lamar, “The Heart Part 5” Doja Cat, “Woman”
Best International Flow
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)
