BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist

The BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements female artists have made in hip hop every year. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. The all-time winner in this category is Nicki Minaj with eight wins as well as fifteen nominations.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s Year Artist Ref 2001 Eve Da Brat Lil' Kim Missy Elliott Trina 2002 Missy Elliott Angie Martinez Foxy Brown Mystic Rah Digga Trina 2003 Missy Elliott Eve Lil' Kim Ms. Jade Trina Foxy Brown 2004 Missy Elliott Da Brat Jacki-O MC Lyte Rah Digga Foxy Brown 2005 Remy Ma Jacki-O Miri Ben-Ari Shawnna Foxy Brown 2006 Missy Elliott Lil' Kim Remy Ma Shawnna Trina 2007 colspan="3" 2008 Missy Elliott Eve Kid Sister Lil' Mama Trina Foxy Brown 2009 M.I.A Lil' Mama Trina

2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Nicki Minaj Ester Dean Lil' Kim Rasheeda Trina 2011 Nicki Minaj Cymphonique Diamond LoLa Monroe 2012 Nicki Minaj Brianna Perry Diamond Trina 2013 Nicki Minaj Azealia Banks Eve Rasheeda Rye Rye 2014 Nicki Minaj Angel Haze Charli Baltimore Eve Iggy Azalea 2015 Nicki Minaj Azealia Banks Dej Loaf Iggy Azalea Tink Trina 2016 Nicki Minaj Dej Loaf Lil' Kim Missy Elliott Remy Ma 2017 Remy Ma Missy Elliott Nicki Minaj Cardi B Young M.A 2018 Cardi B Nicki Minaj Remy Ma Rapsody Dej Loaf 2019 Cardi B Kash Doll Lizzo Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Remy Ma

2020s Year Artist Ref 2020Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B Doja Cat Lizzo Nicki Minaj Saweetie 2021 Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B Coi Leray Doja Cat Latto Saweetie 2022 Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B Doja Cat Latto Nicki Minaj Saweetie 2023 Latto Cardi B Coi Leray GloRilla Ice Spice Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj 2024 Nicki Minaj Cardi B Doja Cat GloRilla Ice Spice Latto Megan Thee Stallion Sexyy Red 2025 DoechiiCardi B Doja Cat GloRilla Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Rapsody Sexyy Red

Multiple wins and nominations Wins

8 wins Nicki Minaj 5 wins Missy Elliott 3 wins Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B 2 wins Remy Ma 1 win Eve M.I.A Latto

Nominations

15 nominations Nicki Minaj

9 nominations Cardi B Trina

8 nominations Missy Elliott

7 nominations Megan Thee Stallion

6 nominations Remy Ma

5 nominations Doja Cat Eve Latto Lil' Kim Foxy Brown

3 nominations Dej Loaf GloRilla Saweetie

2 nominations Azealia Banks Coi Leray Da Brat Diamond Ice Spice Iggy Azalea Jacki-O Lil' Mama Lizzo Rah Digga Rapsody Rasheeda Sexyy Red Shawnna

See also

List of music awards honoring women BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist

References