The nominations for the 12th Annual BET Awards were announced yesterday at a press conference in New York City. This year’s BET Awards will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson and take place in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on July 1st.
Lil Wayne and Drake received 4 nominations each even though they are all in the same categories: “Best Male Hip-Hop Artist”, “Best Collaboration” for “I’m On One” and “The Motto“, and “Viewers’ Choice Award” for “The Motto“. Tyga was also nominated twice for his featured verse on “The Motto” and Nicki Minaj received one nomination for “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist”.
It has been confirmed that Nicki will be performing at the awards show, but there is no word yet on if Weezy or anyone else from YMCMB will be performing.
After the jump, you can view some pictures of Tunechi at the Street League 2012 Finals, which is a skateboarding competition that took place in Kansas City, Missouri on May 18th at the Sprint Center.
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist:
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young JeezyBest Female Hip-Hop Artist:
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Trina
Brianna PerryBest Collaboration:
Beyoncé featuring J. Cole – “Party””
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
Drake featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) featuring Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale featuring Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”Viewers’ Choice Award:
Drake featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Mindless Behavior – “Hello”
The Throne featuring Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale featuring Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”
