{"id":486014,"date":"2019-05-17T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=836893"},"modified":"2019-05-17T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:55:13","slug":"2019-bet-award-nominations-cardi-b-leads-nipsey-hussle-posthumously-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/2019-bet-award-nominations-cardi-b-leads-nipsey-hussle-posthumously-nominated\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 BET Award Nominations: Cardi B Leads, Nipsey Hussle Posthumously Nominated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cardi-b-bet-awards.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cardi-b\/\">Cardi B<\/a> leads the nominations for the 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bet-awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bet-awards\" data-tag=\"bet-awards\">BET Awards<\/a>, with seven nominations total.<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx rapper\u2019s nods include two nominations for Video of the Year \u2013 \u201cMoney\u201d and \u201cPlease Me\u201d with Bruno Mars \u2013 as well as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Best Collaboration (for both \u201cPlease Me\u201d with Mars and \u201cI Like It\u201d with Bad Bunny and J. Balvin), the Viewers\u2019 Choice Award (\u201cI Like It\u201d) and Album of the Year for <em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>. The latter won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in February, beating out albums by Nipsey Hussle, Travis Scott, Pusha T and Mac Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Hussle was nominated posthumously for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, a category which also includes Scott, Miller, J. Cole, 21 Savage and Drake. The rapper was shot to death on March 31st outside of his South L.A. clothing store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a> follows Cardi B with five nominations, including for Video of the Year (\u201cNice for What\u201d), Best Collaboration (\u201cSicko Mode\u201d with Travis Scott) and the Viewers Choice Award (\u201cIn My Feelings\u201d and \u201cSicko Mode\u201d). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/beyonce\/\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> received four nominations, one for Best Female R&amp;B\/Pop Artist and three for her collaboration with Jay-Z as The Carters: Video of the Year (\u201cApeshit\u201d), Album of the Year (<em>Everything Is Love<\/em>) and Best Group.<\/p>\n<p>The BET Awards will take place June 23th, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast across seven Viacom channels in the U.S. including BET, MTV, VH1, Logo, MTV 2, MTV Classic and BET HER.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Full List of 2019 BET Awards Nominees<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Video of the year: 21 Savage featuring J. Cole, \u201cA Lot\u201d; Cardi B, \u201cMoney\u201d; Cardi B and Bruno Mars, \u201cPlease Me\u201d; Childish Gambino, \u201cThis Is America\u201d; Drake, \u201cNice for What\u201d; The Carters, \u201cApeshit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best female R&amp;B\/pop artist: Beyonc\u00e9; Ella Mai; H.E.R.; Solange; SZA; Teyana Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Best male R&amp;B\/pop artist: Anderson .Paak; Bruno Mars; Childish Gambino; Chris Brown; John Legend; Khalid.<\/p>\n<p>Best female hip-hop artist: Cardi B; Kash Doll; Lizzo; Megan Thee Stallion; Nicki Minaj; Remy Ma.<\/p>\n<p>Best male hip-hop artist: 21 Savage; Drake; J. Cole; Meek Mill; Nipsey Hussle; Travis Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Best new artist: Blueface; City Girls; Juice WRLD; Lil Baby; Queen Naija.<\/p>\n<p>Best group: Chloe x Halle; City Girls; Lil Baby and Gunna; Migos; The Carters.<\/p>\n<p>Best collaboration: 21 Savage featuring J. Cole, \u201cA Lot\u201d; Cardi B and Bruno Mars, \u201cPlease Me\u201d; Cardi B featuring J Balvin and Bad Bunny, \u201cI Like It\u201d; H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller, \u201cCould\u2019ve Been\u201d; Travis Scott featuring Drake, \u201cSicko Mode\u201d; Tyga featuring Offset, \u201cTaste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Album of the year: Cardi B, \u201cInvasion of Privacy\u201d; Ella Mai, \u201cElla Mai\u201d; Meek Mill, \u201cChampionships\u201d; The Carters, \u201cEverything Is Love\u201d; Travis Scott, \u201cAstroworld.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Viewers\u2019 choice award: Cardi B featuring J Balvin and Bad Bunny, \u201cI Like It\u201d; Childish Gambino, \u201cThis Is America\u201d; Drake, \u201cIn My Feelings\u201d; Ella Mai, \u201cTrip\u201d; J. Cole, \u201cMiddle Child\u201d; Travis Scott featuring Drake, \u201cSicko Mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bobby Jones best gospel\/inspirational award: Erica Campbell featuring Warryn Campbell, \u201cAll of My Life\u201d; Fred Hammond, \u201cTell Me Where It Hurts\u201d; Kirk Franklin, \u201cLove Theory\u201d; Snoop Dogg featuring Rance Allen, \u201cBlessing Me Again\u201d; Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin, \u201cNever Alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best actress: Issa Rae; Regina Hall; Regina King; Taraji P. Henson; Tiffany Haddish; Viola Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Best actor: Anthony Anderson; Chadwick Boseman; Denzel Washington; Mahershala Ali; Michael B. Jordan; Omari Hardwick.<\/p>\n<p>Best movie: \u201cBlackkklansman\u201d; \u201cCreed 2\u2033; \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d; \u201cSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u201d; \u201cThe Hate U Give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngstars award: Caleb McLaughlin; Lyric Ross; Marsai Martin; Michael Rainey Jr.; Miles Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Sportswoman of the year: Allyson Felix; Candace Parker; Naomi Osaka; Serena Williams; Simone Biles.<\/p>\n<p>Sportsman of the year: Kevin Durant; LeBron James; Odell Beckham Jr.; Stephen Curry; Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n<p>BET HER award: Alicia Keys, \u201cRaise a Man\u201d; Ciara, \u201cLevel Up\u201d; H.E.R., \u201cHard Place\u201d; Janelle Monae, \u201cPYNK\u201d; Queen Naija, \u201cMama\u2019s Hand\u201d; Teyana Taylor, \u201cRose in Harlem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video director of the year: Benny Boom; Colin Tilley; Dave Meyers; Hype Williams; Karena Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Best international act: AKA (South Africa); Aya Nakamura (France); Burna Boy (Nigeria); Dave (U.K.); Dosseh (France); Giggs (U.K.); Mr Eazi (Nigeria).<\/p>\n<p>Best new international act: Headie One (U.K.); Jok\u2019Air (France); Nesly (France); Octavian (U.K.); Sho Madjozi (South Africa); Teni (Nigeria).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2019-bet-award-nominations-836893\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardi B leads the nominations for the 2019 BET Awards, with seven nominations total. The Bronx rapper\u2019s nods include two nominations for Video of the Year \u2013 \u201cMoney\u201d and \u201cPlease Me\u201d with Bruno Mars \u2013 as well as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Best Collaboration (for both \u201cPlease Me\u201d with Mars and \u201cI Like It\u201d with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-486014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 13:40:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}