This year the 2021 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” took Hip Hop back to Atlanta, GA for the annual taping. 85 South (Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly, and Chico Bean) hosted this year’s awards from The Cobb Energy Centre which premiered on Tuesday, October 5 on BET, BET Her, MTV2 and VH1. Watch an encore airing of the award show Thursday, October 7 at 9 PM ET/PT on BET.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion won three wins each including ‘Song of the Year,’ ‘Best Hip Hop Video’ and ‘Best Collaboration’ for their hit song “WAP.” Tyler, The Creator took home two wins for ‘Hip Hop Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Live Performer’ in addition to his “Rock the Bells Cultural Influence Award” presented by LL Cool J. Jay Z scored double wins in the “Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse” and “Impact Track” for his Nipsey Hussle collaboration “What It Feels Like.” Yung Bleu was crowned ‘Best New Hip Hop Artist’ and Saweetie took home ‘Hustler of the Year.” Music icon Missy Elliott was voted ‘Video Director of the Year’ and ‘Lyricist of the Year’ went to J. Cole. UK rapper Little Simz took home the ‘Best International Flow’ award.
Young Thug kicked off the night with a performance of “Tick Tock” followed by Gunna with “Too Easy” before coming together with their hit collaboration “Ski.” Bia performed her single “Whole Lotta Money,” then brought out Lil Jon for “Bia Bia” to close it out. Baby Keem made his award show debut with “Family Ties.” Latto performaned of “SoufSide” and new song “Big Energy” while Tobe Nwigwe made it a family affair with Fat & Nell on their song “Fye Fye.” Isaiah Rashad performed alongside Doechii & Kal Banx for “Wat U Sed” before ending the set with his solo single “From the Garden.” The cyphers were hosted by DJ Hed and featured a host of emcees including Grip, D Smoke, Smino, Tierra Whack, Rico Nasty, Sleepy Hallow, Erica Banks, Fivio Foreign, Toosii, Lakeyah, Kidd Kenn and Symba. Presenters for the evening included Trina, Remy Ma, and Rapsody. “I Am Hip Hop Award” recipient Nelly closed out the show with a performance of his greatest hits including “Country Grammar,” “Hot In Herre,” “Air Force Ones,” “Dilemma,” “Grillz” and “Ride Wit Me” with an appearance by Paul Wall and more.
The complete list of 2021 BET “Hip Hop Awards” winners are:
HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR“CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST” – TYLER, THE CREATOR
SONG OF THE YEARCARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR LIL BABY
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO CARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
BEST NEW HIP HOP ARTIST YUNG BLEU
BEST COLLABORATION CARDI B FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION – WAP
BEST DUO OR GROUP LIL BABY & LIL DURK
BEST LIVE PERFORMER TYLER, THE CREATOR
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR J. COLE
BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW LITTLE SIMZ (UK)
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR MISSY ELLIOTT
DJ OF THE YEAR DJ SCHEME
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR HIT-BOY
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR SAWEETIE
BEST HIP HOP PLATFORM GENIUS
SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE JAY-Z – “WHAT IT FEELS LIKE” (NIPSEY HUSSLE FEAT. JAY-Z)
IMPACT TRACK NIPSEY HUSSLE FEAT. JAY-Z – “WHAT IT FEELS LIKE”
