Drake leads BET Hip- Hop Awards nominations again. BET Award details..
The 10th annual BET Hip-Hop
Awards are getting ready for next week's
broadcast with a taping in Atlanta, and Drake is
back as the top nominee for a second straight
year.
Veteran rapper Scarface will receive the "I Am
Hip Hop" award for musical achievement at the
taping Friday night at the Boisfeuillet (BOH'-
fihl-ay) Jones Atlanta Civic Center.
Drake received the most nominations with 12.
The Canadian rapper topped the charts with "If
You're Reading This It's Too Late" became the
first platinum-selling album this year. He had 14
songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart, tying a record set by The Beatles in
1964.
Big Sean followed with 10. Nicki Minaj scored
nine nods. Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole each had
eight nominations.
Rapper Snoop Dogg returns for the third
straight year as host. The show airs Oct. 13 at 8
p.m. Eastern.
Scarface initially gained fame in the late 1980s
with the group Geto Boys through the song
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me." One of the few
Houston acts to win acclaim outside Texas
before 2000, he became a respected influencer in
hip-hop with his gritty lyrics and street wisdom.
With 12 solo albums released, Scarface is known
for songs such as "Smile," ''My Block" and "I
Seen a Man Die." He has collaborated with some
of rap's greatest from 2 Pac to Jay Z.
Previous "I Am Hip Hop" award recipients have
included Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte, Rakim, LL
Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Ice Cube, Russell Simmons,
KRS-One and Grandmaster Flash.
Chris Brown, T.I., Fetty Wap and Sean "Diddy"
Combs are expected to perform.
The awards also will include a taped pre-show
performance by rapper Future. He recorded his
act Wednesday night before a crowd at Atlanta's
Centennial Olympic Park, performing several of
his hits from "March Madness" and "Where Ya
At."
Rehearsals started on Thursday.
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