This year's BET Hip Hop Awards was no stranger to controversy, and it was mainly boiled down to one rapper: Vic Mensa, and his ongoing crusade aiming the late XXXTentacion.
In the awards cypher, recorded weeks ago and screened at the ceremony — which took place on Tuesday, October 16th — Vic rapped about XXXTentacion and his history of violent crimes: "Only time you bear arms is in a wife beater, loser/Your favorite rapper's a domestic abuser".
The ceremony was taped earlier this month, and in attendance was XXXTentacion's mother Cleopatra Bernard — to whom Mensa publicly apologized, unaware she would be there to accept her son's posthumous award.
You can watch the entire cypher here, including Vic's scorching segment.
On the awards side, Drake was at the forefront with 11 nods, but Cardi B ended up the triumphant winner with four prizes and a performance for the ages.
Here's the full list of nominees and winners.
Best Hip-Hop Video
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin​
Childish Gambino - "This Is America" (winner)
Drake - "God's Plan"
Kendrick Lamar – "Loyalty" feat. Rihanna
Migos - "Walk It Talk It" feat. Drake
Hot Ticket Performer
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake (winner)
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Album of the Year
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Drake – Scorpion
J. Cole – KOD
Migos - Culture II
The Carters - Everything Is Love (winner)
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans (winner)
Lyricist of the Year
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar (winner)
Travis Scott
MVP of the Year
Cardi B (winner)
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Travis Scott
Producer of the Year
Ben Billions
DJ Esco
DJ Mustard
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams (winner)
Best Collabo, Duo or Group
21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin - "Ric Flair Drip"
Blocboy JB - "Look Alive" feat. Drake
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Post Malone – "Rockstar" feat. 21 Savage
The Carters – "Apes**t" (winner)
Single of the Year
"Apesh*t" - Produced by Pharrell — The Carters (winner)
"God's Plan" - Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da — Drake
"I Like It" - Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy — Cardi B Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
"Nice for What" - Produced by Murda Beatz — Drake
"This Is America" - Produced by Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson — Childish Gambino
Best New Hip Hop Artist
Blocboy JB
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Rich the Kid
XXXTentacion (winner)
Best Mixtape
BlocBoy JB – Simi (winner)
Future - Beast Mode 2
Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up
Lil Wayne - Dedication 6: Reloaded
Zoey Dollaz - Sorry Not Sorry
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
21 Savage - "Bartier Cardi" (Cardi B feat. 21 Savage)
Cardi B - "Motorsport" (Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj) (winner)
Drake - "Look Alive" (Blocboy JB feat. Drake)
Kendrick Lamar - "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj - "Big Bank" (YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)
Impact Track
Childish Gambino - "This Is America" (winner)
Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges - "Liberated"
Lecrae - "I'll Find You" feat. Tori Kelly
Meek Mill – "Stay Woke" feat. Miguel
N.E.R.D - "1,000" feat. FUTURE
DJ of the Year
Calvin Harris
DJ Envy
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled (winner)
DJ Mustard
Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
Cardi B (winner)
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Travis Scott
Best Hip Hop Online Site/App
ALLHIPHOP
Complex
Hot New Hip Hop
Worldstar (winner)
XXL
Hustler of the Year
Cardi B (winner)
DJ Khaled
Drake
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
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