The BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of male artists in hip hop every year. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. Kendrick Lamar is the all-time winner in this category with eight wins. Drake has the most nominations with sixteen.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Artist Ref 2001 Jay-Z Ja Rule Mystikal Nelly Snoop Dogg 2002 Ja Rule Busta Rhymes Jay-Z Ludacris Nas 2003 50 Cent Birdman Eminem Jay-Z Nelly Snoop Dogg 2004 Jay-Z 50 Cent Chingy Ludacris Kanye West 2005 Kanye West 50 Cent Jay-Z Ludacris Snoop Dogg T.I. 2006 T.I. 50 Cent Common Busta Rhymes Kanye West 2007 T.I. Diddy Jay-Z Lil Wayne Ludacris 2008 Kanye West Common Jay-Z Lil Wayne Snoop Dogg 2009 Lil Wayne Kanye West Rick Ross T.I. Young Jeezy
2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Drake B.o.B Fabolous Jay-Z Ludacris 2011 Kanye West B.o.B Drake Lil Wayne Rick Ross 2012 Drake Big Sean J. Cole Lil Wayne Rick Ross Young Jeezy 2013 Kendrick Lamar 2 Chainz ASAP Rocky Drake Future 2014 Drake Future J. Cole Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar 2015 Kendrick Lamar Big Sean Common Drake J. Cole Wale 2016 Drake Fetty Wap Future J. Cole Kendrick Lamar Kanye West 2017 Kendrick Lamar Chance the Rapper Drake Future J. Cole Big Sean 2018 Kendrick Lamar DJ Khaled Drake Jay-Z J. Cole 2019 Nipsey Hussle 21 Savage Drake J. Cole Meek Mill Travis Scott
2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 DaBaby Drake Future Lil Baby Roddy Ricch Travis Scott 2021 Lil Baby DaBaby Drake J. Cole Jack Harlow Pop Smoke 2022 Kendrick Lamar Drake Future J. Cole Jack Harlow Kanye West Lil Baby 2023 Kendrick Lamar 21 Savage Drake Future J. Cole Jack Harlow Lil Baby 2024 Kendrick Lamar 21 Savage Burna Boy Drake Future Gunna J. Cole Lil Wayne 2025 Kendrick Lamar BigXthaPlug Bossman Dlow Burna Boy Drake Future Key Glock Lil WayneTyler, the Creator
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
9 wins Kendrick Lamar
4 wins Drake
3 wins Kanye West
2 wins Jay-Z T.I.
Nominations
16 nominations Drake
11 nominations J. Cole
10 nominations Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar
9 nominations Future
8 nominations Kanye West
7 nominations Lil Wayne
5 nominations Ludacris
4 nominations 50 Cent Lil Baby Snoop Dogg T.I.
3 nominations 21 Savage Big Sean Common Jack Harlow Rick Ross
2 nominations B.o.B Burna Boy Busta Rhymes DaBaby Ja Rule Nelly Travis Scott Young Jeezy
See also BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist
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